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Continue reading →: Other people’s stuff
I don’t have anything new and entertaining of my own. There are piles of slightly-started articles, partly finished projects, and an abundance of vague concepts, but nothing as yet ready to share with the world. Unless you want to hear about my mammoth office-cleaning project, and the piles of paper…
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Continue reading →: Ice and socks
Or rather, socks and ice, with a digression on birds, but that didn’t sound as titular. You remember the never-ending Jaywalker socks? They’re done, and I can model them as long as I tug them firmly onto my feet. I didn’t think they would fit my mother – very disappointing,…
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Continue reading →: A brief interlude
Getting caught up… the umpteenth load of laundry is in the dryer, the next load of dishes will go into the washer next time I get up, the bookkeeping is done, as a head-start on year-end (hi mom!), the living room is picked up, and I’ve got a couple batches…
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Continue reading →: Peace, joy and string
I hope that all of you are enjoying a holiday with the food and friends and family that you wish to be with, and the fiber arts project of your choice. I’m at my in-laws, knitting the not-quite-finished XXX (now a New Year’s present), and after I finish that, will…
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Continue reading →: 100 Unicorns
You may have noticed that there hasn’t been a post all week. (Bear with me as I maintain the delusion that I have regular readers!) That isn’t for lack of interesting things to talk about, believe me (and not even any more of those statistics equations, though if you happen…
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Continue reading →: 50 Books
Yes, much fictional goodness in my life. If I’m working very hard, as I have been, I still need to make time for mental relaxation. This time of year my job doesn’t require much physical exertion, but mental exertion is still work. Based on a recommendation I found somewhere or…
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Continue reading →: Knitting in Nebraska
Okay, really I was there for work, but while it was a very interesting and valuable scientific review session, you don’t really want to hear the details. The panel worked very hard, and we spent many hours a day discussing the project we were reviewing, and the whole process has…
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Continue reading →: Can I stay?
I highly recommend the knitting by the fire approach. That’s how I spent my bit of free time for the past few evenings, and I made great progress on the XXX I’m knitting for XXX, having gotten all the way to the XXX in that time! (No, you can’t see!)…
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Continue reading →: I didn’t expect Milwaukee
I thought I was going from State College to Omaha by way of Detroit, but when I arrived at the airport at 5am, I learned that half (!!!) the planes that were supposed to fly out that morning had not arrived the night before due to weather wherever they were…
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Continue reading →: Friday photo
I was saving this one for autumn, then forgot about it. We’re now past this seasonal stage, and well into snow. I hope you enjoy it anyway – this is one of my favorites. As a special bonus, I’ll also continue the “socks at work” series. These are my first…
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I’ve been doing stuff with string for quite some time, and describing it to others online since 1996 or so at Phiala’s String Page.
I also do some science and write some fiction.
I’m Phiala most places on the internet.
