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Three Rivers Around My Neck

Bymichelle July 14, 2011July 27, 2022

This is a little piece of Three Rivers, CA, where we stayed on vacation.  I found both the yarn and the “Morning Surf” pattern in a little yarn shop close…

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bicycle | cheap stuff | diy | linkage | music | new to me | photography

How Very Collegiate of ME

Bymichelle May 19, 2011July 27, 2022

Remember me writing about the Schwinn Collegiate bicycles I got for myself and my daughter here and here?  How I was going to try to learn how to tune up a…

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books | craft | knitting | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

I Can Knit Anywhere

Bymichelle April 1, 2011July 27, 2022

 I can.   I may not be pleasant to be around, but I can.  Sometimes it’s a necessity to have something “going” in my hands to get through, I don’t…

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linkage | photography | stuff | ttv photo

Feel Good Shopping

Bymichelle March 15, 2011July 27, 2022

Found a new favorite pair of shoes.   (Yes, more shoe pictures because I’m tired from weaving in ends and cleaning house.  Plus, the hideous bruise from my first soccer…

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Swept Clean

Bymichelle March 3, 2011July 27, 2022

Don’t look too closely underneath.  There may be a secret there.   An old friend or two that drifted away for some reason we never quite figured out.   Unresolved…

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books | homemaking | linkage | photography | polaroid | stuff | thinking out loud

Old Inspiration

Bymichelle February 24, 2011July 27, 2022

Sentimentality clutters. I know because at least once a year I have to force myself to winnow through stacks of books, papers, and future projects so that my husband can’t…

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books | lensbaby | linkage | photography | thinking out loud

It’s Not Black and White

Bymichelle January 27, 2011July 27, 2022

I remember bringing photography books from the college library home to my rented room and spending the afternoon leafing through them.   I know that I’m just one of millions who’s…

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homemaking | knitting | linkage | shows | thinking out loud

Time on My Hands

Bymichelle December 16, 2010July 27, 2022

Today I had extra time to read through some blogs I haven’t seen in a while.  These are my rambling thoughts after reading theirs:  I’ve been engaging in what The…

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My Winter Catalog Moment

Bymichelle November 11, 2010July 27, 2022

I’m pretty grounded, but once in a while I get wistful like a child and draw up a long, impossible Christmas list in my head because it’s winter and that’s…

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Best Way to Spend the Day

Bymichelle October 23, 2010July 27, 2022

This is it:   (365 Day 287) Making quick work of my more appropriately colored oatmeal pullover,  I watched an hour of the new Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on…

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