Tag: postaday2011

A new skirt for six dollars.

I am always amused when someone points to a sewing project – a bag or a quilt – I’ve done and says “I could never do that.” As though I am some sort of sewing genius. The fact is, before 2004 I had never… Continue Reading “A new skirt for six dollars.”

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Sobering moments.

A friend of mine has just come out of the hospital: Cervical cancer resulting in a hysterectomy at 36. I visited her yesterday and was reminded that not even two years ago, a woman I knew died of cervical cancer spread to uterine cancer… Continue Reading “Sobering moments.”

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Suicide watch.

What a strange thing: I helped save a life yesterday. Online. Via Facebook. Of someone I haven’t seen in probably ten years. Thus the oddity of the Internet, the incoherent patterns of how we appear and disappear to one another. Four months ago G.… Continue Reading “Suicide watch.”

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Pretty pleased

All in all, last night’s dinner for B’s birthday was a fabulous success. Here’s the table pre-dinner with my fancy handmade linens out for the first time: The menu consisted of three main courses and many appetizers, sides and other goodies, the theme being… Continue Reading “Pretty pleased”

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Bragging rights

Despite being sick, this week I: got accepted into grad school got a grant for this project finished these placemats and napkins bought the perfect birthday gift for B. am busy making a 10-person dinner for tomorrow night (B’s birthday dinner) I still feel… Continue Reading “Bragging rights”

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