Miss Piggy is my feminist idol.
I am participating in another writing challenge right now, but it’s a much more doable 100 words a day. The 301 was incredibly difficult for me. One positive — this time, I’ve actually put together almost ten pages of a real story. I still seem to have a phobia about actually switching scenes, but even [...]
Wow. Just…. Wow. We had an amazing trip. Hawai’i really is a paradise. I actually cried on the last morning because I wasn’t ready to leave. There’s something about the breeze that is so fresh. It always smells good. We did a mountain bike ride down from the Haleakala crater, and I kept being distracted [...]
Female readers of this blog already know from their own long-standing, bitter experience just how hard it is to find a swimsuit that works. Really works. Doesn’t move, doesn’t dip too low or ride too high, doesn’t give you a muffin-top or a muffin-bottom (you know what I mean). It doesn’t require expensive salon waxing [...]
Next in Kat’s list of feel-good videos:
Yes, it’s a commercial, but it also falls in my goofy-grin category. And, it gives you context to appreciate the associated, appropriately random xkcd comic…
So I went to one of Austin’s better-known vegan joints for dinner tonight. Vegetarian cuisine excites me, when I think about it philosophically — vegetables are beautiful, and the eclectic combination of textures and colors and shapes on a plate together looks fresh and inviting to me. So why is it that “vegan food” at [...]
This video has brought a big goofy grin to my face that I’ve been wearing all day. And you know what? I love it.
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
So my little hat refuses to come into being. I’ve been working hard at my first cabling project, a little hat in the “coronet” pattern from knitty. It looks straightforward, so I thought I would give it a shot.
Having ripped the band once and started over, I still believe it is straightforward. Or at least, [...]
Again while trolling wine blogs, I found a great demonstration chez Dr. Vino of a furoshiki wine bottle carrier. What a fabulous idea! It’s so simple, pratical, and beautiful. I am never creative enough to think of that kind of thing on my own. Following the links, I took a peek at Japan’s Ministry of [...]
While I don’t run a wine blog (HA, this blog has never even pretended to have a theme), I follow a lot of wine blogs. I’m always looking to learn more about wine, largely for my own edification, but also just so I can hold my own with my hardcore oenophilic friends. Dr. Debs, who [...]
I’m in the throes of a hard-core knitting addiction these days. I’ve finished a scarf for my dad (a PoA Ravenclaw scarf this time, which I’m REALLY pleased with), a baby blanket for a friend, and I’m starting a hat which is also my first cabling project. I’m also spending faaaaar toooooo much time digging [...]