Homeward Bound

So I’ve started reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love. I watched a talk Ms. Gilbert gave over on TED about genius, how genius was once thought to reside outside of us, not in us. It was quite a compelling talk. Ms. Gilbert was making the case for a return to that way of thinking about [...]

A Few New-ish Fotos, One FO

I suppose I should post the FO (finished object for all you non-knitters) first.  It’s my first ball-band dishcloth.  I finished it some time ago, just never got around to posting a photo.  I’d actually like to make some more larger ones like the size of the store-bought dishcloth under the ball band dishcloth in [...]

Cats and Hobos

Once, when Stuart and I were coming out of a Home Depot (Stuart: De-pot, Me: De-poh, S: But it’s spelled de-pot, M: But you say, de-poh S: This isn’t France. CORRECTION: Yesterday, I wrote that Stuart insisted on calling the Home Depot, the Home Depot, but I remembered the story wrong.  He wants to say, [...]

I Think There’s A Short In It. I Unplugged It, Just In Case.

We’re Fishes

I just finished reading this great interview with Temple Grandin, author of the new book, Animals Make Us Human. Ms. Grandin has a Ph.D. in Animal Science, and, though autistic, designs livestock equipment, writes books, and lectures all over the world. Stuart and I saw her here at a lecture hosted by the Mind Science [...]