For Hillary Supporters – Some Reasons to Support Obama

I have a friend who is a devoutly fierce and extremely dissapointed supporter of Hillary Clinton. She is politically liberal and generally agreed with Obama’s views on the issues, but she considered Hillary to be better prepared, she is put off by Michelle Obama, she thinks the process was somewhat unfair.
(Note: we [...]

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Learning to Pick Up Stitches & Make a Picot Edge

I knit a friend a bright orange washcloth as a hostess gift, because her boys’ high school color is bright orange. Now I’m just about to learn how to make an edge. Wish me luck!

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Vogue Cover Mittens – Class

Boy, now I wish I didn’t work during the week! The Hillsborough Yarn Shop is sponsoring a class to make the gorgeous mittens on the cover of Vogue Knitting – the green ones by Brooklyn Tweed.
Unfortunately, it’s scheduled for Tuesdays during the day . . .
Maybe it’ll be such a success [...]

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Embracing Biden for Vice President!

Okay, despite my unread email to Obama, Joe Biden will make a fine vice president.
He’s smart, quick-witted, and experienced:
Quote from ABC –
The Delaware Democrat first won his job in the Senate over 35 years ago — when Obama was only 11 — and has been re-elected five times.
He’s chaired both the Senate [...]

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Richardson for Vice President!

Yesterday I sent Barack Obama an email. Of course, I realize he doesn’t have time to read emails, but it did me good to organize my thoughts. The main reason was that it hit me like the proverbial ton of bricks what a great choice Governor Bill Richardson would be for a vice [...]

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Lunch at the Brick House with Marie!

Not only did I have fun “spoiling” my secret swap swapee this summer, but we got to meet in person.  Marie – a/k/a Knitted Gems, lives in Pottstown, which is where I grew up.  When I was up there this weekend, we had lunch and a beer at a restaurant in a converted bank.  It was fun!  Plus, I [...]

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Folk Festival

I’m going to the Philadelphia Folk Festival this weekend.
It’s been going for 47 years!
This year they’ve planned some changes.
On a personal level, I’m ambivalent.
Pro: It’s wonderful. It’s not in Philadelphia,
but on a farm near where I grew up.
The music is very good, and they define
“folk” to include everything east of jazz
and west of rock, [...]

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Architecture and Culture, Part I

Sometimes it seems as though architectural and
community design unconsciously express cultural values.
Wait! Before you run off, rolling your eyes
at such academic claptrap,
I have a few examples.
1. Evergreen United Methodist Church, Chapel Hill, NC.
Built largely by the members themselves,
mostly earnest hardworking suburbanites.
The building, with its circular approach,
resembles nothing so much as a magnificent,
glorious – [...]

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Check KnitPurr Please

I’m not suggesting that anyone has any reason to check anyone’s blog to begin with, but on the off chance that someone has wandered by, I’m over here for the summer at Knit One, Purr Two   I’m going to start adding “real world” stuff there, not just knitting posts.  So . . . [...]

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Hillary Must Be Furious at Edwards!

Y’know who really got screwed?
Hil ‘n Bil.
If Edwards, knowing he couldn’t win what with a “love child” and all,
had dropped out months earlier,
Hil would have had a much better chance.
Phwew. Close call.
As an Obama supporter, I have to say thanks, John.
But, if I were a Hillary supporter, I’d be so mad.

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