LE BOUQUET FRANÇAIS QUILT: Quilting & Binding
I put this quilt aside for a while because making pandemic masks seemed rather more pressing. I recently had a bit of time to pick it up and finish it.
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LE BOUQUET FRANÇAIS QUILT: Backing
I turned all the waste triangles — well, 48 of the 52; I mangled one triangle in the machine and so threw away three more to make it an even
LE BOUQUET FRANÇAIS QUILT: Final Quilt Top Layout
Continuing the fairly random approach I laid out the final sixteen small squares on the intersections between the blocks to make the second set of triangles, trying to keep a
Le Bouquet Français quilt: initial planning
Since we’re all self-isolating, I thought I’d post a bit about my process for a quilt I’m working on. I often post final pictures of things I make but I
It’s Not About Greta.
I mean, Greta is great. She’s fearlessly speaking truth to power, and I agree with everything she says, including the ruder bits and the yelling. Ditto for Autumn Peltier, the
This world is ruining my reading
I’m so tired lately. A lot of people have been saying they’re tired. It’s hard to get up every day and read about what horrible new thing has made “normal”
Books 2014
I just realized I never did a books post for 2014! Ah well, better late than never. Goodreads did this nice summary for me (click through the graphic for a
On touring high schools
Because my child is rather unbelievably already in grade 8, in the past couple of months we’ve seen, I think, twelve high schools, both public and private. The tours (and
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Tue Jul 29, 2014
"To ascertain the extent to which people are insensitive to patches of serious conversational…" “To ascertain the extent to which people are insensitive to patches of serious conversational incoherence, we
The ten most useful things I have learned from the Internet
…and from people with whom I converse there. The arrows on the Toronto PATH signs refer to the directions: north is blue, south is red, east is yellow and west
Books! 2013
Books! According to Goodreads, on which I track the majority of what I read, I read 114 books (give or take) in 2013. This year I diverted more time into
Science! And spaghetti sauce.
Every year about this time we make a metric buttload of tomato sauce. Well, not quite tomato — mine has onions, garlic, peppers and stuff in it too. From a
RIP Jake, 2005(?) – 2013
Yesterday evening our fine cat Jake let us know his time was up and after lots of snuggles he made his last trip to the vet. It wasn’t unexpected. In
An encouragement: Soup stock
Soup! A foundation of winter food in our house for sure. I’m a huge proponent of making one’s own soup stock. It costs pretty much nothing and if you start
2012 books retrospective: Goodreads
Around April last year I thought it might be interesting to join one of the more interest-based forums out there since it’s a mode that’s really taking off. The cooking
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Oct 03, 2012
The Evolutionary Advantage of Depression – Brian Gabriel – The Atlantic The Evolutionary Advantage of Depression – Brian Gabriel – The Atlantic: It turns out that depression may not be
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Aug 15, 2012
Weapons made from shark teeth are completely badass, and hint at lost shark diversity | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine Weapons made from shark teeth are completely badass,
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Jul 25, 2012
PLoS ONE: Extending Body Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Very Long Arm Illusion PLoS ONE: Extending Body Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Very Long Arm Illusion: …participants experienced
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Thu May 03, 2012
PLoS ONE: Public Street Lights Increase House Infestation by the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata PLoS ONE: Public Street Lights Increase House Infestation by the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata:
Not the SOUL!
Me, upon entering the kitchen and finding the child on the floor at my husband’s feet, clearly in the middle of a ticklefest: Are you torturing our child? Him: Not