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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Ammo Cans and Travel Bugs

CNN: Geocaching puts authorities on edge. BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- In a game of global positioning called geocaching, the lowly treasure hunt has gone high-tech -- but it can also be a game of risk when terrorism-sensitive authorities find the goods first. Scot Tintsman found that out when he stashed

Call for patterns

What is your favourite sock pattern? The bread-and-butter one you always use and the fancier one for special occasions? Favourite heels and toes? Because I need some help. As soon as the KnitPicks yarn gets here, I'll be starting on my five pair sock marathon. First up is

Impending mail

I am expecting, either this week or next, the following mail, all with stories behind it. * Another skein of Socks That Rock yarn from The Fold * Four skeins and six balls of yarn, plus a pattern and some notecards from Knitpicks * Two books and a CD from Amazon My Harvest

You Had A Bad Day

You stand in the line just to hit a new low, you fake up a smile with the coffee to go, you tell me your life's been way off line, you're falling to pieces every time, and I don't need no carryin' on

Cheese and whine

I like it when The Ferret writes about exercise. I don't like working out either. I like the smug feeling of having exercised. I like knowing I can heft a pair of twenty pound cat litter boxes from the pet store to my car without using a shopping

Confessions on a knitting morning

When we left for England, I took the Harvest Moon Socks That Rock with me, just past the toe on the first sock. I got within an inch of finishing the pair over there. They were completed on Monday 9th and are now awaiting their first wash after a successful

Doctor Who is coming to town!

BBC News: American opening for Doctor Who. The revamped adventures of BBC Wales' Doctor Who are to be seen by sci-fi fans in America, it has been announced. The first series of the cult programme starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper is to be screened by the American Sci

Laser memories

BBC News: Space probe breaks laser record. A spacecraft has sent a laser signal to Earth from 24 million km (15 million miles) away in interplanetary space. The Messenger probe exchanged laser signals with a US ground station partway through its journey to the planet Mercury. Messenger blasted off in

Dealing with stress

BBC News: IT stresses 'driving UK to drink'. Interesting article, but it's about stress in general, not IT woes. What caught my eye was this list: DPP's Tips For Dealing With Stress 1. Live a healthy lifestyle 2. Don't take too much

England pictures

We did over 900 miles in the hire car while we were in England. Much of the time was spent in Bournemouth, heading out from there for trips to Stroud and London, then visiting Plaid Dragon and Mr Bristow before returning to Gatwick for the flight home. Continental Airlines was

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