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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Weather again

Going to Ohio tomorrow for Hubby's graduation from Vineyard Leadership Institute. Yay graduation! Then on Tuesday, he takes his final exam. No, I don't understand that one either. Might get to visit The Yarn Shop again, and show them what I've done with their

Sunscreen

Wear Sunscreen by Mary Schmich. Heard this set to music on the radio tonight, a spoken voice recording with background music called "Everybody's free to wear sunscreen." It was recorded in 1998 and hit the American charts in 1999. This is a few snippets: If I

Locally made yarn

Thanks to a tip from Poppymom, I found the Clayton Farmer's market, selling plants, buffalo meat, cookies, honey, lamb meat, and locally made yarn. This is undyed Rambouillet yarn from M & K Ranch, who have a flock of around 200 sheep living less than a hundred miles

Dangerous curves ahead

Curvier women 'will live longer'. Curvy women are more likely to live longer than their slimmer counterparts, researchers have found. Institute of Preventative Medicine in Copenhagen researchers found those with wider hips also appeared to be protected against heart conditions. Women with a hip measurement smaller than 40

Strange minds

Hubby found an old Wired article: The Geek Syndrome. Here are a couple of snippets: Autism - and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome - is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame? Though Asperger's syndrome is less disabling than "low-functioning&

Living history

The Ford Thunderbird is a redesign of the original Thunderbird, in production from 1955 to 1966. The Volkswagen Beetle is based on the original VW Bug, in production in Europe from 1938 to 1978. The BMW Mini is a rework of the original Morris Mini, sold from 1959 to 2000.

Doctor Who Scarf

The fourth incarnation of Doctor Who was played by Tom Baker, broadcast from 1974 to 1981. The Fourth Doctor's costume was inspired by a painting of French artist Toulouse-Lautrec. The now legendary scarf was a happy accident - the result of a freelance knitter not realising she didn&

Spellings and such

It's annoying when I get website feedback informing me that my spellings are all wrong. Fact is, they're English spellings, not American. I was born in England, did all my schooling in England, and I write my websites in English, not American English. They are not

Odds and Coins

Does anyone have a California quarter they could mail me? I'll mail back a Minnesota quarter, we have two of those. This 50 State Quarters program is helping me learn my states. I do know where California is, but those quarters haven't made it anywhere near

The price of socks

If these were my socks, I'd be doing the heel right about now. They're not my socks, and I have a way to go yet. Mountain Colors Bearfoot is interesting stuff. It shines. Also there's an alarming tendency for stitches to jump off the

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