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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Contemplating destruction

Re-reading Henri Nouwen's "The Genesee Diary" I got to the part about how work can be done in a contemplative spirit: If I have learned anything this week, it is that there is a contemplative way of working that is more important for me than praying,

Weather

Would the person who ordered a Midwest Monsoon please stand up? I'd like to see you in my office. Now.

Fiona (the bag) in progress

One ball of yarn is almost used up, and I have six Triple Crosses done. I think this is going to work. The stitches look decent, the bag is a little floppier than I was expecting, but it looks good. There's one "deliberately accidental" mistake on

Storm

It got dark, very quickly, then the hail came around 2:45pm. Loud, too loud to concentrate, bouncing off the ground and rattling the windows. Sounded like an angry mob stoning a heretic. Thunder in sharp whip cracks instead of slow rumbles. Marble sized hail, in late May, collecting in

The Secret Service

(Leftover post from Friday) Found an official page of MI5 Myths, on their website: We [MI5] are a civilian organisation and members of staff have no executive powers, such as the authority to detain or arrest people. We are not a "secret police force." So there you have

End of the month week

I probably won't post this week. It's the end of the month, which means a ton of work, an inflexible deadline, lots of overtime, and desperate prayer that I won't have to go in next Saturday. See you in June.

Fiona (the bag)

I made a page for progress on my Fiona drawstring bag. The yarn I ordered on Sunday from Fiber Nooks & Crannys arrived today, beating the Acorn hat pattern I ordered from New York the same day. Kudos to Fiber Nooks & Crannys, they're fast, polite, and they

Doing the maths

One US gallon is 3.78 litres UK average petrol price in April 2004: 78.6p per litre Percentage of UK price taken as tax: 74.8% (58.8p a litre) Price in UK Sterling for one US gallon of petrol: £2.97 Today's exchange rate £1 = $1.

Extreme Golf

Malaysian golfer attacked by crocodile. Golf is not often seen as a dangerous pastime. But 42-year-old company director Terry Hong Kee Siong needed 38 stitches after a crocodile grabbed his leg as he was playing at Malaysia's A Famosa Resort. Mr Hong is now suing the resort for

Stranded Colourwork

Nanette of Knitting in Color is writing a booklet on stranded colourwork, knitting with two or more colours at once. I'd love to try this, but I have no-one to teach me, so this booklet will be great. She plans to have the book on sale around June

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