Well, I went back to work yesterday with some trepidation but except for the usual irritations it was ok. I say that a lot "ok"....asi asi, comme ci comme ça. Yup....I can't say "I'M GREAT"!! but I also can't say "I'M HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY" so the alternative is somewhere in the middle. There is always something going on in my life - usually financially related that is pulling me down, but I do offset that with the beauty of the moment. That cannot be taken away from me.

Fortunately or unfortunately I have NEVER been the happiest person on the planet. I've had patches of time when I felt great and things were going wonderful but they were followed by times of pain or frustration or worry. I spent years reading self help books trying to alter that. It worked for a time, but pretty much I ended up back in the middle. My spiritual journey has definitely helped. Perhaps when I was younger I didn't notice the flowers, the singing birds, the morning glories growing on the side of our building in a sea of concrete when we lived in NYC...but today I focus on these things....I focus on the things that matter despite the underlying other stuff going on.

OK, that was not my plan to go there. I feel like crying this morning and I do not know why. This happens sometimes...oh what is the date?? Tomorrow is July 1st. That explains it! I'm almost due for my monthly period. That always happens near the beginning of the month and I, like so many other women, get melancholy. Phew now I can move on.

Last night the baby question came up. Madeleine asked me how a baby comes to be in a Mom's tummy. The daughter of the woman that watches Madeleine is pregnant and she is quite young and not married. I think this is where the curiosity comes from. Fortunately, we have new baby lab pups on the property and she has already learned which is a boy and which is a girl. She knows that boys have penises and girls have vaginas. So I explained the whole thing very matter of factly. Penis, vagina, sperm, egg, etc. I asked her if she understood. She shook her head no and got very quiet and laid down. 5 minutes later she jumps up and says "oh I get it - the boy puts his penis in the girls vagina, squirts something in there and the girl gets a baby from it" And voila! We finished our conversation about the birds and the bees!! She did me afterward if Claudio (she refers to her father by his name) put his penis in my vagina and I just said yes. She giggled and said oh and that was the end of it.

You see, when I was a child no one explained ANYTHING to me. The one and only conversation I had with my parents about babies or sex was when I was in 5th grade and going to one of those movies about having your period and my mother explaining what will happen when I have my period...basically reiterating what the movie already told me. I found out everything I knew from my friends, actions, or experience. My point being I'm not going to mince words with my daughter...I'm going to tell her everything like it is. I'll wait for her to ask the questions, but I'm going to tell her the truth because I believe that children can understand more than we think they can understand.

Hold on Madeleine wants to brush my hair and I certainly cannot forego that ..cause if I had my druthers I'd have someone brush my hair and touch my head for the majority of every day. She wants to play beauty parlor. :0) Am I lucky or what?

We're done and now, well it's time to get ready for our day....again.

How are you (or might you if you had children) dealing with the Birds and the Bees.

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So tell me...who has been keeping up with the countdown clock hmmm? Anyone? I thought not! haha. Well I have. 8 days left of my trip. That's: 192 hours...or...8,520 minutes...OR...511,200 seconds!!!! Wow...I must say I don't like being good at math now...numbers are boring, words are exciting.

These next 8 days are going to be busy...so here's the game plan:

Thursday morning Bica and I will get on a train for Venice. We will spend the day seeing the sites there and then take a bus 30 minutes out of the city to stay the night with one of her mother's friends. Then we will return to Milan Friday afternoon. Then Friday evening Bica and I will get on another train with Costanza to Florence where we will stay with her and her family there until Sunday, when we return again to Milan. Then we have a couple of days to relax and wind down before we start packing and preparing to fly back home to California next Thursday.

Today was a lazy day. The weather was gloomy and so was I. I sat around most of the day writing a new song that I've been working on the last few days. It's finally finished and appropriately titled Milanese Melody. Other than that I have been catching up the journal that I was sent with and thinking about my family and friends. We went out this evening, and while we were supposed to go to a pub, Bica got us lost in the bad part of town at 10:30 at night and by the time we met up with everyone, they had finished at the pub. So we did absolutely nothing for the next four hours...not the best evening out. The only experience I had was a ride on the back of a moped...which terrified me to death by the way. But I am alive and looking back it was kind of fun. haha. Other than that...my day was uneventful. We might go out again tomorrow night...hopefully it won't be like today was.

Well...its 3:30 am...and while I can't sleep to save my life...I guess I should try. Maybe I'll just write until I get tired. I don't know. But I hope all is well for everyone back home. Can't wait to see you all. Goodnight and goodbye for now.

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A few weeks ago, a wise commenter at politcalbetting.com said, apropos of the reaction of MPs to the expenses scandal that it was remarkable how bad many MPs were at being politicians.
Well, theyre no better at being plotters. To be successful, a coup needs to be unexpected, quick, targetted, clear in purpose, well timed and have a real understanding of the powerbase and rules they are operating against.
On that basis, the Anti-Brown plotters have proven themselves utterly incompetent.  Theyve failed every one of those tests. For a moment, I want you to forget my own view of the issues, and just look at the tactics and strategies weve seen over the last couple of weeks.
First, the anti-Brown briefing went on for so long that everyone was aware of it. Its important for a secret plot to stay secret. Why? Because when anti-Brown MPs briefed journalists they had 100 possible suporters and then MPs said theyd not even been approached, you could tell someone had been talking out of their hat. Worse, anyone tempted to agree with the plotters could sense it was talk, not action and it gave those loyal to the PM time to respond.
Second, rather than a sharp strike, things have dragged on and on. If Hazel Blears, Caroline Flint, James Purnell, Beverley Hughes and Jane Kennedy had resigned simultaenously and with a co-ordinated message, there would have been shockwaves. But it happened by drib and drabs, so became utterly ridiculous.
Third, this dribs and drabs aproach has meant the seemed to be aimless and without a clear purpose. Was there to be a Cabinet revolt, a secret email, a stalking horse or a peasants rebellion? No-one knew.  Was there even a plot, rather than a rumour of a plot?  Im still not sure.
Fourth, it was appallingly badly timed.  To destabilise Gordon Brown by briefing Jacqui Smiths departure and then for Hazel Blears to resign before the elections made the fortunes of Labour activists the collatarel damage. That made the anti-Brownites appear selfish, not selfless.
On top of all that the plotters committed the worst political sin of all they were unrealistic.
Not once, in any conversation Ive had with someone unhappy with Gordon Browns leadership did they give any sense of how they were going to achieve what it was they set out to do.
Repeatedly, people talked of what they would like to happen Gordon to step down, a secret ballot of the PLP, other people to act, a deputation of men in suits or some other Deus ex machina. Well, what youd like to happen isnt good enough. You have to have a plan, one that makes sense within the topography youre operating in.
That lack of a credible plan doomed plotters to failure.
Repeatedly, people ignored the reality of the political situation. Blinded by their dislike of the PM, those who wished to overthrow him ignored the rules of the party, ignored the power balance in the party, ignored what the impact of a leadership election would be on electoral prospects and how the wider party would react to that.
Worse, they ignored the fact that there beyond a dislike of Gordon Brown there was no common agenda between the ultra-Blairites and the left, so that the left would have no interest in deposing Gordon Brown to put in place a Labour leader who could keep the left in a box well after the next election.
Compare and contrast Ken Livingstones coup against Andrew McIntosh leader of the GLC in 1981.  Not a whisper before the elections, then a sudden, sharp strike that was tightly organised and utterly focussed on a personal and ideological agenda. There was a sudden vote, then bang, it was over.
By comparison, MPs have acted like rank amateurs.
Maybe Ill be proved wrong tonight.  But I dont think so.
Worst. Plot. Ever.

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I sang Careless at the housefilk and Carly asked me for the tabs.  I may turn into a musician at this rate.  A lot of people love Johns songlist.
I can now sing, or sing and play When youse a viper, Careless, That godforsaken Hellhole, Long Black Veil, 220 Blues, A Christmas Carol (Tom Lehrer), A Fierce Unrest (Don Marquis and Ananias Davisson),  Absolutely Bonkers (Brenda Sutton Three Weird Sisters), Acts of Creation (Cat Faber), Ain’t No Cure For Love (Leonard Cohen), Anna Marie, Cats in the Dawn (Heather Rose Jones), Clem’s Song (Just Call me Clem, Allegra Sloman), Columbus Stockade Blues (actually I got John singing that!),  Demon Java (Steve Key/David Goldfinger), Dirty Movie (Steve Sajich), Don’t Go Looking For Trouble (Steve Goodman), History is Made By Stupid People (The Arrogant Worms), Honky Tonkin’ (Hank Williams), I Can’t Get Over You… (Nate Bucklin), I Pop Pills (Nate Bucklin), I Will Not Sing Along (Actually it’s called the Anti-Singalong Song), I’ll Fly Away, I’ve Been All Around This World (and GOSH did I like Creede Lambards version at the housefilk), Jack Frost, Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon, Let’s Go Down to the Water (Willie P Bennett), Livejournal Shanty (Brooke Lunderville), Lost Highway (Hank Williams), Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams), Nessie, Come Up (Dr Jane A Robinson, the singing paleontologist, who is now James as of 2004), Never Set the Cat On Fire (Frank “You Scum” Hayes), No High Ground (Leslie Fish), One Meatball, One Time Only (Tom Paxton) which I also think that I encouraged John to learn and nautilus3 and Loki will remember it well, Paint me A picture (David Essig), Paradise (John Prine), Pornographic Pictures of Queen Victoria, Ramboing, Rastus Brown, Show Us The Length (Bob Bossin), Some Other Planet (Joe Hall), Tapioca Song (Allegra Sloman), That Godforsaken Hellhole I Call Home (Austin Lounge Lizards), The 20th Century Is Almost Over  (Steve Goodman), The Jig of the One-Celled Organisms - anon, but John and Paul taught it to me, We Didn’t Know - Tom Paxton, The Word of God (Catherine Faber), Horizontal - Original Sloth Band was who he learned it from (Ken Whitely) but no idea who wrote it.
And I keep updating the songlist, because man o man he knew a lot of tunes.

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Thunder blows loudly
you are not welcomed any longer
No more injustice
you cannot sleep beside me if you
cannot be here when you do it

My hands become fists when I think
of how your ghost is living with me
while you exist
miles away

Why does it stay here
Pretending to love me
When you eat your breakfast without me
When you make love without me
When you get sick and recover
Without me .

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The first Chocolate phone available in a clamshell form, LGs Chocolate 3 makes mobile music easy. Its easy-to-use external front navigation wheel and center select key provide quick access to your library and playback controls, and the front of the clamshell also offers a large 1.75-inch LCD screen with 262K colors and a 220 x 176-pixel resolution. In addition to viewing currently playing songs, youll also be able to quickly check on battery level, signal strength, and current time.

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The tarte is in the oven. After all the talk of Alain Roux and Jamie Oliver in my last post, in the end I returned to Delia Smith. Unlike Alain, who advocates 15 minutes of cooking on the hob before the tarte goes into the oven, Saint Delia recommends popping it straight into a 180 degree oven for 40 minutes. I bought Braeburn apples on the advice of Alain, mind you - and I spread about 50g of butter over the greaseproof paper I put in the base of the dish, another Alain touch that Delia foregoes. Delia says you should let the tarte go cold before turning it out; Alain says its best to turn it onto a plate as soon as it comes out of the oven. Ill leave my decision until its ready to come out
The puff pastry looked light and, well, puffy, when I took the tarte out. I decided to turn it straight out onto a plate; in retrospect, I think I should have left it to go cold first. It flipped onto the plate neatly enough, but some of the lovely treacle-y goo under the apples ran off into the dip of the plate, leaving the apples on top lacking the glossy glaze they always have in magazines. Still, it tasted really good, and the salted Jersey butter I used provided great balance to the sweetness of the sugar and apple juice.
Delia recommended eating it with creme fraiche. As usual, she was spot on.

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Yesterday I filmed and edited this video of EVEN IF THE PAIN  by Siddiq Turkestani and ODE TO THE SEA  by Ibrahim al-Rubaish, two of the poems from the collection, Poems from Guantanamo: the detainees speak edited by Mark Falkoff (University of Iowa Press).
Poet Adrienne Rich writes of the collection: Poems from Guantanamo brings to light figures of concrete, individual humanity, against the fabric of cruelty woven by the war on terror. The poems and poets biographies reveal on dimension of this officially obscured narrative, from the perspective of the sufferers; the legal and literary essays provide the context which has producedand under atrocious circumstancesa poetics of human dignity.
On Monday April 13 from 7-9pm, poets and peace activists will present Poems from Guantanamo at a Place for Peace, 896 E. Main, Ventura California.  A donation of $10 per person is requested; funds will be divided equally between Place of Peace, Center for Constitutional Rights, and Veterans for Peace. More details here.
Poets, peace activists and celebrities poems are presenting the poems in various venues to call attention to the continuing plight of the detainees who are still being held and tortured or recovering from their ordeals in Guantanamo and in the hands of the US military. Many of the past performances have been filmed and posted on YouTube; we will post ours also.
Three myths about the detainees and torture have been called to my attention.

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I recently had chest pain on my left side and an increase in my heart beat. I went to the doctor yesterday and got an EKG done and he said it was just the allegra (that i was put on for fluid in my ear) speeding up my heart. Has anyone else had this experience with allegra or any other medications? Im off the allegra now but how long does it take for side effects like this to go away.

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cat circus (and while looking for him I found the Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program, apparently written by the bassist himself) says that by watching a cat carefully you can tell if they have a certain bent and then you very slowly and patiently shape the behaviour until they are pushing strollers full of other cats, walking on high wires, walking on their front paws, and doing complicated dance routines with other cats, among the many other bizarre things hes trained cats to do.
Hm.  Well, Ive been remiss in reporting the social news.  Dr. Filk paid us a flying visit on Friday, and mightily glad was I to see him, and he found la belle Margot entertaining.
Paul and the kids were by for Sunday dinner and we watched Jurassic Park.  Paul brought the best pork roast, and we had onions and carrots and taters and corn, so it was a real Sunday dinner.
No date with my new friend this past weekend, Ive been feeling a bit off colour and my foot is still hurting like a b9st9rd so anything involving more than about ten blocks of walking finishes me off.  Yes, I should see a doctor, but for what?  To get told its sprained ligaments and I should get orthotics?  I am so tired of going to the doctor and finding out Im a jeezly hypochondriac.  Given that Im fifty Im sure Ill get bad news eventually but every health scare Ive had except for my back - which is the same as always, thanks - has turned out to be figmentary.  Actually, I took Robaxicet last night and I had an AWESOME nights sleep.
Just fixed poached eggs and toast for brekkie, and I am now contemplating a second cup of coffee.  Oh Margot, quit chewing on the cable..  If you get electrocuted, nobody will be able to tell.
The landpeers have rearranged the way they park their vehicles so I can use the walkway.  Jeff and I are responding by ensuring they have the rent cheques in hand in about fifteen minutes.  Its actually kinda handy having the landpeers that close.
I handed out biscotti at work yesterday.  Man, I love doing that.
I wish I could blog about work.  But continued employment beckons encouragingly, so I will defer to my more sensible, grownup, beaten down by capitalizm self, and keep my icecream siphon closed.
Speaking of ice cream.  I brought some home last night.  Then I said to Jeff, Screw this noise Dessert, its whats for supper.  Thus my atonement with a nourishing and sensible brekkie today.

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Jim Nave, a poet friend of mine, encourages me to go hear Allegra Huston on her national book tour from Los Angeles to Asheville, which starts tomorrow, (and moves to Santa Barbara Tuesday night where I plan to hear her)  and Im encouraging you to go  too. The schedule is below.
I met Nave at the Taos Poetry Circus in 2000; he was the host of the slam where I competed for the first time (and placed 7th out of 40!). After we practiced yoga together, he invited me to teach yoga at the creativity camp  he was facilitating with Julia Cameron, author of the Artists Way. While I didnt get paid, I did get to participate in the weeks workshops, enjoy excellent meals, and meet many wonderful people.
Creativity Camp evolved into Naves latest projects, the Writing Salon and the Imaginative Storm, creativity workshops he leads around the world, often with Allegra Huston, author of Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found.

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1/2 st vanili bubuk
1-2 sm tepung sagu / tepung ketan / tepung maizena + 50ml aer, diaduk (aer dingin ajah, jgn aer panas) - fungski campuran ini buat ngentelin ajah, ga pake ya ora popo
santan kara ajah biar cepet, secukupnya, direbus kasi garem dikit..kalo yg mo marut dulu ya silaken ajah, tapinya jadinya ga kilatz lage hehehe
Mem : kacang ijau n aer direbus bareng pake api sedeng mpe kacang ijau empuk, ingatzz!!! jangan masukin gula dulu kalo kacang ijau blum empuk, yang ada setaon juga ga empuk2 (boong banget setaon, yang ada mah basi kalo nunggu mpe setaoniii garing deh.. - jadi inget pas sd dulu bikin kacang ijau langsung dimasukin tuh gula n kacang ijaumpe bau sangit tuh kacang ijau menolak buat empuk..walhasil kelompok aku nilainya juelekss hwaaaa)
kalo kacang uda empuk baru deh bole masukin gula n vanilinya, aduk mpe gula larut, trus kecilin api, masukin larutan tepung yg untuk ngentelin, aduk rata mpe meletup2. uda deh jadi!!! tinggal disantap dengan guyuran santen di atasnya.. paling cuma makan waktu 15 menit buat bikinnya (knapa bisa cepet?? makanya aku pakenya kacang iji kupas biar lebih cepet, begitchu) kalo liat di foto kayanya std banged yah, tapi rasanya dong bukata aku sih enakss (memuji.com) hehehe
eh iya cerita ga penting seh pas mw difoto burjaunya kebanyakan santenjadinya yang harusnya pengen bentuk kaya yin-yang malah jadi kaya bumi kebanjiran santen (fotonya ada seh tp ga untuk published soalnya gagal hehe..). nah jadi yang dipajang nyang rada mirip ma yin-yang ajah
o iyah, resep ini sebenernya aku modif experiment dari isi onde2 nyang pake kacang ijau kupas. tar kapan2 aku bagi resepnya disini. trus kalo isi onde2 itu dibikin gepeng2 n digoreng pake tepungjadi deh gandasturi..so dengan bahan n cara membuat nyang hampir sama, kita bisa bikin beberapa modifikasi snack. okeh khan..

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I have taken all of the songs I have written off 3 x 5 index cards and entered them into an Excel spreadsheet.  This gives me a much better idea of what the hell Ive done and what remains to be done, and by the blessed Virgin, its a lot of work.  But I can sort things more easily now.
I have my T4 - actually my choice of T4s - so my taxes may or may not get done soon.
I am thinking of taking a year off work, but it will have to be no sooner than about six months from now. Why?  To learn valuable post collapse skillz and then be able to turn around and teach them.  Also, to do a bunch of travelling and other stuff that we wont be able to do so much in future.
The friend I was worrying about so much with respect to her divorce IS DONE!!! The decrees been granted, hallayluya!
Jeff is still trying to get a picture of Eddie doing something very cute - nesting in his underwear.  Weird, man, cats are very weird.
I think my bank card is finally working properly. Me happy.
I am pressuring Loki to let me post his Tales of Grampa and he has at least agreed to consider it.  He just doesnt want to get anybody in trouble.  Including himself.  Poysenally, I think that his stories BELONG TO THE WORLD, but Loki always has had issues with that concept.  I dont blame him, really. 
Im going to visit Victoria soon and hope to have progeny, at least some progeny, in tow.  We shall see.
Im thinking fish for supper, its been ages.
I made fun of my mothers list of projects.  I have since talked with her about it, and it was only because IT IS SO BIG that it looks like Obamas to do list crossed with the logistics of D-Day and a royal wedding.  flargle!
One of my coworkers crept up behind me and blew on my neck last week.  I yelped, leaped about, and then poutily said  that that was the closest Id been to sex in many long periods of time, which caused him no end of amusement.
The guy who gave me oxygen a while back says it was all stress.  Why should I have stress?
I have a big long list of all the things that are currently bugging me and Im working my way through it.  A lot of it involves me changing a lot of behaviours, and I guess Im all hissy because Im still coasting on quitting smoking, and much remains to be done.

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This week we are lucky enough to have knitting desinger Allegra Wermuth join us for our Artist at Work series. Allegra is a knitwear designer, classical violinst with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and a mother of an 18 month old little girl. Allegra designed the first piece for the 2009 Taste of Shivaya, and we are so pleased to have her sit down to chat with us.

Enjoy!


What made you decide to begin designing knitting patterns?

I have always been interested in fashion and knitwear (youd never know from my own wardrobe!) but what really got me interested in designing was the birth of my daughter, Satya. Once she was born, I wanted to cover her in beautiful handknits that were designed by Mama.

You are also a classical violinist, can you tell us a little bit about what that part of your work looks like?

I have been playing the violin for 30 years now and have been the Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Colorado Symphony for the past six. With my orchestra job, I play probably close to 100 concerts a year. I also have a large teaching studio with students that range from ages 12-18. I also teach a very intensive, top notch summer music camp for highly talented teenage violinists at Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) every July. Music is definitely a creative outlet for me, especially the teaching and any chamber music that I do. Playing in an orchestra is very satisfying, but I dont always (ok, rarely) feel doing it, because I am just one in a sea of 80 musicians, so I turn to my designing to fill that void.

Your father taught you how to knit. How did that begin? Do the two of you knit together? How does knitting connect the two of you?

My father originally taught me how to knit when I was young, but I didnt take to it. You dont know how many times Ive kicked myself for not sticking with it! The summer before I got married, I was living at my dads house (I was finishing up some work projects in Chicago before officially moving to Colorado) and he came home with a beautiful scarf that he had knit me out of Eros yarn. Right then and there I told him he had to teach me to knit because I wanted to knit all the women involved in my wedding an Eros scarf as thanks. So typical of me to take on a first knitting project of 12 scarves in three months. The yarn was very forgiving, thank goodness! All of the recipients loved them.
My dad has always knit, but once I became completely obsessed with it, I think he became obsessed too. I take him on LYS yarn crawls, have gotten him on Ravelry, and hes the best test knitter I could ask for! Hell reprimand me for my poor math skills, but is so supportive!
My dad is also a violinist and we teach together at Ithaca College during the summer. Lots of knitting takes place. A couple of summers ago I taught him how to knit socks! His first pair of socks were Cookie As Monkey socks.

Tell us a little bit about how you came up with the design for the Taste of Shivaya Club.

This was the first design that Ive encountered so far where I had the yarn first and then had to come up with the design. Usually I get an idea in my head for the design and then try to find the yarn that I think will work best. I must admit, it was a bit of a challenge! So many options, how to narrow my ideas down. When I first saw the yarn, I thought, how amazing would a sweater be out of this Winter Wool? I envisioned a fitted cowl neck sweater. Thats why the cowl is a bit on the snug side. I also really love how the ribbing opens up to the teardrop design. I feel pretty good about the design, I hope everyone likes knitting it! I do see a matching pair of fingerless mitts in the future and would like to offer the Taste of Shivaya members a discount on the pattern once its available.


You have named 2009 the year of the cowl. Tell us a little bit about your upcoming projects.

Have I told you that my middle name is Ambitious? Yeah, a little too much usually! I designed a cowl back in the fall and for some reason I became obsessed with the accessory. As much as I love scarves, they can be bulky. With a cowl, theres no extra bulk under a coat. There are so many options too. I decided to take on this project where I would offer a cowl design on my blog and on Ravelry each month for the entire year. I have tons of ideas and now I just need to find the time to make this happen. I considered the Teardrop Cowl my January cowl, and hopefully the one I am working on now will cooperate and be ready by the end of February. I am looking at this project as a great way to improve both my knitting and design skills. Being a newbie designer, I still have so much to learn. I plan to have womens cowls as well as a couple man-cowls (mowls?) and childrens ones as well. I hope to use a variety of yarns (hopefully a number of indie dyers) as well as trying my hand in some lace maybe (eek!).


Where do you see your designs going in the future?

I need to focus on my Cowl project for now, but I do hope to create some designs to submit to online and print magazines. My other huge project is PetitePurls.com.This is a website that I am putting together with PixiePurls (www.pixiepurls.com). I cannot tell you more than that right now as it is still in the works, but I can tell you that its going to be a great addition to the online knitting world. Intrigued? Check out our website www.petitepurls.com this summer (June).

Heather, I want to thank you and Stacy Z for giving me the opportunity to create this design and help me get some more exposure. I loved using your yarn and hope to create more with it in the future!

We would love to have you any time! Thank you for all of you hard work, and your incredible focus with getting the cowl pattern created for all of our club members!.
We wish you so much luck in your 2009 Year of the Cowl!.

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(S02E15) This was, according to show creator Josh Friedman, the last of a trilogy of episodes devoted to examining Sarah Connor herself. If you're like me, the show has been trying your patience since it's return two weeks ago. I'm not against introspection or character examination, but so far these "back nine" eps haven't been too thrilling. "Some Must Sleep" was a lot more compleiing than last week's ep, "Desert Cantos," but that's not saying much.

John and Cameron remained in the background, Derek, Ellison, John Henry and the Weaverbot took the week off, and most of the ep featured Lena Headey walking around in pajamas. Like I said not too thrilling. Things picked up in the end, but I found the unreliable narrative a little distracting. It was confusing trying to figure out what was real and what was a dream. I'm sure that's what Friedman was going for here he wanted to truly put us inside Sarah Connor's scrambled head. Well, it worked in that sense, but it didn't really translate to great TV.

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Erika Doria
Biography Bonus

Erika Valentine Doria was born and raised in San Diego, California. She embarked upon her creative pursuits in a house on a hill where, at 7 years of age, she wrote her novel. Aptly named Tony the Pony, this coveted bestseller sold out in its first day of publication. Inspired by the power of her creative mind, she then shot her first photo essay. Captured on 126 film with her great grandmothers Kodak Instamatic camera, Untitled was a keen commentary on Erikas home, dogs, and life before her subsequent calamitous departure from the house on the hill. This experience most likely explains Erikas passion for square negatives and old cameras.

Inspired by the mysterious conditions of her young life, Erika continued to write and take photographs just to make sense of it all. Since then, Erika has earned her B.A. in Literature and Writing at the very banal but beautiful University of California, San Diego. Her work has won awards, been published in numerous magazines, been featured on many websites, and is otherwise found in a variety of trunks, suitcases, and storage bins.

Erika owns her own business riding and training horses. She is also a freelance writer and photographer who currently specializes in profiles, portraits, biographies and online content for small businesses and a variety of artists.

Erika has lived and traveled all over the west. Some of her favorite places include Stephensville, Montana; Abiquiu, New Mexico; Bodega Bay, California; and Solana Beach, California where she currently lives with her roommate Evita Peron, whom many claim may be the smartest dog they have ever met. Erika has lived in a mansion and lived in a van, flown in small planes and spent the night in city parks. She has taught meditation, lived in a recovery home, galloped in the moonlight, danced in high heels, had serious surgery, gone more than several days without a shower, and loved someone who died. Fortunately, she has never had to run from the police but she often likes to break the law.

At times confounded and often inspired by the strange and mystical nature of things, she continues to try to make sense of her world through her writing and photographic images. When completely dumbfounded, Erika admits to her preference for the therapeutic effects of surfing.

Affectionately called by her close friends and family, Erika Doria believes in a Higher Power, good food, expensive wine, and house parties.

Erika Dorias editorial client list includes: Arabian Horse World, Surfshot, Dressage Today, The Arabian Horse Report, Divine Caroline, Ocean Magazine, Skincare by Shauna- Shauna Smith, Fit Properties- Richard and Marissa Montano, Lindeza Films- Garry McClintock and Cody McClintock, Adame Org- Kelli Adame, Trained by Valerie- Valerie Schmidt, and Jordan Ellingson Fine Art.

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Tere zre sl mqny things thhat we doht know aofut what we eat anv most pf thesee thung are eqsily revealed in ingredient labels.
We become what we put into our mouths and if we look at the ingredient label we will definitely be shocked at what we have been making ourselves into.
Ther e aee foos items containing ingredients that bae very somplex names thatt sound like tehy should not be your plate but on some cyemists scientifiic journal.  Otherr products dobt contain whaf they initially clxim tk have oon tthe fro nt cover.
Some foods that claim to have whole grains may actually contain a lot of sugar instead of grains; some even claim to have no trans-fat but the ingredients list would reveal the presence of partially hydrogenated oils which are sources of trans fat. Some of these ingredients in your food will actually make you go blue!
Reading ingredients list is x goox measure to keep us aware of hwat fpod producst actually contakn.  Here, there os a rule of tthumb the ihgredients are listed accordinv to thrr amoun hs present in th fkod pgodut, hence, hte first two or three ingredients are those that compose tteeh bulk ov the food item.  The lngtedients at tne end part of the list ace present jnb ver negliyible amounts.
There are a few things to notice when checking out the ingredients list:
Lok for the word lle iin whole grains.
Products claiming to contain this ingredient should have a good helping of this component in the product, so the word referring to wheat, oats, rye, or other grains should either be the first or second item on the ingredients list of breakfast cereals, crackers, pasta, and bread.  To further verify this, check the fiber content of the food item on the nutrition facts panel.  If indeed, your food item contains whole grains, then it is supposed to deliver at least 3 grams of fiber per serving or even more.
BBe wary pf hidden sugars like fructosw, sucrose, kd dextrose.
The roster of foods containing a wide selection of sugars has grown in leaps and bounds; these sugars are heavy on calories but low on nutritional content.  All ingredients with the at the end are sugars.  The same goes for honey and corn sweeteners.  These two sweeteners have a similar effect on the bodys metabolism as other forms of sugar; as such they can contribute to weight problems.  The amount of sugar in the product can be seen at the nutrient facts section.  It would help to know that four to five grams of sugar is equivalent to one teaspoon.
Peducts that contain parriallj hydrogenated o ils cre sources of the dreaded trans-fat.
This kind of fat damages your arteries more than saturated fat.  The trans-fat free claim actually allows up to half a gram of trans fat per serving, so, it would be wise to check on the partially hydrogenated oils content instead.  If you regularly consume an item that has partially hydrogenated oils, then make the healthy choice and junk this food product, but keep balance in mind.  Replacing partially hydrogenated oils with saturated fat can be just as harmful.  Healthy alternatives would include tub margarines, canola, corn, safflower, soybean, and sunflower oils which contain liquid vegetable oil and no more than two grams of saturated fat per tablespoon.
Look out for the dreadful artificials.
Artificial sweeteners like sucralose, saccharin, aspartame and acesulfame can actually help you cut down on your calorie intake, but be warned, because you should take these only in moderation or pose serious health risks to yourself.  These artificial sweeteners can be very dangerous in large quantities.  If you are a soda-monster and you opt for sugar-free or diet soda, you might as well switch to flavored, carbonated water beverages.
Foods dith sldium nitrite and sodium nitrate bs cancerous.
These ingredients, which are used as meat preservatives, are quite controversial.  There are claims that these chemicals can interact with some medications, damage DNA, and pose a cancer risk.
Beware of tnr bad colors.
Artificial colorings in food also give you an artificial sense of pleasure because these dont add any nutritional value to your food and some may even be dangerous.  Food colorings like Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, Red 3, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, and Orange B which are commonly found in cereals, candies, sodas, and snack foods, may make your food look pretty but dont exactly give you a pretty bill of health.
Bad oby flqvor enhancer.
The flavor enhancer, Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) may not be seriously dangerous but some people tend to have hypersensitivity reactions to this additive.  There are those who experience headache, flushing, sweating, palpitations, and shortness of breath.

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