Meobius Cowls
Made a bunch of moebius cowls for family for Christmas this year with yarn from the lovely new yarn and fabric shop in Mid-Cambridge, Gather Here. These are very fun to knit. More details available on my Ravelry page. Pics…
Protected: 2011 Calendar Photos
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What we had for dinner 10/25/11
Jasmin rice Crispy Kale Roasted Sweet Potato Raw home-sprouted moong bean with olive oil and salt (lime and red pepper optional) Home-made wheat cracker with Saint Andre cheese Indian pickle (carrots and tindora in cracked mustard preserve)
Curtain Styles and Fabrics
WordPress in War
Viewed this blog entry on Teru Kumayana’s work in Afghanistan over 5 1/2 months. An award-winning photojournalist, Kumayana spent 10 years taking photos in Afghanistan for Newsweek and NGOs, and “five years trying to get out.” Realizing that “his photos…
Protected: Halloween 2011
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Linen Bread Bag
We’ve been running out of plastic grocery bags for trash and storing of food, so I googled a bit to see if cloth bags might work for bread. The consensus I found was that linen might work well so Mohan…
A Poem for Building a House
The Guest House, by Rumi (Translated by Coleman Barks in The Essential Rumi) This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome…
Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)
Just got the news of Steve Jobs’ passing. My husband Hitesh was a huge fan. Here’s a commencement address he gave at Stanford in 2005 that has some profound messages. Also note that Jobs was vegan :-) “Remembering that I’ll…
Learning to Listen
My son’s 1st/2nd grade class did a segment on listening this last week (this was a first for this classroom). The kids discussed what’s involved in listening and apparently concluded that it’s a “whole body” experience. They created a series…