From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Unknotting 101

June 15, 2009

Yesterday I spent nearly two hours unknotting a three-dollar skein of yarn. Not fine, expensive, oh-so-worth-saving yarn. Just bargain acrylic. But it was a lovely color and had a surprisingly nice hand to it. The marathon unknotting session really had nothing to do with the yarn though. What kept me going were the lessons and [...]

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Is The Flexibility of Working For Yourself Driving You Crazy?

June 11, 2009

Whenever I stumbled onto a talk show in the last two weeks the authors of Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success were talking to everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to Charlie Rose. I was fascinated to hear them talk about how women should not be afraid to make career choices that might not make sense [...]

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What I Learned While Doing The Laundry

June 7, 2009

I’m not much of a housekeeper. My domestic cred all comes from being the home sys admin, not the chief cook and bottle washer. Martha Stewart may be able to fold a fitted sheet neater than when it came out of the package but I dare say she can’t reboot a local area network or [...]

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