Who needs updates?
This blog does, that’s who. It occurs to me that since i last “wrote”, I have attended two fairly major swing events, celebrated my birthday, joined a second knitting circle, joined forces with our local swing dance non-profit group, and watched my favorite time of spring arrive and then begin to sneak away [...]

This is a test. This is only a test.
Here’s a picture of my cat.

And it worked! Sort of. This is why I don’t generally put pictures into my posts; it gets messy! But people like pictures, and I do too. I’ll keep working on this.
In other news, my new dancing shoes came in! I’m [...]

I feel much better today. Not perfect, but better.
I’m looking very much forward to knitting with the girls tonight. My goal is to get the first sleeve and much of the second sleeve finished for this sweater. If I can do that, I might have a finished sweater by the weekend. And that would rock! [...]

That is the sound I’ve heard at my office desk for the last two to three weeks, because several woodpeckers have decided that the cedar siding on our building is mighty tasty. One of their favorite dining locales, in fact, is a spot directly above my window. The building next door to us in the [...]

Dear National Phone Company:
Please, for the love of all that’s holy, stop printing all the pages of your bill on the same perforated paper you use to print the first page with remittance section. I should not have to tape our phone bill back together every month. The simple act of removing it from [...]