Month: November 2011

Screw Politics, What’s for Dinner?

I am temporarily tired of writing about how much Washington sucks. What we need are recipes for Thanksgiving dinner and dessert, and for using leftovers. Here’s our recipe for cranberry sauce: 1 lb. cranberries 2.5 cups of...

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The rughooker speaks

I keep reading other creative diaries and I love seeing the work others are doing here. I have been an artist all my life and I think it’s important to spread the word about the work we artists do. In tough financial...

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Something That Gives Me the Creeps

I saw John Hellemann on the Chris Matthews Show this morning make reference to covering a story about pedophilia at the American Boy Choir School in Princeton, New Jersey. I hadn’t heard anything about it, so I went and...

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Sunday Knitapalooza

By popular request (and in response to the chillier weather), the return of the Knitapalooza diary series…   First, a few finished objects: I know a few of you have seen pictures of the sweater I made for CBtY...

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The Clap is More Popular Than Congress

Even though I never heard a proposal from the Supercommittee that I could support, I still think it is pathetic that they couldn’t even come up with any proposal at all. The Republicans never even offered anything tempting...

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