http://marq1.info/blog It is what it is. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:06:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Winterish, and dark outside. Finally not sweaty. Resisting I keep picking up Jane Sowerby's Victorian Lace Today. I'm so tempted. I'm resisting; it is only a month and a half until the Χ–thing and there is no way I'm finishing a shawl in six weeks. I'm down to one or two conference ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/11/08/nothing-to-show/ Still cool, but warming slightly. Fat Yarn I look at chunky or even aran yarn—and sometimes even worsted—and think what could possibly do with that? Besides a hat. That I wouldn't wear. Large yarns making my head look smaller. I do have some nice thick yarns, several skeins of Malabrigo Merino, in fact, ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/10/31/what-to-do/ Cool. Dry. Finally. Feather & Fan This is Feather & Fan, in the alternate version with the yarn-over cable. I am somewhat happy at how it turned out. I am also happy that I have actually finished it. The last 20% took forever. One hundred twenty thousand plus stitches, followed by a crocheted ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/10/28/at-last/ Somehow I twisted my knee while of after biking 24 miles yesterday. Going down stairs and getting up after sitting at my desk are difficult, but the ride was worth it. Carroll Gardens… Gowanus… Sunset Park… Bay Ridge… Bath Beach… Bensonhurst… Coney Island… Brighton Beach… Sheepshead Bay… the Knapp Street sewage treatment plant… some neighborhoods whose names I don't yet know… Midwood… Kensington… Windsor ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/06/11/twisted/ Mostly cloudy and dense with humidity Today, 24.4 mi/39.25 km, through Ft Greene, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Maspeth, the area around LaGuardia, Astoria, Long Island City, Greenpoint, East Williamsburgh, Fort Greene agains and home. http://marq1.info/blog/2007/06/09/for-the-record/ Finally summery. With a nice evening breeze. Last Sunday's Route Twenty-four and half miles, following on 20.5 the day before. Feather & Fan Less than 25% remaining. I'm sorry, it is tedious. It is nice though. http://marq1.info/blog/2007/06/05/sundays-bike-ride/ I'm on VACATION. I cannot remember when I last felt this relaxed. Not that a sane person would call me relaxed. I'm on vacation for only a week; and at the end of the week I turn 49. My joy is not unmitigated. Spring. Finally. Maybe. Five weeks after the false hope of March, ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/04/22/a-week-without-underwear/ Overcast, not as warm as I'd like, but so much better than last week. Time to Get My Butt in Gear Call me an optimist, but the weather doesn't seem quite as antagonistic this week. I need to get the bike into the local shop for a tune-up and a new back ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/03/13/check-up/ Surprisingly comfortable. OMG(osh), Spring's coming and I weigh way too much!!!!!! And tonight's fabulous meal was Sesame Chicken, the recipe for which got somewhere on the internet, about.com maybe, and tripled the amount of chili paste. Really, triple the amount of chili paste. A teaspoon? Wimps. A tablespoon! Astounding. The apartment does ... http://marq1.info/blog/2007/03/11/spring-maybe/ Scary is when iTunes does a perfect segue from Madonna's Push to Kate Bush's Hounds of Love. I am, btw, still on Eastern Standard Time and will pay for this in the morning. http://marq1.info/blog/2007/03/11/scary/