Chandler's dog, Willy We went to Ikea on the way home from Chandler Swain’s house, where I had just purchased two lovely hand-crafted pottery bowls. Chandler Swain is my favourite potter. She lives and works out of a charming little house near Almonte. It is my dream to go stay
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knitnut.net: With your breasts in mind…
I got a three-page, 42-question questionnaire in the mail the other day from my breast cancer surgeon. It’s about breasts and self-esteem. I tried to answer it, because it’s the least I could do for the surgeon who saved my life, but I got bogged down trying to wrap my
Continue readingknitnut.net: Thread. Yes, thread.
The machine quilting class on Saturday was taught by a thread enthusiast. “I love thread!” she enthused enthusiastically. “Thread technology has come a long way in the last ten years,” she said. “I want you to forget everything you’ve ever heard about thread!” Apparently I’d already forgotten everything I’d ever
Continue readingknitnut.net: Meet the other Zoom
My sister, Mudmama, is a farmer in Nova Scotia. She and her partner are raising goats, chickens, ducks and rabbits, in addition to children, dogs and cats. And now – insert drum roll here – she has added two sheep to her flock! Not only that, but she named one
Continue readingknitnut.net: The light at the end of the Effexor tunnel
Today is my 5th day without Effexor. Yesterday was brutal. I had all the symptoms of the other four days (only worse), plus a migraine, fatigue, and bouts of profound sadness. I got up in the morning and tried to go to work but soon realized that wasn’t going to
Continue readingknitnut.net: Effexor Discontinuation Syndrome: brain whack
Remember about a year and a half ago I got depressed and started taking the anti-depressant Effexor? Well, after a little while I didn’t feel depressed anymore, but I couldn’t tell whether the depression was really and truly gone or Effexor was just masking it. I kept taking it, even
Continue readingknitnut.net: The Tenant
We accidentally watched the worst movie EVER on Friday night. We meant to watch a highly rated psychological thriller called The Tenant. But we somehow downloaded a phenomenally bad horror film called The Tenant. The movie hadn’t even been on for a minute when we looked at each other and
Continue readingknitnut.net: The fusses on the buses
Things have been a little crazy on the city buses lately. First there was the driver who was videotaped shouting, swearing and intimidating the student. (If you haven’t seen that video yet, here it is). Then there was the driver of the #5 who, when challenged by a frustrated customer
Continue readingknitnut.net: Oboe and the ceiling fan
Ceiling fans are one of the leading causes of death among pet birds. It’s so common, there’s even a term for it: shredded tweet. I only have two ceiling fans in my house: one in the bedroom, one in the sewing room. They are almost always turned off, and the birds rarely go in either […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: I want some bunny to love
Who thinks I should get a baby angora rabbit?
I met a grown-up one at KnitKnackers the other day. Her name is Pandora and I fell head over heels in love with her. I want one just like her. She’s big and soft and she was recently shorn so she’s half-naked with wonderful hairy ears, and […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: A new toy
We have a new toy at our house! For my birthday, my son gave me a gift certificate for my favourite pet store, Critter Jungle, which just happened to be having a sale on these Zoomax perches.
It required moving all the furniture around to make room for it, since it needed some aerial real estate […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: We’re all adjusting
Apparently it’s not cheating if you cheat at Nanowrimo. It’s called Being a Rebel. They even have Rebel badges and everything. Rebels are creating all kinds of books at Nanowrimo, including cook books, memoirs, short story collections, haiku collections, and more. I even saw that one person is doing the first draft of her thesis […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: We have our work cut out for us
GC and I both have our work cut out for us in November: I’m writing a book and he’s growing a mustache.
National Novel Writing Month (more affectionately known as Nanowrimo) requires participants to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of November.
This will be my third year participating. My first two novels […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: Friendly Giant I and Friendly Giant II
Friendly Giant I
We’re not exactly looking for a dog just yet. We’re pre-looking. We’re familiarizing ourselves with local shelters and rescues.
So yesterday we went to the Friendly Giants Dog Rescue‘s 2nd annual Adoption Day, which was held out near Kinburn at Dogs at Camp.
There were dogs everywhere, running and tumbling and wrestling together. Every […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: Sometimes I miss Larry O’Brien
The main drawback of Jim Watson being elected mayor of Ottawa is that we don’t have Larry O’Brien to kick around anymore. He was such an irresistible target. I don’t know if it was his colossal ego coupled with his little wee brain, or his ludicrously macho approach to life, or his absolute willingness to […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: I got the snake
Last night GC and I went for dinner at my son and his girlfriend’s place. James made a delicious chile in the slow cooker. One of the best chiles I’ve ever tasted, actually. And Shelby made chocolate chip cookies, which she was just taking out of the oven as we arrived.
They have four pets, so […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: A Hipstamatic kind of morning
I took all these pictures of Canada Geese with my Hipstamatic while walking to work yesterday morning.
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Continue readingknitnut.net: Duncan Dogcat goes to the drive-through
The other night we decided to stop in at the Tim Horton’s drive-through for a Boston Cream donut. Duncan was along for the ride, because he loves riding in cars. He was in the back seat, standing on his hind legs, with his little pink nose pressed up against the window.
The cashier handed GC […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: Oboe flew away
It was 4:30 on Saturday afternoon. The birds were all out of their houses and I was sweeping the floors. As I stepped outside to empty the dustpan into the green bin, Oboe slipped through the door with me.
And whoosh! Just like that, he was gone.
I watched as he flew down the street […]
Continue readingknitnut.net: About that birthday video
So. Remember the time it was my birthday and I promised to post a video of all the birds singing Happy Birthday?
Well…let’s just say that they all got camera-shy and clammed up and refused to sing. So I decided to give them another chance the following day, but again they suffered from performance anxiety.
It’s […]
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