I’ve been sewing for decades but not much lately. I have about the material for three different pieces but I can’t get motivated to actually sew them. I used to sew kids clothes for friends and family which is great because you can use all kinds of patterned fabric and they don’t have to fit that well. These days I…

was there a heel strap? This style works better for me for what you mentioned.

I think I’m on twenty years of wearing Birks now. When you go to resole them (and you will have to at some point), ask for Vibram soles instead of the usual. They last twice as long for those who wear them daily.

Or is he hiking the Appalachian Trail?

The blueberry cake sounds awesome. I was going to make a blackberry fool, but the marscopone cheese I bought for it is missing and I have the suspicion my husband took it camping thinking it was cream cheese or yogurt. Jerk.

It’s log, it’s log. It’s big, it’s heavy it’s wood.

Pray for Snow from 10 Barrell Brewing, it’s an awesome dark winter ale.

Probaly not a solution, but I had a work mate who would launch into anti-puerto rican rants and I would start singing “America “ from West Side Story- “Puerto Rico you lovely island!....” and she would get confused and shut up.

A love of the arts, empathy for the marginalized, a great sense of direction and the ability to read maps well, and a whole lot of stubborn.

I went to school in England for a year. The first month was hard, mostly because I was lonely. Then three weeks into classes perople started talking to me more readily and asking me to join them in activities. It was like I passed some unspoken test. And you know what, it’s okay to find other Americans/ an expat group…

In court it came out the deputy clerks agreed without hesitation with giving licenses but were unable to do so because of this woman, that’s why none of them were held in contempt.

I’m somehow distance-related to Scott Walker. It’s all terrible.

The same can be said for Voodoo Donuts

I grew up on rhubarb-only pie and I hated it. I can tolerate strawberry-rhubarb but it’s not my go to. My mother also made rhubarbsauce, like applesauce except really gross.

that was when I stopped watching SVU. Yeesh.

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My mom has a computer bridge game that he narrates/MCs and it’s always kind of shocking to hear “Good play!” in his voice coming from her office.

I worked in a theatre that was showing “The Last Temptation of Christ”. Same crazy people came out but instead of watching it stood outside and yelled at the people who did.

The pattern companies keep costs down by minimizing the paper used which means minimizing the instructions. I’ve helped friends with projects and the instructions are hard for me to understand and I’ve been sewing for 30+ years. Also, like recipes, the it always takes longer to complete then is stated. Keep on…