Buzzwords

Buzzwords for life:

"authentic humility and reckless generosity"

Timothy Shriver, the chairman of the Special Olympics, author of, “Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most."

Philosphy Thursday: On Doubt

""The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." ("The Triumph of Stupidity" "Mortals and Others: Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935)

Summer Flowers

We have had a lot of recent rain, thanks to the disintegration of two tropical storms over the desert, and so suddenly all of our summer plants are having a second burst of flowers.

An Adventure!

Not much posting recently because of big news: Little Sister of Mossy is moving cross country and will soon be just half an hour away! Hooray! Between checking out houses for her and getting ready for the class I'm teaching this semester, plus weekly dog class, it's been super busy in the Nest. Plus, I'm making a shawl for that first-ever Ravelry swap, and it's been kicking my tuchus fierce. I can't wait for it to be done, so I'm spending all of the holiday on Monday working on it.

It's been lonely in the nest, so there is much excitement at having a sister and a nephew so close. Holidays and birthdays will be much more fun. In fact, the overwhelming desire to move somewhere new, which has been steadily building, may subside for a while.

So, these photos are for Little Sister.

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men....

I brought a salmon salad to work yesterday. Baby lettuce, feta cheese, yellow tomatoes, wild caught Alaskan salmon (canned). My boss organized an impromptu ice cream party to celebrate a signed contract. I brought the other half of the salmon salad to work today. There were two birthdays here today; one brought brownies,  the other chocolate cake. Why oh why must the yumminess taunt me?

"Eat me!"

Gorgeous Shawl

I'm participating in my first swap over at Ravelry, and my partner, cheetah2011, knitted this amazing shawl for me. The pattern is Olive Garden by Tanya Gobruseva, made with Aunt Lydia's 100% Viscose from Bamboo, in a beautiful sage color (one of my favorite colors). I didn't want to implode Rav's bandwidth, so here are photos of the shawl, showing all its gorgeousness. I am simply gobsmacked by its beauty and her talent, and am completely in love with this shawl. It has beads! I cannot imagine the patience to knit with beads.

Dudley at the Library

Dudley subbed for the regular Read to a Dog canine at the public library last week, and had a grand old time. He was a little restless, but he didn't know what was expected of him (nor, really, did I), so I expect him to be better next week when he does his second guest appearance. A 9-month-old baby crawled all over him; he loved it. Yes, that is a tiny, child-sized chair he has precariously positioned himself on. No, I did not teach him that trick. that's the one trick he came with when I adopted him. It's a pretty good one.