Archive for 2006

Busy busy busy

In: stuff

8 Dec 2006

That’s me, Miss Busy Bee. I’ve been learning how to knit, realizing that knitting can be an expensive hobby, switching over to sewing, embroidery and crazy quilting [MUCH cheaper], and discovering a vibrant, thriving web community of crafters. AND… I got an idea for a book about this community of crafters. I love to create [...]

A blogger takes a bunch of photos at Rockefeller Center and doesn’t discover until she gets home that she captured a love story on ice. I wonder who those skaters are.

Buy Nothing Day

In: stuff

24 Nov 2006

Today is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, but you don’t have to join the insanity. Stay home, relax, enjoy your Thanksgiving leftovers, and celebrate Buy Nothing Day. Think of it as your little contribution to saving the planet.

Frugal but happy

In: Noteworthy

22 Nov 2006

Making Pennies Squeak. You’ll be a LOT happier if you take this advice.

I love to watch Darryl Hannah’s [sort of] weekly videos about the environment. She’s the real deal.


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I'm not really famous. In case you were wondering. But I tried. I once believed that fame makes you real - a perversion of "The Velveteen Rabbit" theme that love makes you real. Guess I equated fame with love. Sad. You can read more about that here.

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