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Pinterest is not entirely clothes, food, and crafts
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Thursday, Mar 28 2013
During my long blog hiatus, Pinterest came along to provide the ability to “pin” cool images from the Web to save for later perusal. It combines an appeal to the visual with an appeal to the inner collector and hoarder that sits within far too many of us, which makes it more than a little…
Before and after: the office project
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Saturday, Mar 23 2013
A couple of years ago I decided to turn a vacant room in my 1911 bungalow house into a new office for me. A lot of things in my life came along to slow the project down, but now, after a year and a half of actually (slowly) working on it, the room is basically…
CITRON DATES ORANGE
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Thursday, Mar 21 2013
Long time no blog. I’m finally biting the bullet and using one of the standard WordPress themes for this site — I just don’t have time to customize a whole theme anymore. I’m planning to post some more about a few of the things I’ve been doing lately, including interesting history trivia, crafts, design, and…
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine #5, Bumbershoot Preview
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Thursday, Sep 1 2011
This week I’ve got YEAH! Magazine issue #5 for you: the 1987 Bumbershoot Preview. We posted capsule previews for all of the local bands playing at that year’s Bumbershoot festival. If you were around here in the 80s, these names should bring back a lot of memories. This was the last weekly issue. The weekly…
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine #4 is missing!
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Thursday, Aug 25 2011
I went to scan YEAH! Magazine #4 today, and was disappointed to find that I don’t have a copy of #4. I thought I had a complete run of the ‘zine, but apparently not. I’d like to appeal to anyone who may have a copy of #4—I would like to copy it if you have…
24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine #3
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Thursday, Aug 18 2011
Following up on last week’s post, here’s YEAH! Magazine #3, featuring the Life, the Young Fresh Fellows, Sam Smith, the PopLlama Picnic, and more. (Click the cover to download the whole PDF.) This issue was reasonably solid, I think. The magazine’s volunteers weren’t burned out yet, and we were all pretty motivated. Some of the…
All roads led to the Dog House
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Monday, May 17 2010
It’s been a while now, but I remember quite a few late night meals at the Dog House before it closed. It’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years! So when I saw this matchbook cover on Flickr, it made me smile.
Knitting in progress: leafy scarf
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Sunday, Apr 25 2010
This is the scarf I’m currently working on. Once I block it the leaves will be flatter. The yarn is Noro Kureyon, of course.
Four years old?!
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Sunday, Apr 25 2010
While I was searching for something else, I stumbled on this fairly horrifying story, published in the Schenectady Gazette, April 14, 1923. If you click on it you can see a larger copy. It says: CHILD FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER Montrose, Pa., April 13.—Four-year old Elmer Washburn, confessed slayer of Silas Payne, an aged recluse,…
Pattern: Twistler wristwarmers
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Tuesday, Mar 16 2010
Hi all, long time no see. So I’ll just jump right in with a new knitting pattern for your downloading and knitting pleasure! I was planning to go to a famous quadrennial winter sports competition, and thought the arena might be chilly, so I designed these wristwarmers that should keep any winter sports fan warm….
Resurrected Recipes is back
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Monday, Nov 2 2009
When Kristen and I started the Resurrected Recipes blog some time ago, its momentum was stalled quickly by the implosion (not literally) of my kitchen stove, and the resulting deconstruction and remodeling of the kitchen that followed. It was difficult to cook anything with no kitchen. But I continued thinking of things to post about,…
The newest fashions (in 1903)
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Wednesday, Sep 30 2009
From The Delineator, summer 1903: The Delineator was published by Butterick, the sewing pattern company, and included fashion articles and pictures, along with short stories and other articles. In one 1903 issue, there is a mention of the recent passing of Ebenezer Butterick, who founded the Butterick company in 1863 — and invented the graded…
Stenciled Arts and Crafts textile motifs from 1910
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Friday, Aug 14 2009
Found in a 1910 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, and perfect for a bungalow like ours: This one was upside down for some reason: More after the jump.
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24 years ago this week: YEAH! Magazine
What were you reading 24 years ago this week? If you were in Seattle at the time, it might have been this: Or this: YEAH! Magazine was published off and on in 1987-88. I founded the magazine during the summer of 1987, after a long conversation with friends at the Hall of Fame club in…