will get some hair this week.

We had rain, wind and thunderstorms yesterday. Today it is perfectly clear, no smog, and in the low 80s. It is just a beautiful day. Bob, Joyce and I went to the SLC art festival. We saw some funny sculpture (guess I could have taken pictures, but it didn't even cross my mind), beautiful paintings and photography, and even checked out the young guy who paints using his own blood (ick; sorry).


Now I'm trying to figure out how to use my new-to-me iPod nano. That scrolling wheel wasn't intuitive, but I found the manual on line. Even listened to a few seconds of Genesis! Thank you very much, Tim and Mark!

I would like to be in love.

Wow, did I find this a great explanation of the difference between picking up stitches, and picking up and knitting stitches. I've done it both ways, and I can see the utility in knowing both techniques. Plus, she's a great writer, and takes great photos of the important parts of her explanation.

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2009/06/24/pickup_lines.html

One of the delineating types of questions in many personality tests is whether a person gets energy from social interactions, or expends energy on them. I've always gone along with that line of reasoning, as a reasonable way of separating those who will be known as extroverts from those will are defined as introverts.

However, not only is that a gross simplification of the complexities of human interaction, but it's not even really true for me. When I'm out with friends that I know well, I find it energizing. I can go all night hanging and talking with friends. But when I'm with people I don't know well, I have to work to find common ground, and we run out of things to talk about unless we both work hard at it (generally; there's always some folks who just seem to talk and talk), and I find it exhausting.

But I'm an extrovert, aren't I? Or I'm not, if the above truly is the definition.

How do I add a feed to my journal? I can't figure out how to browse feeds, and I'd like to add Maxon-Dixon Knitting to my feeds, but I don't have an LJ username for it. I've done this before, but I'll be danged if I can remember how...

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

I have always always wanted one of these. I think it's the coolest thing ever; one of those ultimate Western symbols (perhaps a tragic one).



The little guy on top is a doll Joyce made:



I think he has lots of personality...

I'm going out to dinner Friday night with the fella I met for coffee two weeks ago. He likes sushi, which is a good thing. His dad was a landscape artist; he showed me pictures of some of his paintings when we met. Western scenes, which I love.

I'm...looking forward. I'm not really good at this part, the getting to know someone phase. I do much better (or at least feel much more comfortable) when I have more familiarity. We'll see how it goes.

My last post: http://community.livejournal.com/knitting/9962548.html?view=112646452#t112646452

Y'all were right. I was performing the chart left to right, but knitting right to left, and that just didn't work for the cable stitches, which of course pointed the wrong direction, put purls on top, and generally created quite an ugly mess. Once you all turned me around...






(Sorry for the blurry cell phone picture.) This is more what it's supposed to look like! Now that I have this figured out, I can start over on the glove, and come back to you all when I can't understand the thumb increase instructions. :)

Winter just won't leave. The snow doesn't stay anymore, but that doesn't stop it from falling from the sky. A friend of mine is trying to drive from California to Washington DC this week, and the weather just isn't cooperating. Good thing he left himself some time to get there.

I went to Sacramento for a square dance last weekend. John Bowman and Ett McAttee called an open C4 dance at the Cook's Barn. I danced with Tim, and lots of other friends were there as well - Jane, Pete, Suzie, Arlene, Dick, Richard, Neale, and lots and lots of other friends.

Going out, I had all day to drive, so rather than taking I-80 (pretty, but straight and I've done it many, many times), I took US 50. It's only 20 or 30 miles longer (700 or so miles vs 670 miles on I-80), but it takes 12 hours to drive, where I-80 only takes 9 hours. I went through Delta, and Hinckley, and I saw sheepherders and magic 8 balls.



I was riding along the old Pony Express route, and there are a number of historical markers and the stone ruins of buildings set along the way.





















US 50 has  a sense of its own place in the pantheon of US highways. It's no Route 66, but it has a certain theme. Given the extremely light traffic, I can't argue with the subtitle there. The oddest sight is this one, which I think is mentioned in tour books.















Last but not least, the dance. Our two intrepid callers are shown here, Ett and John. They did a great job calling to the floor, and they both have different and complementary styles of calling and material.

Finally, a snapshot of my friends and me on the dance floor. Looks like we're working out some puzzle or another.

This one is nice and direct, and asks for all the information up front. But to show their 'sincerity,' they send me lots of codes and numbers and PINs, too:

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What science fiction writer am I?

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Which science fiction writer are you?

Went for a walk up the hill. It's maybe 1.5 miles, but it's uphill to start, downhill on the way home. It was a beautiful day, maybe around 60 degrees.

I saw this project yesterday at the knitting marathon and thought it would be fun to do. Someone wrote down some basic instructions, and after five or so false starts, I finally figured it out.

( Cut because I can )

Yesterday Joyce and I participated in a knitting marathon to benefit the Precious Pals program. This is one where cops provide stuffed bears to children in the midst of some sort of trauma, to calm them down and give them something besides the trauma to focus on. Our LYS (local yarn store to non-knitting muggles) had a two-day marathon to knit outfits for as many stuffed bears as possible. The store who donates the most bears wins bragging rights. :) Stuffed bears are purchased at dollar-type stores, then folks knit various outfits for them, and donate the decked out bears to this program.

( Very first attempt at a cut. Fear me! )( If I'm lucky, here there be pictures )

It is a gorgeous day here today. Just under 50 degrees at its warmest, no wind, no clouds, no smog...

You're looking at the Wasatch mountain range. It's the peak just to the south of Lone Peak; wonder what the heck its name is?