makin’ stuff

host yourself a history fair!

March 30, 2011

I know I’ve written a few times about the history fair our homeschool group hosts each spring. (Last year I wrote about Lulu’s One Hundred Years Of Food project.) This year I thought I’d describe in more detail how we structure the event, in case any of you might like to try something similar with [...]

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if hephaestus had duct tape…

March 23, 2011

…he might not have needed that forge. This is Mr. T’s costume for our homeschool history fair. (More on the fair coming soon.)  Like any good fan of The Iliad, T wanted his own hoplite armor. Like any good bricoleurs, we figured we could make it. We started talking duct tape, and suddenly I remembered [...]

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I knit a sweater for my new baby

February 7, 2011

Recently I got a new itty-bitty 11-inch macbook air. I pretty much ran my last laptop into the ground. I actually typed many of the letters right off the keys, and that spinning rainbow wheel and I spent far too much time together in the past year. I thought it might be nice to cloak [...]

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atwitter: december

December 14, 2010

There’s so much to set a person atwitter in December. rendering my beeswax: For the first time I melted down the bits of wax I’ve collected from my girls. I got a nice golden prism–enough to make into two (count ‘em!) candles. I was hoping to be able to make more for gifts, but I’ve [...]

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atwitter: july

July 30, 2010

There’s nothing like summer to get you all atwitter! A few things that have me worked up: Santa Rosa plums. We planted our tree as an afterthought, an espaliered affair that hides behind our outdoor fireplace. But it gets lots of southerly sun, and it’s just above our bees so we got an unexpected bonanza [...]

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atwitter: march

March 5, 2010

Things have been so dang thinky on this blog lately. I really owe you my chapter-a-month challenge post, but I’m ready for some fluff. Photos! Knitting! Sugary stuff to eat! I haven’t done one of these atwitter posts in a while. Here’s what has me all worked up these days. Knitting. Looky! Even though I [...]

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the week in between

December 30, 2009

The bees had a festive time. And so did we. Requisite annual monkey pull-apart bread photo.   Chris and I got, finally, our own stockings. Handmade by Lulu. Daddy got guitar picks. Mama got yarn.   Some of the best gifts were old ones. For a long time, Lulu has wanted an old typewriter. Chris [...]

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