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Five Years, in Photos

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December 10, 2010

I stumbled on a new service this morning. Pummelvision takes your Flickr, Tumblr or Facebook photos and creates a video of them. I thought it would be dumb, but it isn't. It is, as they assert, sort of like watching your life flash by. In a good way, really. I loved seeing how much...
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A Home-Alone Crafting BONANZA

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November 29, 2010
A Home-Alone Crafting BONANZA

I'm on holiday with a friend this week, volunteering at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and otherwise soaking in the stunning scenery of southwestern Utah (and a little bit of Las Vegas). Best Friends is a massive no-kill facility; we've met dogs rescued from hoarding situations, puppy mills and some surrendered by families who...
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Ripples in Time

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September 9, 2010
Ripples in Time

I usually don't have my good camera with me when I visit my parents, so I took a few minutes this morning to photograph this mainstay of my childhood. I wrote a little more about it over on the Crochet Me blog.
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Dispatches and Catch-Ups

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September 2, 2010
Dispatches and Catch-Ups

For someone who has an extraordinarily low tolerance for structure, I'm really missing my normal routine. It may not actually be the routine I'm missing, but the space? I miss my home. My jogs in the woods. Greg and Cleo. The quiet time I need to keep busy and sane. I haven't had much time...
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Upcycled Old Door: Now It’s a Side Table

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July 7, 2010
Upcycled Old Door: Now It’s a Side Table

Last summer we opened up the wall between our living room and what's now kind of like a sub-living-room, or a den. Our 90-year-old Craftsmen bungalow feels much more airy and open now, and I've enjoyed the excuse to redecorate these two front rooms (and no, I don't mean to imply that we've actually...
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A Weekend in Whistler During the Olympics

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February 22, 2010
A Weekend in Whistler During the Olympics

We headed into the mountains last weekend to catch a couple of events at Whistler.  The town of Whistler is designated a "resort municipality", which means it's a resort first and foremost. The centre of town is the Whistler Village, which is also where you catch the gondolas up the twin ski mountains of...
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An Afternoon in Downtown Vancouver During the Olympics

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February 15, 2010
An Afternoon in Downtown Vancouver During the Olympics

Kids, my city is a giant party. We went Downtown yesterday afternoon to see what Vancouver's like during the Olympics. (We live in the city of Vancouver, but about a half-hour from Downtown by bus or about a fifteen-minute drive. I wrote more about my neighbourhood for the Raincoast Books blog series 5 Things Vancouver.) Most...
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When the Torch Came to Town

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February 12, 2010
When the Torch Came to Town

Where Vanoc (the Vancouver Organizing Committee) has done an utterly terrible job of engaging the people of Vancouver leading up to the Olympics, there is one thing that's made people feel included and excited: the torch relay. Last night the torch went through the University of British Columbia (some hockey events will be held...
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Game Knitting!

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December 24, 2009
Game Knitting!

Dude. Game knitting. You have to try this. Lee Meredith's ebook about it is worth the download. I printed the relevant pages and brought them with me on a wee trip we took last weekend, and I'm not sure I'll ever be without a game-knitting project whenever I travel from now on. The gist of game...
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Eight years…

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November 24, 2009
Eight years…

...ago today, we got hitched in our living room. (Photo from Pam Bethel's photobooth at our friends' wedding last weekend.)
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