Posts from February 2006

80% Albatross

The Green Albatross is 80% quilted. And then I ran out of the quilting thread. No worries, though — I have acquired another spool, so[…]

Math

Yesterday, Helen came home from school with a sheet of paper that had addition problems on it. 5 + 5 = ___ with her childlike[…]

Cold Trees

When I was little, I used to worry that the trees must get cold in the winter when their leaves all fell off. It never[…]

Allergy Report

Well, I had 55 skin-pricks and 28 subdermal shots with allergens today. The only ones that reacted enough to be considered an “allergic response” were[…]