Author: Patty

Skirts When I was in high school (lo! those many years ago!) I preferred dresses over pants because my body was never made to fit junior clothes. And though pants were easier to wear,...

On Thursday, it was number 26 for Tom and me. All in all it was a pretty low-key day, because we’d planned a nice dinner at Morton’s, The Steakhouse in downtown Portland. Morton’s uses...

In July, Apple finally opened the App Store in iTunes where third-party developers could sell their applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The number of apps has been growing daily. I have to...

It’s been a week of magazines. VK arrived a few days ago, IK arrived yesterday, and I happened on two new online magazines, Knotions and Twisted Collective. Twist Collective debuted this month. While the...

It was a last minute decision, and I’ve spent two days, but here is the new home of my blog.  The archives are all here, but though your comments didn’t stay associated with the...

It all started with trip to San Jose, then Denver, then Chicago, then Phoenix, then back to Phoenix at which time we packed up my mom and moved her to Oregon – in the...

It’s hard to believe he’s only been our Jake for 11 months, not of all his seven years. Happy Birthday, Mr Jake! Site Feed

In the whole scheme of things I really liked knitting Baltic Blossoms and working with the very fine Habu Bamboo lace yarn, though it seemed to take a long time to get it done....

I keep thinking I want to make sure to include pictures when I post, but if I wait till I get the gumption to process pictures, we could all be waiting a while, so...

Today I celebrate 50 years. Funny it doesn’t feel like 50 years (except I have to wear cheaters to read, and color the obnoxious gray hairs…) It occurred to me just now that this...