Candice, the Venus Willendorf, and Everything

I was tempted to call this blog "Candice, or Optimism," ala Candide, but the truth is, I am only optimistic where appropriate, and I am nothing like Candide. On the other hand, I am a person with many interests and much to write about. I hope you enjoy your visit here. (Apologies to Douglas Adams for mangling his title.)

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Fantastic Blue Socks Oxana Knitted for Friend Amy S.

Nothing is as great as a crochet & knitting club! The one I belong to is a Meetup group called (no kidding) Eastside Hookers. It'...

Monday, January 28, 2013

Redmond's wrapped trees, from Winter, 2012.Acrylic tree socks on more than 50 trees in Redmond, WA. The installation was created b...

Sunday, January 27, 2013

NerdWars at Ravelry!!!!

Hey I've signed up for NerdWars on Ravelry ! I'm trying for Team Tardis, but if not, I'll do Team Serenity/Firefly. W...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Nathan Vincent's Crochet Art

Very strange stuff. Crochet urinals? And by a guy. Check it out. Great fun! http://nathanvincent.com/section/59846_SCULPTURE.html

Don't forget about The Butterfly Project!

I've talked about The Butterfly Project on this blog before. They need 1.5 million butterflies by Spring, 2012. Here is the link if yo...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Boaz Shuval's Origami Butterfly

Here is the diagram for Boaz Shuval's simple butterfly. It can be made flat, so it would work for the Holocaust Museum Houston's ...

My Flickr Address

Here is my webpage on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthromom/

My favorite summer

The longest, most favorite summer of my adult life was two years ago when I worked nearly every day on an urban farm with homeless people. I...

1.5 Million Butterflies for Holocaust Children

The Holocaust Museum Houston is hosting The Butterfly Project, collecting 1.5 million hand-made butterflies by Spring, 2012, when they go o...

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Embroidered Cross-Stitch Fairy Tale Fortune Teller/Cootie Catcher

I was perusing 1-2-3 Stitch which is one of my favorite online cross-stitch sources, when I discovered a cross-stitch origami cootie catche...

Monday, May 04, 2009

Swine Flew? H1N1 pig by Joseph Wu????

Joseph Wu created an origami model about 20 years ago called "When Pigs Grow Wings and Fly." It's a wonderful model. I'm i...

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Dragon Dreams

I love the Dragon Dreams designs (especially the ones she does with Theresa Wentzler). I was just perusing Dragon Dreams patterns at 1-2-3 S...

Stopped smoking three months ago! (Gained weight.)

I can't believe it. It has been three months since I quit smoking! I did gain a little weight, even with the Chantix (if you smoke, try...

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Howie Woo Extreme Crochet -- check it out!

Check out Extreme Crocheting at Jeremy Barker's website! He is featuring the wild and crazy crochet work of Howie Woo. Woo has crochete...

1918-1919 Flu Resources

Hey, if you're interested in the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus, take a look at this book by Gina Kolata about the 1918 flu epidemic...

Video of Che!

This is Che! Camille named him NietzsChe Guevara, of all things. At least his name shows how intelligent Camille is! I do like his nickname ...

Craftside's Pop Art Roll of Toilet Paper Cozy Cover!!!

If you crochet (or even if you don't) you're going to love Craftside's Pop Art Croched Roll of Toilet Paper Cozy Cover !!! I...

My "Guilt Post" at SherryArt from 1996!!!!

Here is my guilt post from from SherryArt from 1996, can you believe that? "June 29, 1996 From: Subject: Hi Sherry! "Guilt? Guilt...

Friday, May 01, 2009

Twitter is Cool!

Hey, I'm coming rather late to this discovery, but I am enjoying tweeting about the h1n1 virus on Twitter. I have thought previously abo...

Twitter added to blog

Hey, I've added a Twitter feed here to my blog, and I'm TRYING to figure out how to get my blog address into my Twitter posts. I did...

Monday, April 20, 2009

No Banjo Today & You-Tube

Well, banjo instructor Dave Landreth called and said he was canceling class for tonight. He also said it's a good thing I got a camcorde...

Today is my birthday!

Today is my birthday. Last night my friend Charlie came over. He brought Slumdog Millionaire and Subway Sandwiches, and I had beer for him ...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Tomorrow's My Birthday!

Tomorrow is my birthday. Charlie called this morning and sang me "Happy Birthday" over the phone and said he was coming over tonig...

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Reading Kurt Vonnegut

I am still reading Vonnegut. This time it's Breakfast of Champions . This book, like Cat's Cradle , is very depressing. I didn't...

Martha Stewart Website -- Crochet

The Martha Stewart website ( www.marthastewart.com ) has a section on crochet and there are some great projects in there. I looked at a coup...

Ace on You-Tube

I put a video of Ace playing with a ball on You-Tube. It's at: Ace on You-Tube I recorded it with my new Flip Video camcorder.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, and the Fire-bombing of Dresden

I'm reading Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle . I'm pretty sure I read this before -- the words like granfalloon and karass are fami...

Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Gym

I went to the gym with my daughter and it wasn't as bad as I anticipated, although I listened to a podcast (The Paracast) the entire tim...

Not doing any stitching right now...

I'm not doing any stitching right now. In fact, all I am doing is coloring mandalas while I'm on the phone, reading sci fi magazines...

Hurray! Banjo tune on the way!

Keith is sending me the recording of the banjo tune for this week, and will probably be able to meet with me on Sunday. Hurray!!! I asked hi...

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