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  • Pollution and Quilting Day

    I was so deep in the crafting zone yesterday I didn’t notice the sky was turning grey and orange until I paused my projects for a Twitter break, and read about it from my phone. There have been some wildfires in eastern Canada this week and tons of the smoke flowed into New York. The…

  • Tragic Jock NPC in Animal Crossing

    Trigger warning, I am writing about the topic body image, weight loss and fitness, also bullying.  The video game Animal Crossing New Horizons that I’ve been playing for about 6 months did not come with such a warning! It’s a cute dollhouse kind of game where your neighbors in the village can have different personality…

  • New York Spring

    It was 80°F last week, that’s about 27°C. Today it’s cold enough I got snowed upon for a few minutes, while I went for a walk around the park. My daughter had checked the weather forecast before we headed out, hoping to avoid exactly such a surprise! Spring time is just too wild and unpredictable…

  • Darned Pink Socks 

    I repaired my favorite knit socks a few times because they are so cute and perfect but I’m giving up on them now. The design came from my brain, no pattern at all, they were a custom fit and I loved them. I knit them myself with much attention to detail and enjoyed wearing them…

  • Citrus Review

    Grapefruit– I love and adore the pink colored fruit inside but it’s way too sour for me to enjoy eating or drinking. The amount of sweetener needed to make them edible is absurd, so I avoid the beautiful grapefruit. I’ve heard that it interacts with many medications but I avoid a pharmacy as well as…