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Think Pink Challenge!

I just found this while surfing blogs  From Sydney Thomas:   “The 1st Annual Think Pink Challenge. Here are the parameters: WHAT:A pink scarf (knit or crochet) in the pattern of your choice, using the yarn(s) of your choice. HOW … Continue reading

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MET Opera LIVE tonight – LA GIOCONDA

on Sirius Satellite Radio Conductor: Bertrand de Billy Gioconda: Violeta Urmana Laura: Olga Borodina Cieca: Irina Mishura Enzo: Aquiles Machado Barnaba: Željko Lucic Alvise: Paata Burchuladze The Production Team Original Production: Margherita Wallmann Staged By: Peter McClintock Set Designer: Beni Montresor … Continue reading

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Flower Basket Shawl and blocking

Ok, before you get to the photo candy, i had a brainstorm just now while i was posting the photos of last night’s marathon blocking and finishing session.   Maybe I could lay the shawls out so that the center line of … Continue reading

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Thomas Stewart, A Singer and Man As Grand as Opera

Appreciation By Tim Page Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, September 26, 2006; Page C01 Thomas Stewart died just the way many of us would choose to go — instantly, in the company of the woman he loved, and on the golf … Continue reading

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Flash – Flash!

[edited to add photos] Wing of the Moth shawl knitting completed!  (this is in unblocked condition) Early this morning (or very late last night) bound off all stitches for the WOM shawl – ended up using 13 (10 of my … Continue reading

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Soprano embraces Gilda role

GEORGIA ROWE: CLASSICAL NOTESSoprano embraces Gilda role MARY DUNLEAVY is often praised for her penetrating voice and dramatic intensity, so it’s a little disarming when she arrives for our interview at the War Memorial Opera House looking like an ingenue. … Continue reading

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dream time

The Heiress Out Back

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After a Seven-Year Ban, Salmon Fishing Returns to Maine

Herb Swanson for The New York Times – Anglers are out for the first Atlantic salmon season on the Penobscot River in Maine since 1999. The season began on Sept 15.   By PAM BELLUCK Published: September 28, 2006  EDDINGTON, … Continue reading

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Mambocat’s Halloween Costume Challenge

This looks like fun – how can it NOT be with this first rule! You must design and knit a Halloween costume or Halloween wig for either a pet or for a completely inanimate object — a toaster, birdfeeder, or … Continue reading

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update

ok so I've been away a bit.    here's one reason why…. The Metropolitan Opera Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio All Opera All the Time = so one question – when do i sleep?  It was opening night on Monday – … Continue reading

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