Daily Archives: December 29, 2011

Knit the Squid 3

By Brenda Clough We haven’t discussed the most important ingredient for this project yet: the yarn.    I am going to need a -ton- of yarn.  Luckily, I have an inordinately large stash. Pictured here is a large cone of rather … Continue reading


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What Makes Something Old?

By Nancy Jane Moore I just bought a house. Or rather, I bought a project: It’s an old house, built in 1952, and though it’s been kept up pretty well — the owners fixed things if they broke — it … Continue reading


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Literary Bests

by Ursula K. Le Guin The Award System. A while ago I was invited to choose, from a list of winners of a certain literary prize, “the three best works of American fiction of the last sixty years.” The three … Continue reading


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