Teh-WTF? So I've been seeing "Teh" around a lot lately on the interwebs. At first I thought it was a typo, then maybe lots of dyslexic folks post online. But it became apparent that it was not a typo. So I went to the handy Wikipedia to see if they could shed light on the subject. Or Teh subject. In...

Filed under: Money & work, Chores Like most parents, Annette Kiesow now thinks twice before she buys her six-year-old son, Josh, a new toy. "We talk about what things cost, and compare the prices of things when we're at the store," says the Merrimack, N.H. mom. "We talk about the things he has a...

It's hard to choose favourites, but of all the sweet-smelling flowers of spring I think jinchoge (sweet daphne) is the best, with its lovely fragrance that is strong enough to make you stop in your tracks, without being cloying. We have bushes of jinchoge at our apartment's front entrance an...

Those despairing posts I've been writing lately? I don't think they'll be repeated for a good long while, because dear readers, my luck is changing: I am now 10,000 yen (about $100 US) richer, thanks to the point card I use at my local supermarket. Point cards in general annoy me: practi...

I've come to expect a few phrases in the offertory prayer each week, like "troubled economy," and "changed circumstances," and "hard times." They're all valid. It's true, we are living in a troubled economy, many of us with changed circumstances, and it cert...

It's quiet out there at the polls on election day in Broward today. This morning, nobody showed up at some polling sites in Fort Lauderdale. With some candidates raising nearly $100,000 -- or in the case of Romney Rogers a whopping $134,000 -- it will be interesting to calculate how much they sp...

Good morning friends, I know that many of you woke up this morning not knowing quite what to do next.  Instead of waking up to a routine, rut or rat race, you find yourself in a dizzying fog. Situations, sickness or sin have knocked you on your butt and you’re trying to get back up. Maybe it ...

Pattern: Topographie Needles: US 10 (6.0 mm) Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky Hand Dyed in Storm (this color is now discontinued) Here's where yarn and pattern collide and it end up working out in the end. I had had this one ball of yarn in my stash for a while. I tried knitting with it but ...

Not that I've been all that faithful in my posting lately, but I wanted to let y'all know that I will be away from the blog for a couple of days. My cousin's son died on Friday. The visitation and funeral are Tuesday and Wednesday. I plan on being back on Thursday, weather permitting. (Naturally the...

Wow, is she ever. Her voice is gone. She can manage a squeak, clear her throat and sort of squawk-rattle out something. For the most part though, nothing. We have had this illness in our house for over a month, just working its way through everyone again and again. Nasty stuff. The big problem is th...