We’re heading to Iowa in July, so Adie and I are reading “A Thousand Acres”, by Jane Smiley. This works out well, since I’m interviewing her in September.
Archive for the ‘Bucket Of Sunshine’ Category
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Monday, June 21st, 2010Working for the weekend
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Baby witness protection program
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010Re-made clothes
Friday, June 11th, 2010Al and I sewed on fabric patches over cloying (my daddy gives me the bestest hugs) or incorrect (baby boy!) slogans on clothes for Adie.
To do the same, find fabric (we used a lot of quilting cotton) and this stuff called “steam-a-seam”, which works as an ironable interfacing between the patch and the jersey of the clothes. Without the steam-a-seam, the jersey stretches beneath the woven fabric, and it’s a bit of a hot mess.
Grandma Green – FTW
Friday, June 11th, 2010My mom is visiting for a week. I’m so glad she’s here, because she’s fantastic with babies, especially ones who have the same dimple as her.
Plus we get to talk libraries and knitting all day long.
Farmer 80
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
As my cousin said in the note that accompanied this onesie, "there’s
dirt in her blood". She may have been born in hoity-toity, big-city
Cambridge, but her legacy includes Wapsi bottom top soil and an
International Harvester combine (sorry, Deere).









