Ever since I took up knitting four years ago, I’ve been completing increasingly ambitious projects in both scale and complexity. In 2021, I completed my first blanket. In 2022, I made a double-knitted Star Wars-themed blanket for Brandon. And last year, after years of hesitation, I launched myself into the world of garments by knitting… Continue reading Knitting My First Sweater
Category: Misc.
In the (Container) Garden, 2023 Season
Last year I decided to try something new by growing a container garden on our back patio. After seeing how well plants could grow out there, I decided to do it again this year. Let’s see how things turned out! Last Year’s Container Garden My goal with last year’s garden was to determine whether anything… Continue reading In the (Container) Garden, 2023 Season
Website Refresh
Visitors to my website may notice that it looks a bit different these days. That’s because I just finished refreshing it. Let’s take a look! Why Refresh My Website? I try to update my website every 2-3 years. In the world of web design, tastes change quickly. What starts out looking fresh or edgy can… Continue reading Website Refresh
Painted Seed Storage Box
Container gardening season has commenced, and during the past few weeks I’ve been getting the patio ready for a new year of vegetable-growing adventures. I pulled out my buckets and filled them with the soil I’d stored and saved from last season, refreshing it with compost and other nutrients. After noticing that a squirrel or… Continue reading Painted Seed Storage Box
We Bought a House, One Year Later
Brandon and I recently celebrated one year of living in our house. Before we moved in, we two significant cosmetic changes: replacing the carpet with laminate, and repainting all of the interior walls. We’ve made lots of other changes since then, so today, let’s take a look at what we’ve done over the past year.… Continue reading We Bought a House, One Year Later
In the (Container) Garden
Ever since we moved into the house at Sasha Court, I’ve been using home ownership as an opportunity to try out different pastimes and hobbies. Some of these, like painting birds and other wildlife through the house, are things I’ve done before but haven’t tried recently due to being in a rental. Others, like composting,… Continue reading In the (Container) Garden
The Weird, Wonderful World of Holiday Stores
A few weeks before our wedding Brandon and I were out running errands when we saw this sign outside a vacated shop: It wasn’t the first time either of us had seen such a banner. On the contrary, we’d been expecting one to pop up somewhere in town. Like the turning of the foliage itself,… Continue reading The Weird, Wonderful World of Holiday Stores
A Star Wars Blanket for Brandon
I need to make one thing absolutely clear about today’s post: I did not grow up a Star Wars fan. I didn’t see any of the movies until I was in my thirties, and didn’t know any of the characters beyond the really famous ones. I’ve caught up on a lot of the media since… Continue reading A Star Wars Blanket for Brandon
The Imagery of the Archive: Letterhead
If you’ve been following this blog in any capacity for the last few weeks, you’ll know that I’ve been making my way through hundreds of documents associated with the Walker Art Center. Like any archive, it’s got its quirks in terms of inclusions and omissions, but one thing that’s stood out to me from a… Continue reading The Imagery of the Archive: Letterhead
Deleting Facebook
In the spring of 2008, shortly before I graduated from college, I made my initial foray into social media by opening a Facebook account. Fourteen years later, I deleted it. If Meta is to be believed, it was permanently erased on July 31. I had several reasons for deleting my account, from concerns over privacy… Continue reading Deleting Facebook