Archive for July, 2005

Random stuff

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

I just got the first transcript back from the transcriptionist, and it’s great! She’s cleaned it up a lot (unless you’ve tried transcribing tapes before, you have NO idea how scattered and full of ums, ers, and ahs human speech is) and turned it into something I can work with easily. I can [...]

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Laughing at myself

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

I went off yesterday for lunch with a friend, who very patiently listened to my rambling fears about the book, and finally said, “You know, I think most of your fears will be solved by just sitting down and writing.” And you know, he was right? All the questions about format and so [...]

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Various crafty bits

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Craft-wise, it has been a bit of a busy week:

An order of fine (30/2) silk yarn finally arrived, and it is gorgeous! I am starting to knit test swatches for my tiger lily shawl. I’m also experimenting with different textural effects that I’ve learned from this Japanese knitting shawl. I’m knitting it [...]

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