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Canadian ex-pat, "retired" biochemist, now settled in Silicon Valley. Watch her avoid housework by over-booking her kids, and taking on too many knitting projects! The thrills! The spills! The microwaved suppers!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

House Guests. Non-Human

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Ok, I should start this off by saying that we did just have human houseguests this past week. And they were, actually, human. But they vac...

Friday, February 12, 2010

Truancy

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I got a phone call last night. It was an automated voice on the other end. "Hello. This is the [my town] high school district, callin...

Knitting Olympics

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Four years ago, I participated in the Yarn Harlot's Knitting Olympics , churning out a baby cashmerino blanket in the 12 days of the fes...

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Chinatown

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Chinese New Year starts on Saturday. As a special treat, Nate's class went to Chinatown on Tuesday, to see the sights as they prepared t...

Toads

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Did I mention that I am still in love with the toads in Nate's class? Did I mention that Nate's teacher is WAY more in love with the...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Let's Go Fly A Kite

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Kelly's got a great teacher this year. Once a month, he has an auction in the class, and I don't know where he gets the stuff to auc...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Accidental Purchase

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I was off running errands yesterday, when I *accidentally* pulled into a Petco that I'd not visited recently. The last time I was in th...

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Shot Down

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So, yesterday, thinking that I would enter an orchid photo in the Peninsula Orchid Society's photo contest, I went through the photos th...

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Kemma: Silicon Valley, United States; I'm a Canadian ex-pat, living in Silicon Valley. Gentle is my daughter's (late) hamster. Gentleknits is my 'brand' on my handknit goods. "Kemma Parker" is a pseudonym.

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