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Archive for April, 2008 - אדר ב' / ניסן תשס"ח

it’s still drying

By penny • April 28, 2008 - כ"ד ניסן תשס"ח • Category: create

I really want to show you beautiful photos of the Dragon Wrap I completed [finally], but it’s still pretty damp. Why? It’s very dark, grey, and wet outside. I don’t think that the photo I took of the blocked stitch detail is very exciting or good (despite the new camera, I’m blaming the weather), [...]



more books!

By penny • April 27, 2008 - כ"ג ניסן תשס"ח • Category: books

Didn’t I just write a book post? I was a bit ambitious as to all that I believed I could read over the last days of yontif. I spent a good deal of potential reading time napping. And it was good.
E told me a while ago that he was not authorizing the purchase of any [...]



pesach, shir hashirim, omer … in brief

By penny • April 25, 2008 - כ"א ניסן תשס"ח • Category: judaism

First: I hope to next post on Sunday night.
Second: I just upgraded to wordpress 2.5. It’s different and I’ve not thoroughly tested everything.
Third: This will be brief, which makes me sad because there are things I’d like to explain. I have a scary large list to accomplish today.
This shabbat is Pesach. There is a [...]



books: the first days

By penny • April 24, 2008 - כ' ניסן תשס"ח • Category: books

First, THANK YOU!! The presentations went very very well yesterday and my classmate and I are both relieved but there is still a considerable amount of paper editing before we can be Finished completely. My upcoming deadlines include Tuesday (presentation/paper for the other course due) and May 9th (Final Paper due). That Rice Chex are [...]



Made It!

By penny • April 21, 2008 - י"ז ניסן תשס"ח • Category: create

It always amazes me how time does funny things in the last days, hours, and minutes erev shabbat or yontif and things that you don’t think will come together do.
Book post will come on Thursday, bli neder.
Made:
Summer Shawlette
by Sandi Wiseheart
Interweave Knits, Summer 2006, also published at Knitting Daily
less than 1 skein Lavendersheep Espresso [...]



parshah acharei mot, shabbat hagadol, & pesach

By penny • April 18, 2008 - י"ד ניסן תשס"ח • Category: judaism

[Next post will be, bli neder, the evening of Monday the 21st, otherwise I'll be next posting on Thursday the 24th.]
This shabbat we read Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:1-18:30
Though I’m sure most (myself included) are more focused on what commences immediately following this Shabbat (aka Shabbat hagadol, the “big shabbat before passover). I’ve been very concerned about [...]