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{ Monthly Archives } July 2006

Dogs and life

Janice had to say goodby to one of her dogs today, and I can only wish her peace.
Not long ago, a professor commented that he’d visited my website and seen the information I have posted about dogs, including the photos of our beasts. He asked how they were doing and how many we had now. [...]

Dane

I know it’s not particularly politic to say that newborn babies always look like a cross between Yoda and Buddha, but . . .

And having said that, I still think it’s a pretty cool blend of life.

Edith Wharton Resources

I’ve added a new permanent page to the site:  an annotated bibliography of Edith Wharton resources.  As the note at the top will tell you, it lists only a fraction of the mass of resources currently available to Edith Wharton scholars, and is only a partial listing of the materials I have used in my [...]

Shoots and Ladders

I’ve learned a new trick. Check that. It’s not a new trick; it’s just one I’d never had to learn. I learned how to fix a mistake in my knitting by laddering down.
Why did I need to ladder in the first place? That Kiri shawl I had been working on? I frogged it. More times [...]

A name, a name!

AHA! We have a name.
The baby’s name is Dane Aaron [Robbins].
I rather like it. I remember having a few Danes in junior high and high school, but I’ve not seen that name for a while. Of course, if you want to know what inspired this one, you’d have to ask my [...]