Distraction

Made a big silver jewel ring, instead of working on what I should be doing.

Distractions

At the jewelry store sale where we got the rolling mill, I also bought some random pieces of ivory. Yesterday I made one into a ring.

Word of today: procrastination

I should be writing my article on the Cardboard Boat Regatta, but I don't want to. Instead, I will share these good things with you, my (surely ) numerous readers!

Unless we're talking grapefruit, I generally avoid citrus because it is too messy. But these honey tangerines are delicious!! And organic.

Today I got a fall catalog from Shire Books, a British company that publishes very reasonably priced and short books on a variety of subjects, such as The Victorian Asylum, one of my personal favorites, Buttonhooks and Shoehorns, or Perambulators, "a complete illustrated history of the British wheeled baby carrier,"


This is a delicious tea I just bought by the Yogi tea company. It is an herb tea, so caffeine free. It has a slight chai taste, but a little more sweetness and spicyness, as the name implies. Mom and Lace--I'm bringing a couple packets for you guys to try.