Category Archives: Misc

Really.  When you do your own repair, you get to be quirky: 1952 toilet (the date of manufacture is stamped inside the tank), 2010 push button.  Fun, no? I did this repair a couple of years ago, but decided that … Continue reading →

So, after meeting up with some sewing bloggers and consuming wonderful See’s chocolates with them, I got to thinking about the horror and deprivation of being too far from Mary See’s main stomping grounds.  Why, I asked myself, should those … Continue reading →

Yep, it’s the third and final sink faucet unit in our living space.  This one is in a very small bathroom off our kitchen pantry; it’s 1952 sink with a 1952 faucet unit.  Somehow we never noticed that we didn’t … Continue reading →

More plumbing, less sewing.  Just before I left on an unexpected trip, I reached down to move the bathroom trash can and made a horrible discovery — it weighed a ton.  Underneath a snowy layer of tossed kleenices, the trash … Continue reading →

I’ve just finished a garment that needed a little enlivening, so I added some braid to spruce it up.  (The garment in question will show up in the next post.)  I had an accidentally too-wide expanse of black corduroy, and … Continue reading →

May, 2010 edition (with the truly awful shirt on the cover) is at Barnes and Noble in Exton, PA. Or, at least, two copies were, two days ago. A survey, over the past few months, of Barnes and Noble and … Continue reading →

Been cursing the dreadful quality of thread these days? Me, too — at least until I discovered Emma’s new avocation: She’s chewing happily on the thread running along the back of my machine. She doesn’t eat it, or even chew … Continue reading →