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Greens for me!

Greens for me!

Xine and Don got me a subscription to the Full Belly Farm CSA (Community Supported Agricultural) project, which means that we’re now supporting local Capay Valley organic farmers AND enjoying fresh new…

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Special delivery!

Special delivery!

I had a very cool moment last week when I got to hand-deliver a Skip Around Town bag to a very cool customer…right here in Alameda! It turns out that she runs Baby Boot Camp classes – a very…

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A few site changes

I’ve been futzing around with the site lately, particularly the Home page, to try and find a good way to display product photos. Christine’s helped me customize a WordPress plugin for Pictobrowser to allow me to show multiple “galleries” on…

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Back to the grind

Aaaaaaah. Wedding’s all said and done, we’re honeymooned and back. We’ve even had our LA wedding banquet, complete with 10-course meal at the Universal Hilton. Once the thank you cards are out, it’ll truly be a big fat fond memory…

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Happy birthday to Dad

Happy birthday to Dad

This is one of the last pictures I took of my dad. I have it framed in my living room, right under his geology map that I had mounted on wood. The picture is a little dog-eared from carrying…

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Jimmy’s new MLB wallet

Jimmy’s new MLB wallet


He asked for it, he got it.

My first of what will hopefully be many wallets to come, this one was made from the BART/DHL All-Star Game banner donated to the East…

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Rubber ducky

Rubber ducky

Christine carved this awesome rubber stamp today using the Speedball carving tool set I left for her over Thanksgiving. It’s only the second stamp she’s ever carved, which makes it that much more impressive. Ain’t it cute?!

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At least I tried

At least I tried

It wasn’t pretty, but it was tasty. And I made it, so it counts as a “project” and I get to post it to the blog.

It was a pumpkin pie. It was Cook’s Illustrated recipe for “The Best Pumpkin…

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The Big Lug gets personal(ized)

The Big Lug gets personal(ized)

I was tickled pink when Joanne asked me to make a custom bag for each of her lovely bridesmaids back in August. She wanted a tote bag large enough…

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The MLB All-Star Tote

The MLB All-Star Tote

Another bag has been borne of my reclaimed BART banner. It’s the MLB All-Star Tote!

One side bears the MLB logo; the other side reads well…All-Star. DHL All-Star, actually. Doesn’t hurt to acknowledge…

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