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I, who hold the very reins of the world

Hello, my dear ones! Sad-ish news from the Bay Area: Poppy Fabrics, the store of uberfancy hippie textiles, has lost its lease and the owners are retiring. Its last day is Sunday. I happened by today and bought a bunch of $2 patterns, and will no doubt go back tomorrow, so if anyone wants to make their own frilly Kaylee-from-Firefly dress, I saw something like that there.

But! The joyous news: the cardboard rolls the fabric comes on are in a couple bins, which say "Free".

These are truly excellent cardboard tubes: solid, and yet light. A tube like this could be yours.

( Autumn Razor, the patient hunter )

Current Music: Len - Steal My Sunshine

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Digging bar FTW

Why, you may ask, have I even ventured into the backyard? At all? At first, I suppose, I was driven by curiousity, a certain mercantile interest, and the need for a path to the shed to store stuff. I'd some months before made a deal with the landlords that I would manage the front yard in return for a small break in the rent: this freed me to plant tomatoes in the only sunny spot on the property without fear of them getting mowed. It also brought me back to my dear friend the Oakland Tool Lending Library, where I take out a weedwhacker every few weeks, and am constanly reminded of the plethora of fascinating tools I could be doing things with.
( Gardening, tools, and fragrant roses )

Current Music: Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me

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Assorted mostly place-anchored stuff

Portland stuff: those of you who will be in Portland either of the the last two weekends in September, I've come across something that oddly fascinates me: An Opera based on "Too Much Coffee Man." Click that, and look at the pudgy fellow with espresso for a head. Does that not intrigue you? Will you perhaps watch this opera and report back?

Oakland stuff: does anyone want to help me plant free daffodils in medians? The City of Oakland/Home Depot collaboration to hand out free daffodil bulbs to anyone who will plant them in public spaces continues this year. Bulbs to be passed out Saturday October 21. I have a shovel, and the median in front of the old folks tower near me is lonely.

( Why aren't the old folks ever at the 7-11 across the street? )

On Nancy Nadel's website (where I went to put in a good word for a potential 42-story condo in the park 5 blocks away) (which site, BTW, I had to park in front of last Sunday evening, because there was after 20 minutes of circling no closer spot that didn't require moving the car at 8 AM) (Grrr) I find that next Friday is to be Oakland's annual "CarFree Day". I'll be in Seattle, so hey, no car moving from me...

( Brief bicycle nattering )