have you ever looked at your list of ‘recommendations’ from amazon? have you ever clicked on the link ‘why was i recommended this?’ (i wish they would have said, “why was this recommended to me?” instead, but oh well). honestly, i cannot imagine how purchasing ‘japanese for busy people’ resulted in their recommendation for ‘Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season’, but it did. i am also unsure how purchasing ‘Art and Fear’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition Collector’s Gift Set)’ caused them to recommend the Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse, but there you have it.

finally wound one skein of the beaverslide wool into a ball last night and started a swatch. oh my goodness, that ball is big! 241 yards big! this picture shows it next to a ball of brown sheep: the stuff that comes in the big, loopy hanks. that makes a nice-sized ball itself, but this is huge. and beautiful. and made with no dyes or chemicals.

sorry for the crappy picture. lighting sucks at 5 in the morning.