Update, since there are so many google hits:
28th annumal fall gem, mineral and jewelry show
kcmo
10/31-11/2, 2008
mcc/btc exhibit hall
1775 universal ave (i-435 at front street)
adults: 5$, students: $2, under 8:free
fri/sat: 10-7; sun: 10-5
fyi:www.showsofintegrity.com
7-9–KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI: Show; Association of Earth Science Clubs of Greater Kansas City; Metropolitan Community College, Business and Technology College exhibition hall, 1775 Universal [...]

See the photo above with all the foof under the drapes? For the past 5 years, we’ve started our seedlings at our living room window. As seedlings grew out of their starter containers, we would move them into progressively larger containers which eventually took over the kitchen, dining and living room (in our [...]

I’m catching up on my blog reads, taking a break from painting the house. My Little Mochi posted her Two for Thursday (I am late–she posted these in January)–
She and Him–I love Zooey Deschanel (and her sis, Emily, on Bones). She sang in the movie “Elf,” and wow–the girl’s got pipes! Album [...]

Marnie at Girl Number Twenty tagged me for seven things–oh, to be limited to seven… I have more than enough fingers to count this out, so it should be easy:
1. I can imitate a number of singing styles and voices, including Butters (from South Park), Louis Armstrong and Ethel Merman (not all are [...]

I love this ring…but it is so wonderful, I am scared to wear it! As it is so reasonably priced, perhaps I will dare to slide it onto my finger and…
Ah, there it is, looks lovely. What a beautiful idea, Jill. Just need to remember to remove it before washing dishes.

I owe Rag Rug Friend Erik Felker a great big apology. I posted the rag rug he is working on in Flickr, but I failed to post it on the Rag Rug page. I am in the process (currently stymied!) of making a special blog site just for the rag rugs and [...]

Chocolate Bread dough, expanding at the speed of glacial retreat.
Wait, I think that analogy is sadly, official irrelevant!
Normally, I love T Susan Chang. Her food exploration inspires me to no end, and I love her anecdotal way of telling food stories. I feel like yes, I just passed you on my way to [...]

This scene at Grand Central Station

and all these WAV files of Stewie from Family Guy!
My current homework has been mostly about encoding standards, which I find geekfully interesting. No one will “chat” with me on the student boards about it, though. I find this online interaction interesting. 10 points a week if [...]

I found this photo of our garden from two years ago. It gives me a lot of hope–we did things right in 2006. 2007, we tried some new things…collaboration, expansion and some “free design layout.” While working full-time freelance over the summer. Things that didn’t work:
Collaboration: volunteers…what a lovely idea, [...]

You know you have the bug bad when you start drooling over welding/soldering equipment. Or maybe you just like fire? And what a strange place for me, to be checking the price of silver on a daily basis, and looking on ebay for sheet silver, flexshaft attachments, etc.
I have to say, I didn’t [...]

It’s that time of year again. Or rather, it’s that time of year that makes one suggestible to the slightest mention of comfort food!
A few months ago, I had a great grilled cheese sandwich at Michael Smith’s in KC. It had a white cheddar, arugula and fig jam. That sandwich eaten [...]