Silkroad Fabric on 14th Street in Oakland is struggling. They had a terrible year last year, and if this year is as bad, they will have to close. They are located in the old Holmes Bookstore (for any old Oakland-philes like me out there), and they have preserved all the old woodwork and trim. Parking [...]

The first goal in No Weigh: A Declaration of Independence from a Weight-Obsessed World is I will accept my body in its natural shape and size. The therapist noted that accepting it doesn’t mean that I have to like my body. So what else about me do I accept even tho I may not like [...]

We went to the rock gym for Chunguita’s birthday. I managed to have my camera on a low resolution setting. That, combined with the low light and the frantic action on the part of the kids made for terrible pictures. Here are a few. Mouse over the images for my comments.

I added No Weigh: A Declaration of Independence from a Weight-Obsessed World to my Eating Disorder Worksheets.

I’m depressed. The weather is grey and gloomy. We had some sunshine yesterday, but it’s back to clouds and rain today. I’ve been having a terrible time getting out of bed, and I don’t want to eat. I have been waking up every couple of hours for the last week or so. I had an [...]

It’s called a “tittle.” The “i” got it’s dot sometime during the 13th century, during the period of copying of manuscripts. The “i” was made with one stoke and other letters were made with two and three strokes……the dot was used to distinguish the “i” from other letters. The dot is not a diacritical mark [...]

I made the mom and baby 2.5 years ago. A few nights ago, I embroidered the face on the baby. I’m better at crochet than embroidery.

The Recipe For Neefer 3 parts Kindness 2 parts Daring 1 part Bravery Splash of Class Finish off with whipped cream What’s the Recipe for Your Personality? Thanks Liza

It will be interesting to see them together.

Fact of the Day: Jack and John Jack comes from the Middle English “Jankin”, Jan being a contracted form of Jehan, or John, and -kin being a diminutive suffix. Jankin with time became Jackin, and was later shortened simply to Jack. Additional information: [a slightly different version] “Jack is actually derived from the name Johannes, [...]