tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191718332024-03-08T02:55:20.784+00:00StowmarKateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132034372024240248noreply@blogger.comBlogger795125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19171833.post-34429342734846111022014-01-11T21:09:00.003+00:002014-01-11T21:09:54.384+00:00The End. The Beginning.My little world ended in the middle of December. No, I'm not going to write about it here.<br />
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However, I now have a new blog, <a href="http://whatthiskatedid.blogspot.com/">What This Kate Did</a>. Head on over for more in the way of books, knitting, cooking, quilts, sailing and whatever else takes my fancy. (Yes, it's still a work in progress.)<br />
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See you there!<br />
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(Sunset, on this blog)<br />
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I heard about this gadget while listening to the <a href="http://math4knitters.blogspot.co.uk/">Math For Knitters</a> podcast (I no longer listen to it - the poor audio quality started to bug me).</div>
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It's called the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ABLET">Ablet</a> and it's seriously amazing. (No, they haven't paid me anything to tell you this.) I bought one for my mom for her birthday, and she leaves it clipped to the handle of her knitting bag. I wear mine on my right hand when I'm knitting, and it has completely changed my accuracy and pattern counting. Nevermore shall sleeves be different lengths (phew).</div>
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If I'm doing something with pattern row repeats, I use the white beads to count my rows, and the brown beads to count how many pattern repeats I've done. No more pencil and crumpled paper (or calling out, "Husband, please remember the number 17 for me!"). Otherwise, I just use it as a normal abacus (white for the 1s column, brown for the 10s).</div>
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So. Much. Better.</div>
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The only problem is when I get very engrossed in the knitting and forget to move the bead. That's not a design flaw, though, it's operator failure.</div>
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Slightly amusing story regarding my Ablet: I was using it to knit on a train journey up to York for a work trip. When we were about 10 minutes from York station, I started packing up my things, and went to take off my bracelet. The chap sitting next to me said, "York's quite safe, you know, you don't have to remove your jewellery." Erm, thank you, sir.<div class="blogger-post-footer">
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2 weeks ago, we had a spectacular Indian Summer day, with no wind at all in the morning. We headed over to Felixstowe, where we walked along the seafront while we waited for the wind to pick up.</div>
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We were out again this morning, in cold drizzle, helping with an RYA Instructor pre-assessment, and then we're both racing (in different boats and with different fleets) tomorrow. Next weekend is the final part of the instructor course (including my assessment), and then the boats come out in early November.</div>
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I never blogged about it at the time, but last summer, I was diagnosed with asthma. One morning as I was walking to work, I had what turned out to be a severe asthma attack (where I actually thought I was having a heart attack). Over the next hour or so it combined with a panic attack and put me in the ER for a morning. Fun times.<br />
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After a bit of discussion and quite a few tests (they/I originally thought it was a cardiac arrhythmia), my GP sent me to to the asthma & allergy specialist, who figured out that I have asthma and an exciting array of allergies.<br />
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All of this, including the trip to the ER, the attendant tests, the take-home-and-wear-for-24-hours cardiac monitor, more blood tests, the allergy tests, and the asthma test, were free. As in no money at all. No copay, no insurance card, no bill in the mail, nothing.<br />
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Looking back, I've had asthma since at least high school, possibly earlier. I went on an ill-fated snowshoeing trip with my college roomie sophomore year, and nearly expired. I have always hated running, cross-country skiing, and any kind of endurance sport. Hmmm...maybe because I CAN'T BREATHE.<br />
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So. If I'd been diagnosed in high school, I would have been paying between $100 and $175 for EACH inhaler. That's madness. I go through about 3 of each per year (I have one for attacks and a different one that I take right before bed), but I'm a relatively light user. If I'd had to buy them when I lived in New York, I would have gone without. My insurance plan was basic, and my other meds were already costing me over $60/month (p.s. that medicine is free in the UK, as it's classed as one of the drugs that nobody ever pays for).<br />
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I refilled my prescription tonight for one of the inhalers, and paid £7.85. It would have been free if I were on benefits of any kind, or any number of other things.<br />
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Feel free to join the first world whenever you're ready, America. Once you get the government running again, that is.<div class="blogger-post-footer">
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We'd been meaning to try out <a href="http://www.persimmonbristol.com/">Persimmon</a>, in Bristol, for a while - the chef has won all sorts of awards and it was really highly recommended by some friends of my parents.</div>
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We splurged (and decided to make it my "birthday dinner") and had the tasting menu. It was really fun - the first of the five courses was a series of hors d'oeuvres, and we spent the whole evening guessing what was going to come next. The whole meal took about 3 hours, but everything was completely delicious.</div>
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And now for something completely different. Alexandria Bay's idea of haute cuisine? Cheeseburger soup, bitches.</div>
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We stopped in for a quick lunch after sailing in Newport, at <a href="http://rosemaryandthymecafe.com/">Rosemary & Thyme</a>. The sandwiches were delicious, but the person who took my order (I think she may have been one of the owners) gave me an extremely vitriolic lecture on the evils of credit cards and small businesses. Zoinks. Feel free to put up a "cash only" sign but don't accept cards and then get mad at me when I want to charge $20 worth of sandwiches. Anyway, bring your cash and enjoy the sammies!<br />
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While the boys were <a href="http://www.westctnrhs.org/towerinfo.htm">playing with trains</a>, my mom and I had a girls (plus Harry) trip down I-95. We stopped in Westbrook and had lunch at <a href="http://ljfishtale.com/">Lenny & Joe's Fish Tale</a>. Because, obviously, it had been at least 12 hours since our last clam. And onion rings and coleslaw both count as veggies, right?<br />
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Model boats in Central Park (this time we rented two and <i>raced</i> them):</div>
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John, helming Coast Daylight.<br />
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Coast Daylight in Newport harbour:</div>
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Bonus pic: John's "Life Is Good" tshirt, complete with sailboat, on the High Line in NYC with Emily:<br />
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Sunset 2: Over the St Laurence River, near <a href="http://www.casablanca-cherryisland.com/">Cherry Island</a>, in the Thousand Islands, NY. (Note: while the sunsets and the wedding were beautiful, a region whose most famous export is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Island_dressing">salad dressing made from ketchup and mayonnaise</a> may have some disappointing food experiences).</div>
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Both made extremely clear the ruthlessness of the ocean.<br />
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The Fastnet race in 1979 killed 18 people, as a result of a "perfect storm" hitting the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the UK and Ireland while the race from Cowes to Fastnet Rock was happening. The writing style reminded me a bit of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1235.Jon_Krakauer">Jon Krakauer's</a> Into Thin Air, and was utterly terrifying. The combination of relatively small ships, far out to sea, and a confused sea with spectacular waves resulted in massive boat damage and loss of life. The storm happened before I was born, but John remembers being in a harbour in France on a sailing trip with his parents, and watching boats break loose in the harbour as the waves crashed over the harbour walls.<br />
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Anyway, give it a read, preferably NOT before setting out on a sailing trip.<br />
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If you DO want a book that will make you want to go to sea, I really liked Love with a Chance of Drowning, a memoir about following a boy and a boat and sailing across the Pacific ocean.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by <a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/">SouleMama</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Boy making <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3092/ultimate-chocolate-cake">Ultimate Chocolate Cake</a> for granddad's birthday.</span><br />
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All campers, past and present, should go have a listen. I thought I'd heard it before but I think I only caught the first few minutes last time. Our days at Lochearn were slightly more structured than most camps, as far as I know, but they really went for it with the Traditions and "Colour War" (although ours was only ever referred to as Blue-Green, "Colour War" being a much too aggressive term). True Blue for life, in case you're interested. I still get goosebumps thinking about standing in a circle with all the other Blue team members, calling Good Luck to the Green team at the end of an event.</div>
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I also just finished the <a href="http://www.jeannebirdsall.com/">third Penderwick book</a>, The Penderwicks at Point Mouette - I love these so much and would have been completely obsessed with them had I discovered them when I was 10 or 11. The three youngest Penderwicks (and their friend Jeffrey) go on vacation to Maine, and have all sorts of merry adventures. LOVE.<br />
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And now, we have rhubarb & vanilla jam. And a fresh batch of rhubarb in the fridge for more jam!</div>
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<a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/251611/rhubarb-and-vanilla-jam">This was the recipe I used</a> - it's a bit too sweet so I think I'll use slightly less sugar next time.</div>
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My friend Emily got married back in September, and I wanted to make her and her new husband a quilt.</div>
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My inspiration: the <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=new+york+love+sculpture&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Dt_NUZr9FOeO7AaF-4DABg&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1223&bih=631">"Love" sculpture</a>, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_(sculpture)">Robert Indiana</a>.</div>
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I liked <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeysinmypocket/8480556739/in/faves-stowmarkate/">this quilt</a>, but I wanted to go for something a bit bigger and a bit more graphic.</div>
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This was my initial layout design:</div>
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Emily is a librarian, so when I saw that Lucie Summers' "Summersville" fabric had a library in the city pattern, I knew that I had to make a feature of it in the quilt. My embroidery skills aren't going to win any awards, but I LOVE how it came out!</div>
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Then, I found the perfect backing fabric - "<a href="http://www.seamstar.co.uk/organics-commute-work-p-3200.html">To Work</a>" from the Commute collection by Jay Cyn Organics. Shut up, New York.</div>
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Here it is, all completed on the back.</div>
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Here's the completed quilt top. I used the bicycle fabric that I bought because it reminded me of a dress Emily has, and I used some of the leftover red bicycles from <a href="http://stowmarkate.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/rangers-heritage-jersey-quilt-finished.html">Ed's Rangers Quilt </a>for the bottom of the L.<br />
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One New York quilt, now with its happy new owners!<br />
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I found Smitten Kitchen's (who else?) interpretation of a 2007 Gourmet magazine recipe for <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2007/10/arroz-con-pollo/">Arroz con Pollo</a>. I mostly left the recipe the same, except I used red peppers instead of green, and boneless chicken thighs. We also left out the beer, because John was worried that English Beer would make it taste funny.</div>
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It was delicious and was very well received. It was also fairly easy - I did all the prep beforehand (and marinated the chicken all day), and then just put it all together as everyone arrived and let it simmer for half an hour.</div>
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We served it with salad from the garden and a mustard vinaigrette (which actually went really well with the chicken & rice). Dutch apple pie for dessert. Mmmmm.</div>
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I finished my <a href="http://ravel.me/StowmarKate/s4f3v">Blakeslee Tee</a> a few weeks ago - it's super cozy and not too warm, but good for chilly English summer days. No pictures of it On Me yet, mostly because I still need to figure out the best angle. The horizontal stripes are somewhat chubby-making. I love it anyway, though. It was an excellently mindless knit.</div>
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Then I thought I'd read something improving: Crusoe's Daughter, by Jane Gardam. It was recommended on a few blogs, and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/27/books/polly-came-through.html?smid=pl-share">reviewed favourably in the NYT</a> when it came out. The prose was lovely but it was Utterly Dull. I really wanted to like it, too. Oh well. Who needs plot when we have pretty writing?<br />
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To recover, I read the much-recommended book by John Green, <a href="http://johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars/">The Fault In Our Stars</a>. It's the story of love between two teenagers, one with terminal lung cancer, and it is improbably quite funny but also predictably heartbreaking. Cathartically so.<br />
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I agree. It's not the prettiest recipe title. But what it lacks in curb appeal, it makes up for in taste.</div>
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I'd never heard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_rice">Dirty Rice</a>. It's apparently a Cajun thing, and as a born-and-bred Yankee, I had no knowledge of such awesomeness.</div>
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The only changes we made: no salt added (other than the soy sauce), double the garlic (5 cloves -WOOO!), and no white pepper, because we didn't have any. Oh, and a courgette was looking somewhat forlorn in the fridge, so I added it at the same time as the eggplant.</div>
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We used some of the Cajun hot sauce that The Stepson gave me for Christmas - it was perfect.<br />
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Result? 3 very clean plates and 3 very happy campers.<br />
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Apologies for the radio silence. Now that it's sailing season, all free time is spent either sailing with <a href="http://www.east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk/">EAST</a>, learning about sailing, or racing with the <a href="http://hpyc.com/squibs/">HPYC squibbers</a>. Miss Kanga went in the water at the end of April and has been enjoying herself (and making her crew rather wet) ever since.</div>
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It's set in post-apocalyptic Chicago, and reminded me a bit of the Hunger Games. Both have strong teenage girls as their protagonists, and both require them to do things they never thought possible. I've also acquired a vocabulary word: <i>abnegation</i> (self-denial or renunciation, to save you having to look it up, too).<br />
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I'm about to read the sequel and am rather enthusiastically awaiting the movie!<br />
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