7 May 2007 The last entry for April said that I was about to make a quarter batch of Brownies Cockaigne 8 May 2007 The cake came out brilliant, but I don't recall what I intended to say about it. I put in a lot of pecans, but think I could have worked in more. But the little loaf pan -- one of those I used for Christmas cakes this year -- was nearly too full as it was. Too poohed to write a report Monday; today I had to go to the dentist. Thought I'd lost a filling Friday morning -- just before loading the car to go to camp-- but I had broken a cusp off a molar. Temp in now; no caramel until the "overlay" is installed on May 30th. Caramel had already been stricken off my diet anyway. Considering how tired I came home today, and how much wash I had to do yesterday, I'm glad I couldn't get an appointment for Monday. Went to Handwork Circle after supper: carefully fitted my bag with hooks, thread, thimble, and everything else needed to finish the hooks and eyes on my new jeans -- then forgot to put the jeans in the bag. So I finished grafting the toe back onto a sock on which which I'd re-knitted a defective stripe. Easier than I expected, and I went around a second time to make up for the wear on the yarn. Saw swans in the park today -- feral mute swans, I think. Didn't check for black beaks, but Tundras are usually too shy to graze in a park. A king-sized foam mattress topper, folded in half, and a stack of wool blankets made a pretty good bed. I also took my feather pillow and two duck pillowcases that each had two old flat polyester pillows forced in. The extra pillows were particularly comfy when lying down for a few minutes between classes. Used two wool-flannel blankets for sheets, and was much warmer than last year. Of course, it wasn't raining, either! Last year I took a book, lent it, and didn't get to read it. So this year I took a whole stack of books, and nobody read any of them. Nor did I open the book I'd won in a raffle -- it was the last class before leaving, and I wanted to leave the wrapper on it when stuffing it into a suitcase. When shaving Sunday morning, I reflected that I'm not usually that wrinkled. During the Tree ID class, people kept fussing "Is Joy going to be all right? Can you handle this path?" It wasn't until today that I connected those two events. Managed to give away my teaching shuttle -- the student learned only one stitch, so can only make Josephine rings. Was hoping to teach the other one later, but we didn't have time. So I must remember to get around to making more variegated Speed-Cro-Sheen and winding another cheap tatting shuttle. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather)