
2.) I wanted to wait for the paperback edition of The Rest is Noise to come out because hardcovers are just too heavy to carry in my work bag! I was so happy to get this for Christmas, but first I have to finish In Defense of Food.

3.) We brought my sister to the Brooklyn General in Red Hook yesterday so she could exchange some sock yarn and have it wound. I had no intention of buying anything but ended up walking out of the store with new size 9 Colonial Rosewood needles, 2 balls of handspun wool yarn, and a new project in my hands.
