(un)raveled
No, not really - I haven’t ripped anything . . . I just want to introduce you to Ravelry, a knit and crochet community. The link will take you to a peek page - the site is still in beta testing stage. However, it should be open - wide open - to all sometime in the next few days.
So . . . if you want to become involved in a community of like minded yarn-folk, keep watch over at Ravelry and join in the fun when the site goes live.
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I mentioned the Ninilchik area fire in yesterday’s column. Things are getting more complicated for Alaska. There are several fires burning across the state - some up near Anchorage were started by lightening strikes. The one in Ninilchik? Turns out it was started by sparks from a grinder being used. Sad - human error.
If you can spare a kind thought, a word of prayer, for folks you don’t even know . . . this would be a nice time to do so. There are a lot of people who have cabins - either weekend or fulltime homes - in the Caribou Hills. They are being threatened by that fire. A young couple from my church have a cabin there.
It was pretty eerie in Kenai last night. Yesterday was the longest day of the year. Usually I could be able to sit on the front stoop and read a newspaper at midnight. Not so this year.
This year our day darkened earlier - much earlier - because of a heavy pall of smoke over the area. It blocked out the sun effectively enough so that it was D.A.R.K. at 8 pm. The sun was an orange/red ball hanging in the sky - barely visible through the smoke.
People are rushing to their cabins to try to salvage things - and/or to attempt to build fire breaks around their homes - in hopes that the fire will pass them by.
Folks here in town are beginning to have headaches and/or breathing problems from the smoke in the air. We could use rain - lots of it - and your prayers as well.
Take care, everyone.
ravelry, knitting, crochet, fire in alaska, ninilchik fire, caribou hills fire
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Oh dear - we won’t have the site open to all in a few days! There is *lots* more to do… We’re still adding about 1000 beta people each week so people that haven’t added their name to the list yet might want to do that…