Last year, I went to Northampton, MA, around Halloween. I’ll be honest, I went there because they have perhaps the #1 best yarn store in the country. Even if you aren’t a yarn enthusiast, it’s also just a fun place to wander around, window shop, stop in a cafe for a cup of coffee, etc. [...]
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Glass Mollusks
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Friday is for linking
Posted in snail, squid on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Time for some Friday linkage! 1. First things first, it’s Octopus Week at the Seattle Aquarium! I’ve been to this aquarium, and they had the busiest octopuses I’ve ever seen, so I’m guessing they’re going to have a great week. 2. In continuing cephalopod news, I’m rather fond of this large knitted squid made from [...]
Colossal squid exhibition!
Posted in paua, squid on February 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you should find yourself on the North Island of New Zealand, be sure to go to Te Papa, the museum of New Zealand. Right now they have an exhibition devoted to the enigmatic colossal squid! There’s lots of cool stuff on their website about the exhibition, and the build-a-squid applet is especially cute. Here’s [...]
Circus of the Spineless #59!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Welcome to Circus of the Spineless #59! The theme of this month’s carnival is the internet, and how I seem to spend my time on it when not blogging about mollusks. I’ve enumerated the posts in this carnival to help you distinguish them from all my other blather. Yarn It’s no secret to anyone who [...]
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