Some recommendations and future book ideas

Katrina Onstaad - Everybody has Everything. How Happy to Be. Helen Keller in Love Rosie Sultan Night Circus Erin Morgensen Alexandar Graham Bell - ask Kate who the author is

Youtube knitting teacher!

Here is the link to the knitting lady I found really helpful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQIm1H2hDM

If you search you tube for her she has lots of other post on knitting  (elsteffo)

Some quick and dirty reviews

Not that kind of dirty. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Gentle book, written from the perspective of a strangely intelligent and insightful dog, Enzo. I had a bit of a hard time buying into the depth of the narrator, but I did enjoy the story, and almost cried on the bus. The Postmistress - Really liked this. World War II, a female journalist pushing to uncover the story of the holocaust before anyone believed it was happening, interwoven with a New England town's experience of that part of the war. It did make me cry on the bus. Midwife of Venice - Basic premise is that in the 1500s, in very segregated Venice, a Jewish midwife helps a Christian mother of nobility birth her baby. Oh, and she invents the forceps. Not a bad read, but if you have something better to read, I wouldn't bother. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance - A chapter by chapter look at things doctors do, and how they could be improved. Handwashing, vaccinations, obstetrics, war medicine, innovation, etc. Found it interesting and entertaining, pretty quick read. Nothing too deep. Did not make me cry at all.

Glory Bowl Recipe

http://www.canadianliving.com/food/glory_bowl.php

This is the closest to the recipe I use. You can change the grain to quinoa or barley or whatever and use tofu and/or a cheese such as feta.

So simple!

Dish Cloth Pattern

Cast on four stitches
Knit 2
YO
Knit to end of row
Repeat until 40 stitches
Knit 2
YO
Knit 2 together (x 2)
Knit to end of row
Repeat until 4 stitches
Cast off