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CAOK 2013
CAOK — Calculated Acts of Kindness — is a campaign set to make the world a bit kinder, organized each Lenten season. For 40 days, participants are asked to take an extra moment to do a kind act. This...
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I’m Skippito Frittito…
CAOK taggie blankets for a few little friends of mine, paired with one of my favorite line of children’s books. Who couldn’t love a siamese cat who thinks he is a chihuahua? Chihuahuas and chicken...
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CAOK: Head Out of Ass
Life has been a little rough lately. And while I’d like to close down this blog and never see the Internet again when I’m hurting — there is important work to be done. CAOK is just that to me. So, I’m...
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CAOK: Handmade Week
I’ve mentioned before I’m newly enamored with sewing tree patterns. (I can’t explain it any more than my passing obsession with backyard chickens. What? I’m weird. It’s okay.) When visiting a friend in...
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CAOK: Handmade Week
This week’s Calculated Acts of Kindness theme is all that is bespoken. First: long promised beard hats for my friends Sagar and Mark. They asked me to make these for them several years ago; it’s taken...
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CAOK: Handmade Week Wrap Up
A few more CAOK gifts heading out the door this week: Left for this week: a chunky, drop stich scarf for a friend in London. If I really get myself in gear, I’ll finish that sweater I started some 14...
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Grey, as they say
A handknit infinity scarf for a friend across the pond. Calculated Acts of Kindness 2013 continues. ~K
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CAOK #13
Palm Sunday is this weekend, meaning we’ve got less than two weeks to complete Calculated Acts of Kindness. Are you playing along? Folks have done some pretty amazing acts of charity during this Lenten...
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CAOK 13
This week’s Calculated Act of Kindness: broncos baby hats for a friend expecting her second baby this year. Her 2 year old loved the big brother version. (I need to learn how to make pom poms.) ~K
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Happy Easter!
From WNM and staff. (Many thanks to those who participated in CAOK 13. You are generous, wonderful souls!) xo, Kelli
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Why does a rapper need an umbrella?*
This little guy right here is not handling the latest move well. He’s neurotic and in need of more exercise than I can provide, which is saying something. I am going to give him a couple weeks to...
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CAOK 2014
This week, I’ve had three unexpected acts of kindness fall into my lap. As I mentioned, Duda produced a flat of tomato transplants for the tiny garden that could. My childhood friend, and vet, Ryan...
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CAOK
Birthday cookies for a barista; she and her colleagues were very pleased to be receiving baked goods for a change. St. Pat’s scarf for a fellow scarf lover. Encouragement gift for a friend who...
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About those pencil pouches…
They are in progress. All 20-plus of them. I love this sort of piece work, but it is time intensive. I’m also newly assigned to a big project at work (yay!) and am preparing for a long weekend on the...
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Beaches and Bunny Boomerangs
Kindness is a bunny boomerang — send a bit out in the world, and watch it come back in droves. A good friend is spending some time in Europe with her family. She offered months ago to let me stay in...
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CAOK 2015
Ash Wednesday is when Christians are metaphorically reminded how brief this life is. We are made of dust and will one day return to dust. And while it may look silly to have the black mark of ash on...
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Calculated Acts of Kindness 2016
Here we are, again — the first day of Lent and therefore the first day of Calculated Acts of Kindness (CAOK.) The idea behind the campaign is simple: during the next 46 days, complete random kind acts....
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Where Bibliophiles Lay Their Heads
My long-time blogging friend Jen recently switched jobs and homes. She is an avid reader and I’d long had my eye on this pattern. I thought it was the perfect time to try a book pillow. I asked Jen...
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On the Flip Side
This pillow is spring on one side, and Valentine’s on the other. And, I’m done making pillows for a while. Time to find a new project to tackle! ~K
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