http://www.dognamedbanjo.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:44:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally, finally, finally day 1 of RAGBRAI has arrived! Many months of waiting, training, a couple of days of driving, and a some more days of waiting later, I'm ready to get my very first RAGBRAI underway. The night before's sleep wasn't great. I didn't yet have ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/07/27/ragbrai-day-1/ I'm here! Almost! I made it to my old College town - Grinnell, IA, where there are about a hundred new buildings, but many familiar faces and, of course, the train tracks that split the small campus in two. I stayed in a dorm room for the first time ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/07/24/day-3-arrival-1/ Hi from Iowa! It was a lovely day of driving today that included: Some good podcast listening. Podcasts: This American Life (Ira Glass's voice is like a warm blanket on a cold day), The Nerdist, The Moth. A new audiobook - White Teeth by Zadie Smith(?) A fun lunch stop in ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/07/22/day-2-driving/ Probably by tomorrow I'll post about my drive with less exuberance. Chances are good I'll rethink the exclamation mark altogether and just go with something between a ... And a :-( maybe a simple period will do? Anyway, I've found farm country! I've got a solid 550 ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/07/21/driving-day-1/ I'm all packed for RAGBRAI!  This is all my stuff, packed into plastic bags. If there's one thing I've learned from reading about this ride is that water is your Mortal Enemy and plastic shall defeat all evil.  In case you were wondering, I prefer Ziploc (double zip! big writing ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/07/20/packed/ So, this summer I'll be riding my bike across the great state of Iowa.  The one with all the corn, pigs, and farms, smooshed between Nebraska and Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri.  You know... the state you'd ride your bike across if you were into stuff like that.  Like, apparently, I ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/07/05/how-im-spending-my-summer-vacation/ Some serious experimenting has resulted in another member of the PodPillow family!  Behold the PodPillow for Kindle, featured in one of my fave Amy Butler fabrics, upon which my lovely and dear first generation Kindle is perched!  And it's more pink and green, which is apparently a new favorite combo. ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/06/07/podpillow-for-kindle/ I just bought this full-of-awesomeness new chair for just $20 bucks at a yard sale.  It was totally meant to be that I and this chair would come together in holy craft-room-accessorizing matrimony - I'm sure of it!  I was on a bike ride and passed this yard sale in ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/06/01/score/ Hi everyone!  Wow, it's been a while. I've been busy, busy, and each time I let some time pass between blog posts, I get first post syndrome all over again.  But I've gotten over it in time to say hello before next Christmas.  Phew!  And I brought some elephants with ... http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/05/25/more-podpillows/ Several PodPillows have just arrived in my Etsy store!  Take a look! http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/01/22/podpillows-now-at-etsy/