Saturday, September 6, 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Episode 249: Great Books Birthday Week
World’s Worst cold brew and best view from a cafe terrace
This episode will upload September 6, 2025
Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.
Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.
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Warm Thanks :
DeviantStitch and DCAlaneKnits and TurboGal--for warm birthday wishes. Yes, Beloved Son is local at community college for now.
TurboGal on social vgames: "I’ll add one comment on video games. Computer time (video game time) was the one thing we fought with our son about when he was a child and teenager. Even thought we always limited it, eventually I realized that not all video games are alike. For him, it was the way his group of friends socialized - he would be on the computer, with a headphones on, live playing some video game with his friends and trash talking each other through the whole game. It could have been almost the same conversation they would have had playing on a basketball court, but they happened to be in the virtual environment of the game. This wasn’t the only way he interacted with his friends (plenty of time they were in person), but it made me realize that not all video gaming is the same and that you can build real connections with virtual interactions (maybe easier for this digital native generation). And now, he is off in college and he still stays in touch with those friends by gaming regularly together."
To the folks signing up for CFR11!
My community: in Finch, on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV, in this group.
Finch app ID is XRVW2WQW3C.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 (2025): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry. Yes, I made my hotel reservation.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 is scheduled for OCTOBER 11, 2025. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
This is a Developing thread, so check back often.
Registration for CFR 11 (2025):
Via Paypal to Dr. Gemma at gemmadw AT yahoo.com
Payment is due at time of registration and is NOT refundable.**
Sign-up dates:
Everyone: July 1, 2024 BUT If you have EVER attended a CFR--automatic admission--July 1, 2024. Returning people get first dibs in spaces before August 30.
We have hotel issues, sadly. Please sign up asap!
DrewKaitlin is offering an embroidery/blackwork class and LeftyRebelKnitter is offering an class on Russian Graft (not to be confused with Russian join) "I use it on baby booties and blankets and I think it’s way better than Kitchener for sock toes. There would be a tiny bit of homework."
Limited to 50 people.
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished:
Purple Lacy Shrug this one is oriented as in the pattern, but I did my own sleeves in DC.
In Progress:
Stash toss 2025 (65 in, 38 out)
Virgo sweater: onto the sleeves!
Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Done up the side panels. Thinking of the liner, digging out an old flannel sheet.
Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front on panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.
September Sweater: It's crocheted and has been on my Rav projects page for months. 225 to 150 chain. I’m about half way through the second torso piece. Train progress!
Alfresco 2nd rectangle finished, shoulder seams sewn. Side seams sewn and adding to lower edge.
Quilt squares and organizing—none this week—we are at 69 finished so far. 10 more in the early stages. BUT I finished ironing all the quilting fabrics that I bought before Joann’s closed. Fusible interfacing pre-cut rectangles for t-shirt quilts
Dizzy Blondes: still spinning the LS BFL Giverny.
Using the electric eel 6.1.
Strategy: Overstimulation versus Introversion/Schizoid PD
AW shoot! Hiking LA: Saturday in Los Feliz and at the Observatory. Sunday and Monday in the A/C at Glendale Galleria
Donate used running shoes: Soles4Souls or One World Running
Upcoming:
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025
Fluffy Books:
Finished Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales. Listening to The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Finished reading The Grace of Wild Things. Finished reading A Wolf Called Wander. Reading The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Something I Really Like: google translate app.
Project back episodes on Proton- episodes 1-50 of the original series are up for the month of September.
Put a Lid on It:
The return of the electrolyte drink! Ketorade!
In a pint jar:
Juice of half a lemon
2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp No Salt
1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt
5-10 drops liquid stevia
Fill rest of jar with sparkling water
Blather:
Hanging at the Mall in the intolerable heat: Chuck the Coffeehouse Duck and my Ukrainian pal
Crazy Rockin' Sushi in Glendale on Brand
A visit to Griffith Observatory on Saturday—the Centered in the Universe show is wonderful.
LGBTQA+ LIFELINES:
Community Resources:
Books I’ve Used: A Knit/Crochet Library on the Ravelry group for CogKnitive
My Favorite Resources to Buy: The entire list can be found right here.
Skills and techniques list : links
Calendar:
Yarnopoly and Second Saturday Stitchers—look them up on Facebook! meet-ups on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually)
Sit and Stitch group: 9-noon, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at Joanne Darcy Library in Canyon Country
SCV Free Craft exchange: Find them on Facebook.
Birthday break: Sept 4-7, 2025
Be the Light 5K Sept 21, 2025
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025
Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference: Dec 15-18
CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025.
And Minerva gets the last word: feeder/waterer update
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Episode 248: Birthday Begins
Shownotes can be found on our blog at cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com and also on our group on Ravelry.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Episode 248: Birthday Begins
This episode will upload August 30, 2025
Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.
Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.
I will NOT add you to any of my follower groups currently, due to robo-accounts. Please follow me here. You can contact me through our group on Ravelry or on this blog.
Warm Thanks : A and Frosty on Finch, calm to our own Kimmel and her Birb Everwill!
To the folks signing up for CFR11!
My community: in Finch, on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV, in this group.
Finch app ID is XRVW2WQW3C.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 (2025): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry. Yes, I made my hotel reservation.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 is scheduled for OCTOBER 11, 2025. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
This is a Developing thread, so check back often.
Registration for CFR 11 (2025):
Via Paypal to Dr. Gemma at gemmadw AT yahoo.com
Payment is due at time of registration and is NOT refundable.**
Sign-up dates:
Everyone: July 1, 2024 BUT If you have EVER attended a CFR--automatic admission--July 1, 2024. Returning people get first dibs in spaces before August 30.
We have hotel issues, sadly. Please sign up asap!
Limited to 50 people.
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished: Hal the Woobles Jack-o’-Lantern
In Progress:
Stash toss 2025 (59 in, 31 out)
Virgo sweater: onto the sleeves!
Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Done up the side panels. Thinking of the liner, digging out an old flannel sheet.
Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front on panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.
September Sweater: It's crocheted and has been on my Rav projects page for months. 225 to 150 chain. I’m about half way through the second torso piece. Train progress!
Alfresco 2nd rectangle finished, shoulder seams sewn. Side seams sewn and adding to lower edge.
Quilt squares and organizing—none this week—we are at 69 finished so far. 10 more in the early stages. BUT I finished ironing all the quilting fabrics that I bought before Joann’s closed. Fusible interfacing pre-cut rectangles for t-shirt quilts
Dizzy Blondes: still spinning the LS BFL Giverny.
Using the electric eel 6.1.
Strategy: why is happiness?
AW shoot! Hiking LA: Saturday in Los Feliz and at the Observatory. Sunday in the A/C at Glendale.
Donate used running shoes: Soles4Souls or One World Running
Upcoming:
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025
Fluffy Books:
Finished Alchemy and a Cup of Tea and Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands. Listening to Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales. Also finished reading Lindsey Davis’ There Will Be Bodies (Flavia Albia series).
Something I Really Like:, LA County’s DOT. On the bus and on the train
Project back episodes on Proton- episodes 181-242 of the original series are up for the month of August
Put a Lid on It:
The return of the electrolyte drink! Ketorade!
In a pint jar:
Juice of half a lemon
2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp No Salt
1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt
5-10 drops liquid stevia
Fill rest of jar with sparkling water
Blather:
Off to College
Hanging at the Mall in the intolerable heat
LGBTQA+ LIFELINES:
Community Resources:
Books I’ve Used: A Knit/Crochet Library on the Ravelry group for CogKnitive
My Favorite Resources to Buy: The entire list can be found right here.
Skills and techniques list : links
Calendar:
Yarnopoly and Second Saturday Stitchers—look them up on Facebook! meet-ups on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually)
Sit and Stitch group: 9-noon, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at Joanne Darcy Library in Canyon Country
SCV Free Craft exchange: Find them on Facebook.
Labor Day: Aug 30- Sept 2, 2025
Birthday break: Sept 4-7, 2025
Be the Light 5K Sept 21, 2025
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025
Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference: Dec 15-18
CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025.
And Minerva gets the last word: auto feeder and water fountain updates
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Episode 247: A Fine Gallop
A scenic mile in the Mountain Gallop
This episode will upload August 23, 2025
Comments are welcomed! Either comment here or go to our group on Ravelry.
Buy Dr Gemma a Ko-Fi, if you're enjoying the podcast and feeling up to it. Remember that I am still working, though, so feel free to give the money to a charity instead.
I will NOT add you to any of my follower groups currently, due to robo-accounts. Please follow me here. You can contact me through our group on Ravelry or on this blog.
Warm Thanks :
Chrisaah on Multitasking: I enjoyed what you said about multitasking. I’ve often heard that multitasking is impossible, and I just think they didn’t study a mum. Making dinner is the ultimate in multitasking - I am making three distinct meals for two fussy eaters and the two adults and somehow manage to get them on the table at the same time - how is that possible without multitasking?
Turbogal: link to article about driverless cars, with emphasis on how the technology could usefully be loaded onto cars with drivers, including tricks such as seeing into the blind spots (for example).
To the folks signing up for CFR11!
My community: in Finch, on Reddit, on the ground in the SCV, in this group.
Finch app ID is XRVW2WQW3C.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 (2025): ALL INFO IS RIGHT HERE! It's the info thread on Ravelry. Yes, I made my hotel reservation.
Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 11 is scheduled for OCTOBER 11, 2025. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
This is a Developing thread, so check back often.
Registration for CFR 11 (2025):
Via Paypal to Dr. Gemma at gemmadw AT yahoo.com
Payment is due at time of registration and is NOT refundable.**
Sign-up dates:
Everyone: July 1, 2024 BUT If you have EVER attended a CFR--automatic admission--July 1, 2024. Returning people get first dibs in spaces before August 30.
We have hotel issues, sadly. Please sign up asap!
Limited to 50 people.
What's On My Hooks and Needles:
Finished: Lacy summertime shrug in blue
In Progress:
Stash toss 2025 (57 in, 30 out): no new yarn. Hooray!
Virgo sweater: onto the sleeves!
Doing the sides, all the blocks are joined. Done up the side panels. Thinking of the liner, digging out an old flannel sheet.
Lakeside cardigan : Remaining: 1 set of front on panels, each is 2x2, weaving those ends, attaching, then major remaining seams.
September Sweater: It's crocheted and has been on my Rav projects page for months. 225 to 150 chain. I’m about half way through the second torso piece. Train progress!
Alfresco 2nd rectangle finished, shoulder seams sewn. Side seams sewn and adding to lower edge.
Quilt squares and organizing—none this week—we are at 69 finished so far. 10 more in the early stages. BUT I finished ironing all the quilting fabrics that I bought before Joann’s closed. Fusible interfacing pre-cut rectangles for t-shirt quilts
Dizzy Blondes: still spinning the LS BFL Giverny.
Using the electric eel 6.1.
Strategy: stop minimizing yourself
AW shoot! Hiking LA: Saturday in Tehachapi: the race!…
..and Sunday in Los Feliz: I finally made it to Griffith Observatory!
Donate used running shoes: Soles4Souls or One World Running
Upcoming:
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025
Fluffy Books:
Finished Tea You at the Altar . Listening to the last book in the series Alchemy and a Cup of Tea at night. Listening to the end of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands while knitting.
Something I Really Like:, L A County’s firefighters
Project back episodes on Proton- episodes 181-242 of the original series are up for the month of August
Put a Lid on It: There’s a no-carb coconut milk imitation of whipping cream out there at Albertsons…
The return of the electrolyte drink! Ketorade!
In a pint jar:
Juice of half a lemon
2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp No Salt
1/2 tsp pink Himalayan salt
5-10 drops liquid stevia
Fill rest of jar with sparkling water
Blather:
the 65th birthday pavilion
Off to Tehachapi with the fire on our street.
Mountain Galloping: a trip to Red House BBQ and Village Grill, small town parades, Tehachapi’s Mountain Festival, 3rd week of August annually, elder menus
Sunnybank and the Eleanor scarf gets a new home for $50.
A visit to Griffith Observatory on Sunday:
LGBTQA+ LIFELINES:
Community Resources:
Books I’ve Used: A Knit/Crochet Library on the Ravelry group for CogKnitive
My Favorite Resources to Buy: The entire list can be found right here.
Skills and techniques list : links
Calendar:
Yarnopoly and Second Saturday Stitchers—look them up on Facebook! meet-ups on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually)
Sit and Stitch group: 9-noon, 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at Joanne Darcy Library in Canyon Country
SCV Free Craft exchange: Find them on Facebook.
Labor Day: Aug 30- Sept 1, 2025
Birthday break: Sept 4-7, 2025
Be the Light 5K Sept 21, 2025
Jeepers Creepers 5K: Oct 19, 2025.
Santa Clarita Marathon 5K, Nov 9, 2025
Santa Clarita Turkey Trot 5K: Nov 29, 2025
Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference: Dec 15-18
CFR 11 (2025): Oct. 11, 2025.
And Minerva gets the last word: I got an auto feeder and a water fountain. What’s going on…?
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