Romanticism

Between Naples and Rome, May 1984. People have visions of what European train travel looks like. This is how I remember it.

It's election day in Lithuania.

Did you notice?

"Grybauskaite can afford sticking with a small campaign with hardly any posters or TV ads. As the current president, she has the stage whenever she wants. Critics used to accuse her of not mingling with the population enough. So, in the past year, she spent more time with everyday people. During the traditional Uzgavenes carnival in February, she toured the sausage and pancakes booths and posed with dressed-up partiers and teenagers."

More photos here.

The Life Box (Part 18)

I don't have many political buttons. My lunch sack filled with "Nixon's the One" buttons vanished during a move. I still have a "Think Ahead: Impeach Reagan Now" button that someone gave me.

#FreedomCheese

A response to Russia's ban on the importation of Lithuanian dairy products.

"It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation."

Putin pens an editorial in Pravda The New York Times.

UPDATE: The annotated version.

Purl 1 and Knit 1

Meet the G8 yarnbombers.

Inauguration Day question: When is it cool to refer to the First Lady as "regal?"

When you're British.

"You sense this extraordinary ability, I think, Michelle Obama has to be both regal and normal at the same time. And that's such a skill."

Mon Dieu!

The EU contemplates banning the ingredients of Amber Reunion's favorite scent, Chanel No. 5.

Pee-EU.

Political Advertising

Eeew.

A Few More Words about Yarnbombing

Is the trend hotter in the United Kingdom?

Or are UK residents more accomplished and enthusiastic knitters? We've known that truth for years.

More Yarnbombing

The movement has a humorous side. It's a little unexpected.

It certainly can be entertaining.

"Yarnbombers" may even … tweak the London Olympics.

(Thanks to my Knitwit friend for sending that last link to me.)