scifiknitter

My daughter was home last week. The time flew, with a trip to visit my mother, epic shopping for summer clothes, movie watching, and other fun family busyness. She and I also collaborated on a project: baking massive amounts of cookies to share with friends. Some of my Internet friends have added her to their friends' lists since both she and I joined Twitter. And some of our friends have been going through some major life changes of late. We decided to send out some boxes of cheer to a few folks who we thought could benefit from a smile. Inspiration for a gift to Internet friends came from the Internet, specifically the blog of AnnaTheRed . She makes amazing bento boxes for her boyfriend's lunches. A sample: She has made several bentos based on a movie that A. and I truly adore, My Neighbor Totoro . This is a movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki that is pure magic, set in the Japanese countryside. I suspect that the rural Japanese landscape and way of life it depicts have become h...