now, reporting from los angeles:

a flu update for you.

hmmmmm.  low to minimal activity for the united states.  let's zoom in, shall we?

california is not looking too affected by the flu.  let's check into this a little more closely.

los angeles -- low flu trend.  but wait, what's that smudge on the map in the l.a. area?  zoom in once more, please.

ahhh.

CHOOO!

you have to be pretty sick not to feel like knitting!  but i'm not too sick to be inspired...

look at this wonderful graphic, figure 887 from the amazing Encyclopedia of Needlework, by Thérèse de Dillmont, free on the kindle.  it's an embroidery pattern, but how great would it look knit up?  especially in one of those incredible kauni fair isle colorway combinations?