A Gathering of Poetry | 1.19.23
I first heard this poem a couple of years ago and late last year, I got myself a new book for my Poetry Library (Happy Birthday to ME!) and I was happily surprised to find it there as well. This poem is for teachers everywhere, who teach all the amazing things every...
Weekending, January 8
Sometimes the best thing about a weekend is the surprise extension of it on Monday morning. That's right, Steve's office is closed today because if you have days on end of at or below zero-degree weather, when it rains and instantly freezes creating a ginormous...
Persistence Pays Off
I have been slowly plugging away at my Treysta, and Sleeve No. One is almost done! Sleeve No. Two should go faster, because I was smart and kept track of all my rows! Maybe by this time next week, a new sweater will be born! I am glad it is the weekend and a bit of...
My Year of Stitching
December 31st, I completed my last stitching, in the last month of my year long project. I have to confess, it was most bittersweet. I felt both an incredible sense of accomplishment coupled with an intense melancholy at the ending of this epic project. Yesterday...
Unraveled Wednesday, January 3
There was a bit of unraveling here this week. I had started this sweater earlier least year and I was uncertain on what size to make because well, a sweater knit with 14" of positive ease? So, I cast on with a more moderate amount of ease and began knitting. Now,...
Happy New Year?
Did you miss me? I sure missed you all! My plans to end 2017 did not include falling off the blogging map! I did have some rather nice posts planned to close out the year. However, they were only plans in my head and not plans in the form of ready to go blog posts....
Unraveled Wednesday, December 27
This week its all about my reading and a review of the best books I have read all year. It was so much fun to go back through my books and do a little memory lane reminiscing with all the incredible books I have read! I will end up with 85 books finished this year,...