Friday Finds | 2.18.22
these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips — Lucille Clifton (homage to my hips) This week I want to share some poetry that, I think, is one of the best ways to...
Super Sunday?
Well, it was a busy day here at "The Home For The Unemployed" - lots of work to get done and lots of reading to do for school tomorrow. I did find time to read the Sunday Paper, and there was an excellent commentary by Garrison Keillor that was extremely thought...
In Honor of St. Brigid's Day
I found this most appropriate of poems for the Blogland Silent Poetry Reading Day.... Enjoy... Sheep Thousands of sheep, soft-footed, black-nosed sheep-- one by one going up the hill and over the fence--one by one four-footed pattering up and over--one by one...
Damn, This Traffic Jam….
I really need James Taylor in my car singing to me this morning while I was driving to school on the road with 10,000 idiots. Here is a question for all of you... how come the idiots all get on the road at 7AM? And, why doesn't anyone know how to drive????? So, my...
Blankets…
Well, in a world where every other day we get a blanket of white this knitter is fighting back with some blankets of a different kind! I am working on blankets - the Manos Four Season Throw - in lovely Autumnal colors... This is for the knit along that Country Needle...
B is for Blizzards and Bobbins…
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, you might want to head to Florida this morning. If you can get there from here, that is. All of West Michigan is having some difficulty in travel today. Yesterday we had that nice, if brief, January Thaw - and over night Old Man...
It's a roller coaster world….
The weather has warmed up considerably. The snow is almost all melted. So, the 2 feet or so that we had is but a few crusty inches. And, I have a river running through my back yard which is quite lovely, not! Currently it is 46 degrees outside (that is Farenheit...
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