Hello, January | 2024
Begin as you mean to go on... Charles Spurgeon Here we are one week into the new year. I spent some of last week tucking away Christmas... a bit of a melancholic activity. But I also like the feeling of reclaimed space to start the new year... which helps to balance...
Presque Isle | 4.29.22
As I shared on Monday, I did not take my usual number of photos on this visit to Presque Isle in Erie. But the lack of images does not diminish the memories...at all. Rather, I think, the lack of photos has sharpened my memories because I spent...
Thursday’s are for Poetry | 4.28.22
Today is one of my favorite days...it's Poem In Your Pocket Day! It's a day to carry a poem with you... and perhaps you will even then invite poetry into the remaining days of the year. I debated about what poem should I share this month. I contemplated Joyce Kilmer's...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.27.22
I did practically no knitting on vacation, although I took two projects...sigh. But!! I came home to find three blooms on the new lilac shoots that have sprung up from the dying bush Steve trimmed back last fall. (I began the discussion of digging the lilac bush...
Expanding Full | April 2022
Four months into my word and I really am surprised at the Full Discoveries that April brought! When I began this journey with full I considered "being full" to have distinct boundaries. Either you are full... or you are not...and with that idea in mind, I began to...
Thursday’s are for Poetry | 4.21.22
The theme for this week is Forgiveness. Hmmm. Okay. I vaguely remembered reading a poem about forgiveness... but could I find it? It turns out that was quite a challenge... but, thankfully, not one that was at all painful! I spent an afternoon perusing my poetry...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.20.22
Very little knitting has happened since last week but that is not necessarily a bad thing! Instead we have been braving the windy cold weather and trekking all over Presque Isle in Erie PA! Yesterday we even "enjoyed" the lake effect flurries that joined us on a very...