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...
To Whom It May Concern | 3.25.22
I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard. — Madeleine Albright Dearest Madam Secretary, The news of your passing took me by surprise this week...
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.23.22
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. — George Bernard Shaw I have a completed pair of socks! Yay! Thanks to Vera for clueing me in to this sock pattern. It is free, well written, and a joy to knit! (Bonus... the fit is fab!)...
Weekend Realities | 3.21.22
I had such a lovely "list of things" I wanted to do this weekend. Things that included tackling button holes with a fresh mind on Saturday morning, finish my handspun Hitchhiker, watch some of March Madness, and start reading The Books of Jacob. But Real Life had a...
Friday Finds | 3.18.22
Whew, Friday... it seems like eons since you were here! It's been a week... of all the weather (at least here in Pittsburgh) and all the heartbreaking news. We were happy to join in this week in making a donation for Ukraine to Brother's Brother. Even though it feels...
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.16.22
Greetings Unravelers! Happy Wednesday! Perhaps you remember that test knit I did last month. Well, I can finally share it with you all! I present MaryJane Mucklestone's Lakeway Beret! As always, it is a joy to knit one of MaryJane's patterns and this one is a color...
Thoughts for a Monday | 3.14.22
Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Truer words were never spoken, no? The weather certainly brought that point home in my neighborhood this weekend,,,with an exclamation point! We have had rain, snow (the official total is...
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