Reading…the best of the best | 2023
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons It has been an excellent year of reading (again!) I truly do not understand how the non-reader gets through the day......
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...
Museum of Me… the travel edition | March 2022
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Yes, today we are heading to a destination that feels light years away. Back to my pre-children life...and specifically, What I Used to Do At Work! Once upon a time... after I was a struggling waitress, and before there...
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.9.22
Happy Wednesday, Unravelers! I do not have a whole lot of making to share with you all this week. I do have an almost finished gnome (the hat needs a wee bit of steam.) But my March Never Not Gnoming installment is finished. Oh, Gnome You Didn't. Meet Gnellie...and my...
Sometimes Monday | 3.7.22
It was not my intention to skip my post on Friday, but with the news in the world... it just seemed frivolous to post about trivial things. And I am sitting here this morning with much the same feelings... how does one talk about the triviality of "normal life" when...
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