A Gathering of Poetry | November 2023
I read poetry every day... often by random authors as I page through a poetry anthology. But lately, I have been focused on one spectacular poet, Naomi Shihab Nye. I am fortunate that my library has LOTS of her books! Today, with no explanation... one amazing poem by...
Monday Questions | 11.8.21
(a weekend update, and an answer!) Debate over the Vintage Mixer continued on Friday evening and we made a plan for Saturday morning. Our plan... if and when it became too full to move around and still maintain safe distancing that would be our key to leaving. We...
Falling Into Friday | 11.5.21
In November, the smell of food is different. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog. Food is better in November than any other time of the year. — Cynthia...
Unraveled Wednesday | 11.3.21
Greetings Unravelers!! First, I'd like to thank you all for weighing in on cardboard recycling! It is a challenge to be an avid recycler living with a rather lackadaisical recycler... and while I am all for compromise on many things - this is not one of them. Now to...
Monday Questions | 11.1.21
“October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix My October...
Friday Thoughts | 10.29.21
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables If you ignore all the news in the world, October was simply a glorious month. Perfect autumnal weather... darker morning and evenings, some rain, some sun to warm the...
Unraveled Wednesday | 10.27.21
Greetings Unravelers! Though it pains me to say it, welcome to the final Wednesday in October. I am in a bit of shock that the month raced by as rapidly as it did. This week, I have practically nothing on the knitting front to share... nary a stitch was knit on that...
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