A Gathering of Poetry | October 2023
The poem I selected this month seems apropos since I am not home right now. I heard this poem read by Pádraig Ó Tuama some time ago and I think of it often (and I highly recommend listening to Pádraig read it... you won't regret it!) I did not need to worry about...
100 Days of Hope | Week 4
“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ― John Bunyan This week, hope seemed to be jumping up all around me shouting... Over here! and Look at me! Yes, hope was overflowing and it filled me! Lots of people doing...
Unraveled Wednesday | 1.13.21
“ I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them.” ―Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much Thinking back, I do not think my kids ever freaked out over my knitting in public, but Steve on the...
Looking Back | December 2020
“How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss I have been debating with myself since the waning days of December about doing this last "Look Back" of the year. It was just such a month of "nothing." Yes, I decorated for the holidays. Yes, I listened to music and sang...
100 Days of Hope | Week 3
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. — Anne Lamott I think we all need a bit of stubborn hope today, even though it feels like all hope has vanished. I expected *something* to happening...
Unraveled Wednesday | 1.6.21
“I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances” ― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much Today, of all days, is a day to keep your knitting at hand to help your mood for what certainly will be some trying...
Monday Magic | 1.4.21
Happy First Monday in January! There might be a wee bit of excitement in my house this morning as Steve returns to his "usual schedule" this week...whew! LOL My day is full of so many things from laundry to Undecorating to OLW contemplation... a truly varied list. I...
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