In My Backyard | 9.29.23
It must be September, July sun has disappeared ― Charmaine J. Forde This was certainly true this month... one of the most significant things I noted this month... darker morning and evening walks with Sherman. In the morning we are waiting for the sunrise and though...
Friday Finds | 8.28.20
Oh boy. It has been a very hard week. A week that took an already dismal month and ramped it up by about 1000% and while I am thankful that Jacob Blake survived, I am so angry that there was an incident which put that in question. And, I can't even be sane about 17...
Unraveled Wednesday | 8.26.20
Thanks to LONG audiobooks, I have gotten in some good knitting time this week! And voilà, I have a completed Ranunculus! It needs a wash, but I am wearing it today and it is perfect. Shorter sleeves FTW! I also started a new vest for Winston (No page yet, but the...
More Intention, Less Noise | August 2020
I am joining Honoré and friends again this month to share an update on my word. Let's start with my guiding quote, one that has served me well each and every day! Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose...
TGIF | 8.21.20
History says, Don't hope On the side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. — Seamus Heaney, The Cure of Troy (an excerpt from Joe Biden's acceptance speech, 20 August, 2020) There has...
Unraveled Wednesday | 8.19.20
Swatching for something new for Winston has begun. ML Egan kindly asked me to test knit Avery, a vest that she published 10 years ago! I will be knitting two of them... one at a fingering weight, and one with DK yarn. A vest should go quickly, as long as I can get...
Sometimes Monday | 8.17.20
The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected. — Julian Casablancas There are days when I win at the Yarn Chicken game and it is always such a good feeling. But then there are days you don't win at Yarn Chicken...and the results are practically perfect. Better...
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