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Thursday’s are for Poetry | 4.25.24
Welcome to my favorite day of National Poetry Month — Poem In Your Pocket Day! Every April I like to add a new book to my Poetry Library... and this year, dear Ada Limón had the perfect collection with perfect timing! You Are Here Poetry in the Natural World was...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.24.24
Greetings Unravelers and Happy Wednesday to you all! First, a bit of housekeeping for next week. There will not be any Unraveled Wednesday post next week, May 1st. I will be back from Erie the following week and there will be an Unraveled post on May 8th! Now that...
Sometimes Monday | 4.22.24
The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. — Lady Bird Johnson Earth Day 2024... it seems somehow more important after a winter that wasn't really winter. And spring, well... she has been springing....
Thursday’s are for poetry | 4.18.24
Welcome to Week Three of National Poetry Month! This week our theme is Color... and I was so excited about that! When I think of color and poetry, one beloved poet comes to my mind, Derek Walcott. I know of no other poet who has the thread of color weaving through so...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.17.24
Greetings Dear Unravelers and Happy Wednesday! I have finishes this week! A completed pair of socks and one finished Gnome! First, the socks! Pattern is Hermoine's Everyday Socks with an afterthought heel and toes done in a contrasting yarn. They fit well and I think...
Sometimes Monday | 4.15.24
Hello everyone... I hope your Monday is starting easy! Mine started with a bit of an explanation point! Yes, just after midnight, I was awoken by the sound of an explosion of hail stones being hurled at the house. It was so loud and the winds were so wild! That...
Thursday’s Are For Poetry | 4.11.24
Welcome to week two of Our Great Poetry Exploration! This week our focus is on the incredibly delightful work of Ross Gay. Yes Kym, Bonny, Sarah, (and me!) are all sharing a Ross Gay poem with you today! I distinctly remember the first time I read any Ross Gay and...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.10.24
Greetings Unravelers and Happy Wednesday! I am happy to say that the clouds thinned themselves down enough for there to be quite an amazing show here in the south hills of Pittsburgh on Monday! We were not a total eclipse, but at 97%, it was close enough! I paced my...
Sometimes Monday | 4.8.24
An eclipse is one phenomenon that is actually more impressive from the ground. — Leroy Chiao There has been so much Eclipse Hype on everything... the local news especially, here in the South Hills of Pittsburgh but I am not sure they counted for grey, cloudy skies......
Thursday’s are for Poetry | 4.4.24
Welcome to National Poetry Month and Happy Thursday to you all! This month, I will be joining Kym, Bonny, and Sarah as we share a poem with you each Thursday. This week our focus is on poems about peace/humanity... and there was just such an abundance of choices, I...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.3.24
Greetings Gentle Unravelers and Happy Wednesday to you all! April showers are indeed showering here... it has been a rainy week. The grass is green and lush and if it would stop raining Steve would get the mower out... But it rains on so there is complaining... lots...
Hello, April! | 4.1.24
April is a reminder that life is a beautiful, ever-renewing cycle.— E.E. Cummings I woke this morning to the sound of raindrops on the windows... but it was not the windy, cold rain of March, it was a gentle, warm rain that smelled like spring! I welcomed this gentle...
TGIF | 3.29.24
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ― Charles Dickens Dickens surely got the days of March right in my neighborhood this year! We have had a month of all.the.weathers....
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.27.24
Greetings dearest Unravelers! We have reached the final Wednesday of March... and I am trying to figure out the March Lion/Lamb conundrum. March has had some very curious weather in the 'Burgh and it seems that the Lamb/Lamb version is how my March will end... but...
Circles of Time | March 2024
This month I have been spending much of my time contemplating the idea of "deep time" or perhaps the concept is better explained as circles of time. The idea, at least to me, seems a bit like the ripples created when you drop pebbles in a pool of water. The water...
A Gathering of Poetry | 3.21.24
Welcome to the March Gathering of Poetry... the day when Bonny holds a space for us to share our love of poetry. I have nurtured the habit of reading some poetry every day. I have been doing this now for a couple of years and the impact that opening a book of poetry,...
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.20.24
Greetings Gentle Unravelers and Happy Wednesday! I have finished my *third* pair of socks this year! What??? I don't know who these socks will be for, but they are going in the Gift Bag for someone! I am going to cast on another pair pronto... I have some Vintage...
In my backyard | 3.18.24
Today is a day for celebration! It is the last full day of winter!! And yet...I have savored these 13 weeks slowly and thoughtfully as I read one essay a week with Margaret Renkl. It was the most aware winter of my life and I am celebrating every moment of winter as...
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