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Release | December 2021
I spent December as I began the year...in a struggle with this word. But rather than the struggle of unpacking what needed to be released, the struggle this month is in the packing away of release. Because I think release is not a word I can just pack away and move on...
Monday Poetry | 12.27.21
Happy Birthday to me! Today begins my 61st year! 61 years brings lots of retrospection and thinking about birthdays of long ago. When I was a child, it almost always seemed to snow on my birthday and I loved it so much! I have also been thinking about Christmas...
Unraveled Wednesday | 12.22.21
(Sorry this post is so late but I entirely forgot to get a photo yesterday while it was light out!) I have a finished hat and am working towards a finished second sock! However, this week I thought I'd answer the question that Jane had about knitting with a strand of...
Monday Poetry | 12.20.21
There are times when hindsight gives a clarity that is astounding... I should have voted with the doctor for stitches rather than voting for no stitches. Her wisdom has been so correct...she gave me two scenarios: One: get stitches, likely lose my nail, but my finger...
Unraveled Wednesday | 12.15.21
I wish I could tell you that my making was on fire... but instead I have to tell you that I have mucked up my making but good. Monday afternoon I had a wee accident (okay, maybe not so tiny) with a bread knife... which meant I spent some time in urgent care. The good...
Monday Poetry | 12.13.21
When it seems like the world is collapsing in on itself and bad news is all around, poetry provides a respite that nothing else can. The bird that came to my mind as I read Mary Oliver's poem was a Cedar Waxwing with their distinctive white outline around their eyes....
To Whom It May Concern | 12.10.21
It's been a week, hasn't it? Is it just me and does it feel like we are racing on to mid-December, except that December just began?! Fortunately, the mailbag has a letter or two to share! Dear December Weather: Mild is nice... in January, but I really like wintry...
Unraveled Wednesday | 12.8.21
This week has all been about "bite sized bits of knitting" in my house... you know, the things that are easy to pick up and put down. I have the attention span of a gnat these days and so I am shuffling between the heel flap of a sock, the ribbing of a hat brim (sorry...
Monday Poetry | 12.6.21
I thought that for the month of December, it might be nice to spend Monday's with a bit of poetry. I hope you find this a lovely way to start your week! Winter Trees BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are...
TGIF | 12.3.21
Oh Friday... I am so glad you are here and bringing this week to a close. I tried to write letters this week, but gave up and decided a bit of TGIF was more in order. Thinking about — Roe vs Wade and Sonia Sotomayor... specifically these words: “Will this institution...
Unraveled Wednesday | 12.1.21
I love palindrome days... and this is one of those days! (See how I find joy in the little things? lol) Anyways... THE Advent Calendar arrived! And they LOVE it! I am not sure who loves it most though... Heidi or the kids! (And Olivia will have a Nana-made Advent...
Release | November 2021
I want to drown in my tears, And my tears are my prayers. ― Luffina Lourduraj Silly, silly me in thinking that I was done with release... because it is certainly not done with me! This month I got to put into practice all that I have learned over the past year –...
Unraveled Wednesday | 11.24.21
Greetings Unraveler's! First up, I really LOVED all your answers to Monday Questions! My mouth was absolutely watering... I had to look up Watergate Salad (which I had never, ever even heard of before - much less eat!) and I am now very eager for the EATING to begin!...
Monday Questions | 11.22.21
It's the Monday before Thanksgiving... do you have your lists ready? Or do you just have a singular list? Or do you have no list (and just a super brain) and have no issue remembering all the things to do this week!? Yes, I noted that I asked three rapid fire...
To Whom It May Concern | 11.19.21
A couple of weeks ago, Bonny wrote some letters... they were so good! (And so inspiring!) I thought it might be fun to write a letter or two this week! Thank you Bonny for inspiring me! (I see that she wrote some more letters this week as well!) Dear Neighbor's With...
Unraveled Wednesday | 11.17.21
Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy. — Mary Berry It seems that those points in time in my life when I have been the most stressed, the making relief that I turn to is cooking. So we have an enormous pot of chili that will be something easy to pull...
Poetry On Monday | 11.15.21
In a week that did not at all turn out as I hoped or even in my wildest dreams imagined this poem from last Friday has been my lifeline. At some point, Elizabeth Bishop renamed the poem... but I found her original name, Early Sorrow, to be so profound for me. But, the...
Unraveled Wednesday | 11.10.21
This week the making is beginning to feel like it needs to be at a "fevered pitch" but its is not. I wanted to have the "calendar" portion of the Advent Calendar in process... but it is not! I want to thank you all for your tips and encouragement... I am experiencing...
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