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Unraveled Wednesday | 6.24.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.24.20

Oh the making! It sings for me this week! I am almost done with Clue Three (Clue Four is out, but I have not peeked...yet) and this shawl is singing to me! AND!! It is spurring me to get some sewing done - this will be perfect with a denim Uniform Tunic this fall! I...

Hello, Monday! | 6.22.20

Hello, Monday! | 6.22.20

I discovered this weekend that there is a poem for Lamb's Ear. As you can see, my garden has a sea of Lamb's Ear! And it has an army of happy bees that spend their days marching the stalks to harvest every drop of nectar held within those "pink tongues". I swore off...

Friday Finds | 6.19.20

Friday Finds | 6.19.20

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do. — James Baldwin Happy Juneteenth, everyone. Today I will spend the day thinking about how meaningful this day is for Black Americans...and how far White America thinks we have come...but has not. And how I can...

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.17.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.17.20

Greetings Unravelers! Be the change you wish to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi First up, I wanted to talk briefly about change. It is never easy but two well-loved sites recently changed things up... and I love both of the changes!! MDK is now Modern Daily...

Work-ending

Work-ending

I would love to tell you I got all this knitting done over the weekend, but strawberries are ripe in the 'Burgh. And so, there was lots of hulling. Lots of macerating. Lots of rolling boiling. And lots of slow-roasting. And, as always, I want to thank Judy for this...

TGIF | 6.12.20

TGIF | 6.12.20

Another week in the bag and this one brought our first 90+ degree days. If this is a taste of what is to come...sigh. Honoré commented yesterday on my "summer sweater" and it not being very wearable in 90+ degree weather. And that would be true if it were wool, but it...

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.10.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.10.20

It seems that in all things, I have this idea that whatever it is I am making will go quicker than it does in actuality. However, at long last, I have a finished Ranunculus! It needs a nice wash, but I should be wearing it before the week is out! AND!! Just in time...

Moving Monday | 6.8.20

Moving Monday | 6.8.20

Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do? — Maxine Kumin I heard a poem by Maxine Kumin last week and I have not been able to get it out of my head. It is the epitome of summer, and I just want to immerse myself in it...and never leave. It was the...

TGIF | 6.5.20

TGIF | 6.5.20

Greetings from Phase Green Allegheny County!  Curiously, this phase change will not change much in my life. We are still being cautious in our outings, not planning any  travel. I am not racing out to get my hair and nails done, nor are we stampeding a restaurant for...

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.3.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 6.3.20

Greetings Unravelers!! First, thank you for all the very kind comments for my Me Made May post! It might be the first time I have been successful in wearing things I made for an entire month and I did not make anything new, outside of the Romi Mystery Shawl that I...

Goodbye May, Hello June!

Goodbye May, Hello June!

Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly. — Pablo Neruda Well, that was an odd May, wasn't it? But it's over and this morning June greeted me with a chill in the air, a brilliant sunrise, and a riot of Weigela blooms! I...

Friday Thoughts | 5.29.20

Friday Thoughts | 5.29.20

Another Black Body  Shot.  — from Running For Your Life, a community poem I heard this poem Wednesday on NPR. It made me cry and it made me unbelievably angry that I am cloaked in my White Privilege, in my nice home, not living in fear of law enforcement (aka those...

Unraveled Wednesday | 5.27.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 5.27.20

Greetings Unravelers! No Finished Objects this week, despite my planning that there would be! Enter a weekend of yard work and I was left with not much knitting time (and said yard work left me ready for bed! LOL) So this week you get another progress shot of my...

when INTENTION is all I have | May 2020

when INTENTION is all I have | May 2020

I am joining Honoré today and sharing my Little Word update for the month! Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if...

Friday Update, Photo Edition

Friday Update, Photo Edition

It's been a quiet couple of weeks around here, at least until we went "Yellow" last Friday. Yellow for my house looks a lot like Red. Unlike my neighbors, we are not racing out to dine in a restaurant, shop at the mall, or get our hair done. It will be interesting to...

Unraveled Wednesday | 5.20.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 5.20.20

I am still working through the last clue of the Larissa Brown's mystery shawl. I have some blocking of the pieces to get done (and a pattern update on dimensions just dropped yesterday) so in the mean time I am being entirely distracted with a Linen Ranunculus. The...

Unraveled Wednesday | 5.13.20

Unraveled Wednesday | 5.13.20

I finished Romi's Mystery Shawl and I love it!! It is exactly what I wanted - it is lightweight and perfect for "indoor AC deep freezes" Haha. It is one color, and knit from some centuries old Knit Picks Shadow Lace yarn from my stash. I could not be happier and I...

Macro Monday | 5.11.20

Macro Monday | 5.11.20

I would love to share a post with all the exciting "Motherly" things I did this weekend, but well... on weekend nine (ten?) of Stay At Home... not much was different. We had snow/rain on Saturday and it was not warm enough to be outdoors on Sunday. I did have calls...

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Kat’s bookshelf: read

When All Is Said
it was amazing
Seven chapters of sheer bliss. Beautiful writing and an incredible tale. Who would you toast on the last day of your life?
tagged:
2019
Transatlantic
it was amazing
LOVED! Every single word. The thread that tied this story together is wonderful! I could not stop listening – it was that good!
tagged:
2019 and audio
There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
it was amazing
A beautiful memoir. The writing is wonderful – the story shared is so poignant. I highly recommend.
tagged:
2019 and audio-2019

 


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