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Museum of Me | September 2023

Museum of Me | September 2023

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. ― Albert Einstein This month's prompt was challenging: What did your day look like when you got home from school? I am most certain that it would bring no benefit to anyone and most...

Friday Finds | 9.15.23

Friday Finds | 9.15.23

Friends, we have reached the halfway point of September. I know, it makes me sad too! I have some finds to share with you this week...so let's get started! First up, I really love Kym's monthly activity share that she focuses on. I actually try and add them into my...

Unraveled Wednesday | 9.13.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 9.13.23

Greetings Unravelers! **Sorry for this late posting, I thought I scheduled it to post, but apparently that did not work out... sigh. Entirely operator error... not at all a Wordpress issue.** It pains me to say this but September is just racing along, isn't it? This...

Sometimes Monday | 9.11.23

Sometimes Monday | 9.11.23

I pondered posting today because I don't really have anything significant to contribute. In my pondering I wondered if a pandemic that has killed so many has somehow diluted the impact of what happened 22 years ago. Perhaps today's significance is more personal - not...

Last RIFF of Summer | 9.8.23

Last RIFF of Summer | 9.8.23

I had other plans for today post but life got in the way yesterday... bigly. A small-ish issue with Sherman required some extra attention yesterday morning and a rather lengthy vet visit yesterday afternoon. But we have some new meds to try and I am hoping he is...

Unraveled Wednesday | 9.6.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 9.6.23

Greetings dear Unravelers! My knitting mojo is on the thin side this week. Soaring temperatures have put the kibosh on a lapful of wooly knitting... so there has been little progress on my Pressed Flowers wrap. Instead I cast on a sock... which is barely begun so you...

Hello, September | 9.5.23

Hello, September | 9.5.23

September is the other January. — Gretchen Rubin This quote resonated with me as I turned the calendar to a new month. I am very much loving the idea of beginning again... with so many things. I spent the summer pared back, minimal, letting go of so many things... and...

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.30.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.30.23

Greetings Unravelers! We have arrived at the last Wednesday in August! No lies here... I am more than a little excited for September and my week of knitting reflects that. I finished my Pressed Flower Socks and I love them! Kym asked last week about sock thickness......

The Habit of Authenticity | August 2023

The Habit of Authenticity | August 2023

Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity. — Jame Clear August has always been my least favorite month of the year. The heat. The humidity. The end of...

In my backyard | 8.25.23

In my backyard | 8.25.23

Learning to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance. — Morgan Freeman In August I savored the stillness... the bird song has slowed. Gone is the territorial songs marking nesting territories so it seems that the birds, as...

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.23.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.23.23

Greetings dear Unravelers and Happy Wednesday! Here we are closing in on the end of August and I am very much ready for the humidity and mosquitos to depart! Those two things...my most disliked parts of summer. Those pesky mosquitos have been making morning porch...

A Gathering of Poetry | 8.17.23

A Gathering of Poetry | 8.17.23

I have been thinking about what poem I would share with you all this month for a couple of weeks... going back and forth between several poems that seemed just so perfect for August. This morning I decided that Late Summer by Jennifer Grotz was the winner (but really...

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.15.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.15.23

Hello dear Unravelers! It is Wednesday and that means a bit of a check in with my making and reading...and while last week had little progress this week the making and reading are strong! I have been doing some more stitching... and I have broken the 60 minute mark on...

Museum of Me | August 2023

Museum of Me | August 2023

Before we get to our exhibit, I need to pause and reflect on the Lahaina that was and mourn the loss of it... as it was and shall never be again. Decades ago in 1985 my then very significant other took me on the most incredible vacation to Hawaii. He worked hard (and...

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.9.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.9.23

Greetings Unravelers! Last week... I finished no books... this week, I have little to nothing to show for my making! First up... I had high hopes to be done with my Hitch on the Move... but I am at the portion of knitting where the rows are LONG... so long. I have...

Welcome August | 8.7.23

Welcome August | 8.7.23

August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time. ― Sylvia Plath I am hopeful for some August rain...we need it in Western PA. August... my least favorite month of the summer. My garden is... less than lovely at this point....

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.2.23

Unraveled Wednesday | 8.2.23

Greetings Unravelers! It has been a week of new starts here... yes, I have a raging case of Cast-on-itis. So I have given in and cast on.... I started a new pair of socks, yes those socks! This is a knit is not conducive to mindless knitting... so I have not gotten...

(E)merging Authenticity | 7.31.23

(E)merging Authenticity | 7.31.23

Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it.  ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free Last month I coasted with my word,...

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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?
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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.
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2019 and audio-2019

 


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