I am part of a knitting designers’ group. We meet once a month to network and help each other achieve our business/design goals. Last spring we decided that we would like to host a knitting retreat. It’s a fabulous get-together at a resort with exciting classes, great food and tons of fun from Friday night […]
I was “doing” some poetry the other day. Obviously, I have let “the verse side” down because I came across a poem by a poet I hadn’t heard of (of which I hadn’t heard) – Billy Collins who was Poet Laureate of the US from 2001 to 2003. I really must “do” poetry more often.
For those of you who do crossword puzzles, you may want to commit to memory this handy list, to save thumbing through the dictionary and maybe spilling your cup of coffee or glass of wine, as a result 🙂 aquiline – eagle asinine – donkey bovine – cattle cancrine – crab canine – dog cervine
I have written before about what we do in winter to survive. One of my “must haves” or “must dos” is to plant bulbs – the bigger the better. I always say that the bulbs get us through to Valentine’s Day and then we are very close to March with milder days above freezing. Spring
Today is Saturday and any day that isn’t a work day, to me, is a holiday!! It is unscheduled time. Yes, there are chores, but they can be done – whenever, and I have to add – if ever!! So with my unscheduled time today, I took pictures of the Art outside my window. I
A calm exterior often masks a chaotic interior. Let me explain. We have rented for a short time, I hope, a storage facility nearby to help us clear out the house and reorganize our space. My eldest has just finished four years of Art college and we have run out of walls on which to
Yesterday our youngest turned 20. My husband said, “Now we have no teenagers in the house anymore.” I nearly cried. It’s the dichotomy of the human condition – you want them to grow and be successful, but you also want them to stay and keep the family together, as it were. Anyway, when the kids
Sometimes I just see an interesting picture right in front of me. This is why I like to have my camera ready. Today the photo op was in the dining room at about 6:00am. Light from an outside lamp was streaming in through the window, creating interesting shadows. I had to record it! These are
I loved Jenny Heston‘s post a few days ago on Wabi Sabi – the Japanese term for “celebrating the imperfect” among other things. I totally agreed with Jenny. Why wait for “the perfect” situation? Why not enjoy what is here and now? Maybe even enjoy it because of its limitations? I have been looking for
