A simple v-neck childs vest, to be knit plain, striped, with contrasting trim, with intarsia or Fair Isle motifs. A blank canvas for the knitters imagination. This little vest is a quick, satisfying knit in worsted weight yarn. I used …
Through no fault of Juno’s or Sadie’s, it isn’t working out between them. But we’re certain–more than ever in the days since she left–that we can’t keep Sadie. I’ve emailed IG rescue. She’ll be placed with a good, pre-screened home. …
family bed Thank you all for your kind words and support for our decision about Sadie. We miss her, but we feel very sure that we made the right choice. The day Sadie moved out was also the day of …
Sometimes, relationships just dont work out. Its hard, but its for the best if all involved realize that and move on. Somethings been going on around here for the past ten months that I havent been blogging about. It ended …
(The title of this post will surely separate the knitters from the muggles, wont it? Dear muggles, yak down is a good thing. A very very soft good thing.) I was approached today by the kind folks at Shokay, who …
…who bursts into tears when she hears “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”? It comes to this line and I just lose it:“And all that remains is the faces and the namesOf the wives and the sons and the daughters.” …
When we bought this house in 2003, I was sure wed live here forever. Wed raise our kids here. Billy and I would die here, in our sleep, holding hands, in our late eighties. Apparently Billy wasnt sold on the …
It was suggested in the comments of this post that perhaps my Beatles/Portland dream was an indication that I’d “get by with a little help from my friends.” I’ll admit that when I read that comment I smiled but also …
Sorry for the silence. Thumper and I spent the last three days visiting my mom in Jersey for Passover. Lots of time to-ing and fro-ing on NJ Transit and in cars. Lots of matzoh balls and the like. Not so …