My father died when I was 16 requiring my small family to split up and scatter for a variety of reasons. I left my my home town the following year and never looked back. I always regretted not having a reference point to my growing up years. Others, who stayed behind, watched our classmates and…

In Galveston, there may not be any yarn shops, but they have unique names for streets: Scenic overlooks with cute dogs. Doesn’t he look like his head belongs on a different body: Interesting ways to earn a living: An opportunity for a night out on the town with two 15 yr olds: A great way…

Haven’t found any yarn shops, but boy do they have sky in Texas. For you, Sandy, with love from Texas!                                                                                      Distractions like these make turning 50…

Upon our arrival in Houston we experienced problems with our navigational system. It’s not the latest model, in fact she’s a classic, a 1954 Li, who didn’t consult a map, but listened to two different people who told me to head out on Rt 59 north and connect to Rt 45 south. Huh? 45 miles…

That is the question. Here are two yarns that I have held together both in knitting and weaving: I like the softer look and feel of the knitting. I like the speed at which a woven project can be completed and the way the colours fall. Same yarns, different outcomes. Which do I like better?…

My baby is betrothed. Officially. She has a ring on her finger. Never mind the fact that she is eight years younger than the average age of first marriage for women in our province, currently at age 30. It’s interesting, long lost high school classmates have started calling in disbelief. Two have called to commiserate;…

My sister and I had running e-mails going on the candy of our youth.  Admittedly we are children of the 60’s, but there seems to be a resurgence of middle age sweet tooth memories. I’ve seen more than one candy shop catering to the memories of those who fall into our demographic. The other night…

What are the chances that two people in the same room will share a birthday?  Although it doesn’t seem to make sense mathematically, I read once that in a room of 15 people there was a good chance that two will share the same birthday. Consider my office, there are just over 20 of us.…

I have a new batch of random Google searches that led people to my blog. Maureen noted that a reference to Mary Poppins increased the number of Google referrals to her knitting blog by 70%! You guessed it – my most recent interesting arrival found me by Googling "I accidentally ate ants." Over the past…

Do you remember that song from Sesame Street? It’s the truth when it comes to purchasing power. I belong to the Yahoo Yarn Co-op Group, and until now, have resisted that buying power. But when they offered Fleece Artist yarn from Canada, so no border/customs mail order problems, I gave in. As I wind it…