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  • The sky and the sea

    My favourite part of ocean crossings is at about 1500 miles at sea. No buildings, no land, no signs of the motion of life other than an occasional flying fish and the rhythm of the waves, or in this case, "wavelets." Total relinquishment of control: I know that it's not always like this but, I…

  • Taking My Parents to Burning Man…More Laurels and Another Review

    The laurels haven't been updated in this version, however the movie has won another audience award at the Maui Film Festival, where 1000 people watched it under the stars. Sometimes I've doubted what we've done putting ourselves out there, as a friend from college said, "In front of God and everybody." Admittedly it may not…

  • Atlantic Pie

    While crossing the ocean this was my knitting, an appropriate colour for the occasion: Pattern: Free and easy Pie Wedge Shawl, by Lorna Miser, available as a download on Ravelry, for free as the title indicates. Yarn: Fleece Artist Tara, colourway – Mermaid, a laceweight mohair blend. It is the softest, most irritation-free mohair I…

  • Ports of call

    It took two weeks, admittedly creeping along the ocean to get from Miami to Copenhagen. C, who works in the shipping industry, figures it is less expensive to slow the trip down fully staffed and supplied, than to pay for the fuel required for higher speeds. Our voyage consisted of ten days at sea and…

  • Theft

    Police definition: Your property is taken without your permission. Yup, that fits. Let me back up, what a week it's been. Went to work Monday, feeling like it was a Monday after a long party on Saturday night, just a wee tad tired (it was the after party for the Vancouver premier of Taking My…

  • Knitting at sea

    Lifesastitch and Blogless Marsha have knit across the Atlantic for the third time: This time we added in a calm as a lake English Channel and glassy North Sea. All the way from Miami to Copenhagen there was daily knitting. I kept mine simple on the hands – 100% knit stitch, none of those painful…

  • Knitting postponed due to injury

    There has been a dearth of knitting on this knitting blog, I admit it. Granted, there has been a fair amount of recent excitement in our lives, demonstrated by recent posts, but that's not the reason. Rest assured that my knitting, limping along with these prematurely arthritic wrists, has accompanied me on those recent trips.…

  • Lifesastitch on Rudy Maxa’s World

    This movie of ours has lead to one surprise after another. I had the privilege of being interviewed on radio by Rudy Maxa. You can listen to the podcast here, starting around minute 23.

  • A fairy tale dream

    Another audience Choice Award: Best Documentary –  Newport Beach Film Festival Imagine you have a kid, who in high school, went from honour roll to a 52 average in 18 months flat. All that parental worry until a year and a half prior to graduation, he discovers his passion, filmmaking. Goes on to four years…

  • Next stop: Washington

    Last stop: memories created in Sonoma. Next stop: Mount Vernon,Washington, home of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.  I've posted my disenchantment with photography reduced to shots taken from  a phone, replacing the art and  science of photography in its true form. Confession: I left my camera at home. As difficult as it is to admit,…