Needing some distraction from ongoing ankle fracture issues I did something that has been on my list for years – a silver smithing course. Over an eight and a half hour day we learned to solder sterling links, craft a toggle clasp, the techniques of hammering and embossing, and bezel setting of a CZ.…

December 6th, thirty years of marriage. Where did time go? How did it happen? How do you measure thirty years?  More than half my life, three talented children, two Scotty dogs, four moves in two countries, all our parents gone, a grandbaby, retirement (ours!) plans, joys and sadness, ups and downs, give and take… Did…

Personal loss is more than sadness. It's an unfillable void. We can do our best to try, but I'm convinced it's not supposed to get filled up. That hole in our life is there so we don't forget. If you mark it from the one year anniversary of my mom's death, it's been a year…

Wanting the city experience Blogless Marsha, David, Chuck and I rented a centrally located apartment near Campo de Fiori, literally field of flowers, which it was in the middle ages, but with a more sinister history in later years. Now a cheerful public market, the statue of philosopher Giordano Bruno still stands in the middle.…

Where to begin. I've had good intentions to post about the trip but things keep getting in the way. Like the Leonard Cohen concert. His recitation of  A Thousand Kisses Deep rivaled the thrill of Santorini as a cruise ship stop, and it's still fresh in my mind so that's what you get.  I studied…

I thought that was a quote from Poltergeist, but trusty google claims it's from the Shining. Maybe both. Blogless Marsha and I had the good fortune to knit not just Italy, but Greece and Turkey as well. Here are the first pictures as proof: Despite the fact that the Colisseum picture looks like a backdrop,…

Blogless Marsha and Lifesastitch knit Italy…

That's how it feels, my tether being the cast on my fractured ankle and now a related foot issue. The inability to drive for five of those weeks kept me housebound. Don't cry me too much of a river, although the hard part was temporarily giving up my 10,000 steps a day plan, to which…

Thank goodness this one required no emergency room knitting, as did its predecessor: Pattern: Hitchhiker Scarf by Martina Behm Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug, in the older, smaller put up: 320 yards. The colour reminds me of an opal. Its flecks of rose, blue and green making it quite versatile. Difficult to spot in the photo. Needles: US 5 Thoughts: Again,…