And don't it feel good! An earworm brought to you by Lifesastitch. C arranged a last minute vacation exchange in Palm Springs, CA. I wasn't thrilled with the idea, due to his recent surgery, but he was going with or without me. Couldn't let him go alone, so here I am in the warm, dry…

Nothing like a 24 hour project. This is what I did with the yarn from the last post:   Pattern: Garter Stitch Loop-Through Scarf from 101 Designer One Skein Wonders Yarn: Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb silk/merino blend, in the Vera colourway What do I think? Meh. Way too busy looking, like camo with hot…

Not resolutions, revelations. I confess, most of my knitting projects experience a minimum of four false starts. Cast on. Frog back. Cast on. Tear it out. Cast on. Tink (non-knitters- tinking is knitting spelled somewhat backwards and means knitting in reverse).   Knitting revelation #2: I have quite a collection of  beautiful yarns languishing in…

Just wound up year 11 of running our charity gift wrap fund raiser for work. When I was 15 my first job was as a gift wrapper at a Lord and Taylor in NY and here I am, 40 years later, still gift wrapping as part of my job. Wrapping about a thousand gifts each…

In this season of Jingle Bells and O Holy Night, what song is stuck in my head? Don't Cross the Street. If you recognize it, you are probably a New Yorker of a certain age. It was an anti jaywalking campaign sponsored in the 60's by the City's traffic safety department. The version in the…

My creativity quotient is near zero. You bloggers know what I mean? AKA writer's block. I function well under stress, hence my long satisfying career in social services. Family life is good, work life is steady. What suffers is my creativity and that's a huge hunk of life for me.  Riding the waves of crisis,…

There's a vanity in my bedroom, a sink in my living room, and loud fans everywhere:   In an unrelated event we have no water and they are digging up our yard: I am not looking for any more sympathy, but if you happen to meet Calgon today, send him to my house to take…

I've always thought couples need exceptional communication and coping skills to engage in activities such as playing bridge and wallpapering. We don't do either. I've recently discovered that warping a loom ranks right up there. I'm happy to report that we're not only thriving through serious illness recovery, but loom warping times three, which has…

Considering our family's recent life events, at the urging of my daughter, I've decided to indulge in some comfort. Food and creativity in that order. There are children in my life, now not so little, who early on dubbed certain foods with kiddy pronunciations, preceded by something to the effect of "I'm not eating…." "I'm…

I knew I recognized this feeling. It may sound bizarre, but coming home from the hospital with Chuck felt like bring a new baby home. Entering a new world, the promise of a bright future, with someone seemingly so fragile. The fear. Wanting to put a little mirror under his nose to see that he's…