Chuck woke up and told me his dream: “I was travelling on public transit. Worried about getting off at the correct stop. Got off at the next stop, not sure which direction to go. First downhill then uphill. (Hold on knitters, this is where it gets exciting.) As I was going uphill I was retrieving…

Blogless Marsha inspired me. You see, over four years ago I was travelling for work. It was that infamous trip, unfortunately timed with my birthday, where I broke my leg. But that's another story, already told. On the way to my destination I stopped to visit my daughter in Edmonton for a couple of days,…

This post rated Y for yukk. I warned you. The Urban Dictionary defines the meaning of the title sentence: "Phrase employed to sarcastically imply that the answer to the question being posed is indubitably 'yes'." Someone needs to tell the bear because for the past three weeks our front yard is home to the bear's…

Finally! Do you ever have a project you're dying to share on the knitting blog, but if you do you risk wrecking a surprise? The recipient of my project received her package in the mail today, so the cat's officially out of the bag. My niece in Wisconsin had baby girl a while back. Dad,…

There are regional variations throughout the world…what you say following the reading of a fortune cookie fortune. "In bed," "between the sheets," it all refers to the same thing ;-)  It gets funnier (?) with age.  Tonight we went out to dinner to our LCR (local Chinese restaurant) with four friends, half of them retired…

You know what they say about everybody having a twin? While in Maryland, Chuck comes running into the house one morning. Come here. I don't know how it happened! he said frantically. What happened? I'm imagining a broken into rental car. I don't know how she got here. How who got here? We're 3000 miles…

So cute and fast. Now, if the intended recipient has a girl, we're all set. Otherwise it goes into the gift drawer. Pattern: Little Girl's Shrug (Knitting Pure and Simple)Yarn: Feza Nirvana 100% BambooModifications: Not a one – no changes to the pattern, yarn was a good choice. This is a quick and easy one…

Probably not. During and after our trip I realize the regionality of everyday sounds. Where I live there is no night noise, at least in terms of crickety froggy chirps. Nor are there mosquitoes buzzing my ears. At home I have been stirred from sleep by the snorts of a bear or the crash of…

If they did, this is what they heard back east on our family reunion vacation for my Mom's 80th birthday: "I can tell they are sisters because they don't want to share." said my niece, Ana, observing her mom and I debating sharing entrees at a restaurant. Our waitress, when asked how to pronounce the name of the…

 Last post was all words, this one all pictures. Put the two together and it's one long complete post: The house of my  dreams:   The dock/beach area:   The cats:     The storm:       How'd I do, is it what you pictured in the last post?