Ene's Scarf 3 - Finished
Back in January I consulted with a counsellor as I felt I really needed a check-in about some areas of my life. The appointment was useful; it confirmed and validated a few things I had suspected. I...
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Friday, April 29th is the last day to register to attend the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat, held at Easton Mountain, near Albany NY. The retreat starts at supper on Thursday May 19th, and ends with...
View ArticleCheck-in
Um. Where to start. Last weekend I went to Jordan to see Alan and John, and met up with Linda on the Saturday. Linda is an accomplished knitter, spinner, artist, bookbinder and wine connoisseur; we've...
View ArticleNYC 2011 - Part 1
I took a chunk of my vacation days in late May and went to NYC. Embedded in that trip was the Men’s Spring Knitting Retreat, held as usual at Easton Mountain. I’ll talk about it in another post; this...
View ArticleMSKR 2011
Jack and I left very early on the Thursday morning, driving through rain and fog, to meet a group of retreat attendees at Green Mountain Spinnery in Putney, Vermont. A tour of the mill had been...
View ArticleNYC 2011 - Part 2
Lots of photos in this post, which finishes up the second week of my trip in NYC. Jack and I got home from the men's knitting retreat, and spent the next day -- Monday -- regrouping. I had a summer...
View ArticleJuly Redux
At least, I think it's a redux. Maybe "redux" is the wrong word. Here, in point form, are thoughts about the month that was. Parts of it could be "The Year That Was", as you'll see. My Dad died on July...
View ArticleUm...September?
So where did that month go? Oh, I remember: it was swallowed up by work. (And then my low back fell apart, which was not pretty.) Except for the last week of September, when I hobbled off to San...
View ArticlePrairie Scarf - Finished
Earlier this year I fished a hat out of the front hall closet. I couldn’t remember when I’d made it --maybe 2004?-- and as much as I liked the hat I didn’t wear it. So I ripped, skeined and washed the...
View ArticleIn the Event...
that anyone ever drops by to see if I've written anything lately, here is a short update on my goings-on. Yes, I am alive. My life has been swallowed by work for the last year or more, then things got...
View ArticleI’ve moved
Literally.So there’s been a long absence here, and in the event that anyone drops by to see if I’m alive: yes, I am.Last summer it became clear that my job and I weren’t getting along. It was taking a...
View ArticleThe Notebook
During my big clearing-out during the spring, I found pads of paper and notebooks. Some were in the bankersbox of greeting cards and postcards I've accumulated over the years, in my knitting basket and...
View ArticleDear Evernote
We are not off to a good start. Actually, we haven’t even started. And I’m cranky.I’d been reading about Evernote for a bit, and how people use it to plan trips, manage their budgets ('though I believe...
View ArticleNYC 2011 - Part 1
I took a chunk of my vacation days in late May and went to NYC. Embedded in that trip was the Men’s Spring Knitting Retreat, held as usual at Easton Mountain. I’ll talk about it in another post; this...
View ArticleMSKR 2011
Jack and I left very early on the Thursday morning, driving through rain and fog, to meet a group of retreat attendees at Green Mountain Spinnery in Putney, Vermont. A tour of the mill had been...
View ArticleNYC 2011 - Part 2
Lots of photos in this post, which finishes up the second week of my trip in NYC. Jack and I got home from the men's knitting retreat, and spent the next day -- Monday -- regrouping. I had a summer...
View ArticleJuly Redux
At least, I think it's a redux. Maybe "redux" is the wrong word. Here, in point form, are thoughts about the month that was. Parts of it could be "The Year That Was", as you'll see.My Dad died on July...
View ArticleUm...September?
So where did that month go? Oh, I remember: it was swallowed up by work. (And then my low back fell apart, which was not pretty.)Except for the last week of September, when I hobbled off to San...
View ArticlePrairie Scarf - Finished
Earlier this year I fished a hat out of the front hall closet. I couldn’t remember when I’d made it --maybe 2004?-- and as much as I liked the hat I didn’t wear it. So I ripped, skeined and washed the...
View ArticleIn the Event...
that anyone ever drops by to see if I've written anything lately, here is a short update on my goings-on.Yes, I am alive. My life has been swallowed by work for the last year or more, then things got...
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