Home
One of my best friends went home last Saturday. I’m so happy for him. He was a master story-teller… and a cut-up. He was heroic all of his life, not…
50mm | family | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud
The return of mauve and other things my mother would’ve loved
I was so much more content to wear my brother’s old blue jeans than dresses straight off the set of Little House on the Prairie. My mother won on Sundays,…
Happy Valentine’s Day
It was the seventies and we were three, cut us some slack. Happy Valentine’s Day. (on my instagram)
books | family | iphoneographs | linkage | phoneography | thinking out loud
Brandon Sanderson Book Signing
Last year I fell, headfirst, into Brandon Sanderson’s cosmere. It started by my stumbling upon his Mistborn trilogy and getting sucked in. A few months, and several books later, I…
animals | family | iphoneographs | knitting | parenting | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud
Things I Did via Instagram
A random assortment of things I did in 2014 via my Instagram feed, and in no particular order: I stared at dog paws knitted a lot, duh. visited with grandpas…
cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | linkage | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud
Oh Yeah, I Was Gonna Do a Christmas Post.
Oops. I hope you all had a great Christmas. I’m going to get right to the point: I have conflicted feelings about Christmas. As far as celebrating Christ’s birth, I…
Crazy Time
There are only two projects on my needles: a tv knit (Drift’s Ridge) and a cabled knit (Offshore V-Neck). All is as it should be. A few weeks ago I…
family | iphoneographs | knitting | linkage | phoneography | shows | thinking out loud
Gifts Happen
So my only planned Christmas knit is finished. However, I’ve sort of started two more since then with a possible third in the wings. I realize this was going…
family | my home | parenting | phoneography | photography | places | thinking out loud
Purple Kool Aid
I’m a little hesitant to show this very purple hat because, honestly, I think the garish colors mess up an otherwise lovely hat pattern. But it’s Mid-County Madness week and…
Everything is Growing
Everything is growing. I get kind of sad about it when each school year begins. I miss the intensity of mothering my children when they were small. Nothing highlights the…