Knitting Obsession #1 (Because There Will Be More)

So this is how it works to be obsessed.  You reread an old post and realize that you promised a simple hat, not a simple ear warmer.  Right after breakfast you get your cashmere (sigh, moan, weak feeling in legs) and choose two colors and cast on the simple hat.  There is no exact design [...]

Merry Christmas to All…

It is Christmas morning.  We have a tradition, and Dayna touched on it in her comment (at the end of the previous post).  I’ve been divorced from her dad for thirteen years.  We are friends, with a bond around the common goal of raising a happy, capable daughter.  On Christmas he still comes over in [...]

About Sublets and Other Agreements

Morning!  So glad to be here with a few clearer thoughts on that book I mentioned last week.  My English class senior year in high school was taught by my neighbor, Myra Shapiro.  It was an honors class and she was a marvelous teacher, exacting, stimulating, making us dig into the literature and see beyond [...]