My recommendation this week is to just do the thing. Whatever it is that’s been on your mind, something you’re considering and maybe researching, something that has just landed on your radar, something that will…

I have 2 rex begonias that have survived a couple of seasons as deck plants and house plants and one of the is actually blooming right now. And they are the sweetest little pink flowers…

Taking my cue from Kym this week, here are 3 simple things that are making me happy right now When I came out of the house Tuesday morning to go to work there was a…

Joining in with Kat and my fellow knitters and readers again this week! I am continuing to make progress on the Waffle Pullover for the MDK Bang Out a Sweater effort. I am currently in…

I have a feeling many of you are already watching and enjoying the Olympic games but I’m here to recommend them anyway. They are highly entertaining and addictive. I am totally entranced by the mixed…

This weekend felt a lot like last weekend. It was cold and I never left the house . . . again It snowed . . . again I knit and knit on the Waffle Pullover…

Time to take a look back at the books I read in the month of January.  Queen Esther by John IrvingMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI want to say I love this novel (because John…

I’m joining with my fellow knitters and readers over at Kat’s blog this week to talk, well, knitting and reading. I’m sad to say that there was some unraveling since last we met but I’m…

You may have heard that the female occupant of the White House has a documentary infomercial in theaters right now. I am not here to recommend that you go see that. Instead, I’m recommending that…

Moment of truth: I never left my house all weekend. Yep from the time I got home from work on Thursday until this morning I was inside. It’s dang cold out there, friends, and I…

First of all, here’s the headshot. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. I think for a free 2 minute experience in a conference setting it’s pretty decent. I think it says,…

Joining with Kat and friends again this week to discuss what I’m knitting and reading . . . Thanks to TWO snow days, I finished the front of Dale’s sweater yesterday. I’d show you a…