Photo by Alexas Fotos on Pexels.com I am not someone who reads a lot of poetry. I do, however, always enjoy the poems that Bonny and Kat and Kym share each month for their Gathering…

Lo and behold, I have a finished pair of socks to show you today. Are they out of season? And also a belated birthday gift? Absolutely. But are they awesome anyway? You bet. The yarn…

Glimmers . . . moments that spark joy, contentment, and peace, making me feel that all is well and I am right where I belong Hannah and I on Thanksgiving. Also my only photo from the day!…

It’s go time for the biggest feast of the year and I hope your prep is going according to plan. Yesterday I made the cranberry sauce, butternut squash, and gravy. Today I will make all…

It’s my turn to take a whack at convincing you to read The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, our next Read With Us selection. The first thing I want to do is…

Glimmers . . . moments that spark joy, contentment, and peace, making me feel that all is well and I am right where I belong Dinner out on Friday night with Dale. A delicious start…

Jack drew this turkey for me the other night when they were over for dinner. I’m sure you’re familiar with the technique of tracing your hand and then making it look like a turkey but…

It’s mid-November and it’s time to check in with a random post on what’s going on currently . . . Knitting: Socks for a friend’s birthday. They are late in more ways than one (Halloween…

It’s time for a new installment in the Museum of Me and this month it’s about the words or expressions from my childhood that still echo in my head. Because that’s not an exercise in…

I failed to mention on Friday that I had yesterday off since the union in the town where I work honors Saturday and Sunday holidays on Mondays. I was not sad about an extra day…

Alas, the dahlias are indeed done. But! Thanks for a big birthday for one of my coworkers, I have this pretty bouquet of flowers to share with you today. We’ve got to look for the…

I was going to call this post The Right Tools. Then I was going to call it The Right Stuff. But really it’s about having the right tools and enough stuff and I just couldn’t…