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Poetry

Give Up, Give In, or Muddle Through?

03.03.2011

I knew someone once who loved to read. They had a very strict reading regimen. Only nonfiction. And whatever they started, they started on page one and went through to the last page. No skipping, no skimming. So there. When I told this person I liked to check out the index first, then dip into [...]

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That Thing We Do

06.02.2011

Why do we do what we do? I knit because I love the feel of merino and cashmere through my fingers; because I’m hypnotized by thick, rich color; and because I am addicted to the rhythm of my knitting needles making one stitch at a time as if a metronome marking time. One stitch. One [...]

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“Happy Christmas to all…”

24.12.2010

Let me send my warmest wishes to all of you for a very Happy Christmas and and Merry, Merry New Year! May the season and beyond be filled with joy and peace… A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a [...]

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Knitted Words

01.12.2010

I love when I can combine two of my favorite things—in this case, writing and knitting. I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to find Poetry Mittens on Ravelry. The tradition of knitting the text of poems into mittens dates back to the late 18th century. And it lives on today. I [...]

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