Unraveling

05.01.2012

I’m not sure it’s going to happen. I don’t think this sweater is going to get knit up. I’ve been knitting a grey pullover forever. And not in the it’s-taking-so-long-to-finish sense. I’ve been frogging and re-knitting, frogging and re-knitting, and the other day frogged the sweater again. I wasn’t satisfied with the size, the pattern, [...]

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Mmm, Mmm, Soup…

28.12.2011

The other thing I love about winter (besides getting to knit more) is cooking. I hate standing over the stove in the summer. But come the cooler weather I get my cooking mojo back. Today is the perfect day for soup. There’s a cold wind, dark clouds, and the threat of some kind of precipitation—though [...]

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The Door

18.12.2011

It’s in this threshold time of the year when I used to think of what’s just passed and what might be in store. I say ‘used to’ because the past several years, on a personal level, have been very difficult, and have left me spent and somewhat burned out. Okay, a lot burned out, just [...]

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Progress?

08.12.2011

The cliche when it rains, it pours has rung true lately. The rare tornado we had late summer proved to be an omen because that’s what it has felt like the past few months with the latest family emergencies. Still, I managed to get three children’s manuscripts out—two stories and an article—to children’s magazines, and [...]

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