I have been pondering “patience.”  Synonymous with: perseverance, forbearance, diligence, endurance, persistence — wonderful old school words!  It is also synonymous with the more teeth-gritting: resignation, passiveness, sufferance, stoicism, submission.  And also with those enlightened: calmness, composure, tolerance, serenity, humility.… Continue reading

I realize that I am politely waiting for Fall to arrive.  Just as I am politely waiting for Summer to depart.  As we were taught as children — not to rush someone out the door (of course we must give… Continue reading

Poised on the cusp between Summer and Autumn, these are some of our most pleasant days — gray mornings and temperate blue-skied afternoons.  Our late afternoons are brighter than ever as the sun slides along at eye level now instead… Continue reading

What makes for an ideal beach knitting project?  Something portable and simple that does not require a chart or printed instructions that must be referred to frequently — no cable needles (yikes! How quickly could I lose that in the… Continue reading

Well, it is that time 🙂  Time to prep the Vacation Knitting!  First, the Camping Knitting and then the Beach Knitting.   The Camping Knitting is pretty straight forward (2 nights within the family in tents in the woods does… Continue reading

I am pretty excited about the upcoming 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon!  Even more jazzed about it after George and I visited the Museum of Flight and saw the Apollo 11 exhibit “Destination Moon” this week.… Continue reading

Some people are surprised that I knit in the Summer.  (Okay, people who don’t know me too well — the rest of you know that I am ALWAYS knitting!   Well, not literally, of course, but I am pretty much… Continue reading

I love sharing pictures of my finished projects — but sometimes getting a good photo is difficult.  I have been trying to get a satisfactory photo of my newly completed “Circus in the Woods” shawlette for about a week.  The… Continue reading

I know that some knitters set aside their needles in the Summertime.  And certainly Autumn and Winter are the prime knitting seasons for many.  But oh how I succumb to the allure of Summer knitting! Kudos to all the yarn… Continue reading

I had told myself — sometime in early May — that on June 1st (or thereabouts) I would open the Bin of Summer Knitting.  By then I would have (theoretically) finished some of the Spring Knitting and be ready to… Continue reading