Seasons


Who Needs to Knit?

Who Needs to Knit?

The last knitting project I was working on stalled at about this point: This photo is from last Christmas when I decided, after too many mistakes to count, to frog my first pair of socks. The fact that they are "froggy" green is simply a sweet irony. This brings the ...

Peace with Fall

Peace with Fall

I'm making peace with the changing seasons. For lunch yesterday I made farm-grown cream of broccoli & potato soup. The day was coolish and soup just seemed right, not to mention I needed to use up the broccoli. But even broccoli soup couldn't take the sting out of saying goodbye ...

Mardi Gras Contemplations

Mardi Gras Contemplations

Most of my posts are about family life: homeschool adventures, what the kids are up to, birthdays, celebrations etc... This post is not like that. As I write this I am finishing off a box of ice cream left over from the birthday party on Saturday. I am eating this ...