ON THE THRESHOLD OF ALL THAT'S BEEN & ALL THAT'S YET TO COME
After reading a few rather intense books, I decided I could benefit from something light hearted and easy. Enter Amy Tan’s The Backyard Bird Chronicles. A nature journal at its heart, Amy Tan rediscovered her childhood curiosity and channeled it into what became the pages of this lovely book. The process was a balm for…
Alright, it’s not complete yet, but my lace crochet project is coming along… Slowly. I’ve missed stitches and frogged. I’ve added too many stitches and frogged again. And I’m sure there are mistakes in there I haven’t caught yet but will notice later. But it sure is pretty, isn’t it? The pattern I’m following called…
Hi, Hey, Hello! Thank you for joining me! I’m so happy to share a spot of time with you! How the heck are you?! What can I get started for you? I’m brewing up some black tea with milk and honey (obviously) but also have coffee or any herbal tea your heart could desire! It’s…
Well, if January was the longest month ever, February is surely living up to its promise of flying by in rapid fire motion, no? Surely, it’s always this way, but the last couple of weeks seem to have folded into themselves with little to no memory of where the minutes, hours, or days went. I’d…
Apparently, according to all the cool people, lace is all the rage these days! Did you know? All I know is that I’ve never crocheted lace before and so am giving it a go as part of the Stitchwell Social Club’s make along challenge this month. I also know that I’ve never learned how to…
Grief is weird. It’s weird and complicated… Layered, non-linear, and ever-evolving. A few days ago marked the 20th anniversary of my mom’s journey from this world into the next and so her memory has been rapping on the pulse of my heart a little louder than usual for the past several days. I never know…