Natural fibers (mostly wool), animals, bicycles & serendipity
At 9:45 this morning, the semi truck pulled up at the curb. Advance warning is not part of the equation here. Most businesses that receive shipments delivered by large trucks are equipped with loading docks and regular hours. They don’t … Continued
As we get ready for Thanksgiving here in the U.S., I am thankful for many things in the year since last Thanksgiving, including but not limited to: my daughter my friends, who don’t mind that I’m not perfect our three … Continued
In a couple of hours, I’m going to attend a private celebration for the opening of a new independent bookstore. I’m going as my daughter’s guest, because she’s one of the new store’s hand-picked new employees, but I might also … Continued
Knitterguy has been posting terrific information on beginning to work with handspindles. If you have even an inkling of interest in spindle spinning, whether you are coming from a no-spinning perspective or from wheel-spinning experience, check out his approachable introduction. … Continued
My primary mail-and-web computer’s hard-drive lost its coherence last week (the second drive failure on that computer in four months . . . not good) and that machine has been in the shop. I just got it back, although I … Continued
Today is my birthday, and I have just opened my daughter’s present. It’s a copy of one of my all-time favorite books: Charlie Needs a Cloak, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. It contains no words at all. very few … Continued
