Have 36 stitches x 36 stitches ever been such a pain in the tookus?! Mike was leery of my pattern reduction. He wasn’t home when I did it, and I approved it […]
Planting and Reaping
Gardening feeds my soul as well as my stomach. There’s something about growing things–food, in particular–that is satisfying on the deepest, most basic level: Eating is a necessity; gardening fulfills that need. […]
Something New on the Horizon?!
I got a call from the new editor at Simon Scribbles yesterday. There’s another activity book project in the air, and if all goes well, I’ll get to help with it! Funny […]
Deadline Approaches
I’ve been working on class proposals for the 2008 TNNA trade shows–Long Beach, CA, in January, and Columbus, OH, in June. The deadline is tomorrow for 3/4 of the proposals, which is […]
Night Visitor
Twice last week we were visited in the middle of the night by a young large owl. The first time, Mike was just coming to bed when he noticed it sitting on […]
Bookmark #2 Kicks Butt…Mine!
Ay-yi-yi. I thought that after 3 color overhauls, and who-knows-how-many minor color tweaks, I was in the home stretch with this bookmark. Not so. While I am at last happy with the […]



