August Newsletter -2025 Hello! Spring was filled with fantastic knitting retreats that I was a part of, new fiber finds for you, and a few finished objects. Summer has been […]
Carson Demers
A Knitter’s Survival Guide to Knitting Through a Pandemic
These days, like no other, many of us are passing time and finding comfort in our knitting. Remember when this was the dream? “Oh, if I could only stay home […]
On the Nest
If you’re like most people around the world, you’re losing sleep wondering, “Hey, why hasn’t this guy posted anything in the last two years? He has so much to say […]
There’s a Monkey on My Back
Miriam-Webster describes the word “obsessive” as, “thinking about something or someone too much or in a way that is not normal”. I’m not really sure who gets to decide what’s a […]
The Rest of It; or, My Endless Summer
Truth be told, Labor Day bums me out a little. It signals the impending end of summer, fewer sunlit hours in the day, and reminds me that winter lurks not […]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
I live near an elementary school. Like many buildings in San Francisco the school is built into a hill. Its a sort of woodsy hill at the back of the […]
Hold Your Head Up
Don’t you hate it when you get a song stuck in your head? For the last two days I’ve had Hold Your Head Up stuck in mine. Not the Macklemore song. No, […]
It’s a New Day, It’s a New Blog
I’ve already confessed that solving software related problems is not my forte. So even though I’ve wanted to change the look of the blog for some time now, I’ve felt […]
Back in the Saddle Again
Can it really be 2 years since I’ve posted an entry here? Yes! Yes, it can. And yes it has been. I want to thank you early readers who’ve hung […]
Like the Gristmill of My Mind
Having just celebrated a significant birthday that ends with a zero, I’ve been told that I now qualify for full membership in the Society of Curmudgeons. I must confess that […]