I can hardly believe it’s already time to wish all of you a very Happy New Year, with all good things to come your way! If you’re interested in that sort of thing, I have just received some statistics from WordPress about the visitors to this blog: which of my […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Merry Christmas to all of us who celebrate this day, and happy holidays to all those who celebrate something else! My family — three generations — will be together this evening, celebrating a little early in order to have everyone together. What could be better than family gathered to eat […]
Yesterday the quilt group I belong to had its annual holiday party. We went to a local restaurant — one that treats us like royalty! — and visited, ate, laughed, and exchanged gifts. What’s not to love about a get-together like that? 🙂  Our gift exchange is anonymous, with a […]
I’ve been a fan of Havel’s scissors for some time — at least partly because they have a selection of different styles of left-handed scissors. You wouldn’t believe the difference it makes to a left-handed person to have scissors that are specifically for us! Turning right-handed scissors upside down doesn’t […]
If, like me, you live in the US, you may be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, and I hope it’s a very happy one for you. 🙂 I haven’t posted much in the past couple of weeks for a few reasons. First, my knitting project was “off” due to my mismeasuring. I’ve had […]
I’ve done a little knitting, but this project is a first. Anyone who knits — especially beginners like me — knows it’s a little — to say the least — tricky getting sweaters to fit the way we like. They end up too tight, too loose, too long, too short, […]