Category Archives: Rants, various

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Posted on December 14, 2017 by

Three things I like about the holiday season: The lights. Here in the dark and frozen North, anything with lights is welcome. The festive feeling. Sadly, I find very little of that feeling welling up inside me. It’s not that … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, Rants, various | 7 Comments

Button box FTW!

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

But first, the Foliage Foto of the Day. Anyway. I recently discovered — as I was getting dressed for the first of the recent reunions — that my chosen shirt was missing a button right at bust level. Since we … Continue reading →

Posted in Autumn, Rants, various, Travel | 11 Comments

Tragedy!

Posted on September 26, 2017 by

Well, it may not be everyone’s definition of a tragedy, but when I tell you about it I am sure that you will agree with me that it IS a tragedy. Both my thumb joints — the carpometacarpal joint, to be … Continue reading →

Posted in knitting, Rants, various | 14 Comments

A little navel-gazing.

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

Although, frankly, it’s not my own navel I am gazing at… I have always liked Steven West’s patterns. 34 items in my favorites are his; I have purchased at least eight of his patterns. Back in the early days of … Continue reading →

Posted in knitting, Rants, various | 6 Comments

So I was checking my spam folder in gmail and found these.

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

  Good grief, how dumb do they think we are? (Don’t answer that.)

Posted in Rants, various | 5 Comments

And now, for something completely different.

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

All found on the Facebook timeline of Sandy and Richard Ricardi.

Posted in Politics, national, Rants, various, Silliness | 4 Comments

Things that make me say, “Hmm…”

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

How do yarn shops, awash in scores of skeins of wool yarn, deal with moths? (Asking for a friend.) * * * * * We have all seen the hexipuff blankets bouncing around the interwebz. Whenever I see someone making the … Continue reading →

Posted in afghan, knitting, Rants, various, Yarn | 7 Comments

Bits and bobs.

Posted on February 19, 2017 by

It was surprising to me how many readers have family stories that involve a stuffed animal. Ninlouise’s story made me LOL. I guess those fluffy little critters are really important to us. * * * * * I have kinda … Continue reading →

Posted in Cowls, knitting, Miscellaneous, Rants, various, Shawls, Television, Winter | 1 Comment

Knitter up! And, no good deed goes unpunished.

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

I am pleased to report that time and [nearly] a week of not knitting has largely cleared up my thumb joint issue. Can I get a big HURRAH! Although I had declared myself to be a non-knitter for a week, … Continue reading →

Posted in FO, hats, knitting, Mittens, Rants, various, Scarves | 5 Comments

The irony, it burns.

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

Washington Post, I am disappointed in you. This morning I was perusing photos of yesterday’s march on the WaPo site. One of the semi-annoying features of such a slideshow is that every six or eight screens is an ad for … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, national, Rants, various | 3 Comments