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Sparkling Squirrel Year

• Cuckoo STIR Soon
  Some day, say, tomorrow, I will turn in my grades and then someday, after more meetings and graduation and stuff and stuff and stuff, say Friday or next week, I will post the rest of the Hunger Games discussion, videos of my sons sledding (yes, that happened in December) and giggling, new garden images, and questions about acid and Easter egg dye.As of now, […]
• The kites are back in town
  The Mississippi Kites arrived on a thermal at 7:10 yesterday evening (April 25).  I may be mistaken, but it really appeared as if I witnessed the very moment of in-migration. […]
• Hunger Comparisons
  When I've had conversations about the Hunger Games*, other works similar to (or not similar to) the series have always been part of the conversation.  While certainly not unusual for me to make comparisons, I find it striking that I always do with Hunger Games.  I never felt compelled to describe Harry Potter as combination of Chronicles of Narnia, A Se […]

Exercise Before Knitting

• Moody House
  I don’t know about you, but this time of year makes me only want to knit hats and mittens. I have four sweaters, all nearly completed, stewing in my progress basket for now, having been utterly and completely abandoned for hats and mittens. Looking back through my archive, it appears I write this same thing year […]
• The Charles Collection by BHK Cooperative
  About a year ago, Amy Herzog, Kirsten Kapur, and I began kicking around the idea of working together on a joint design venture. After all, we share a similar design aesthetic, one marked by clean lines, bright and saturated colors, and flattering, wearable styles. Many people who knit my patterns knit Amy and Kirsten’s patterns too, so […]
• Happy Wool Season!
  May the next 6 months of your life be filled with woollen goodness! […]

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