Wonderings (and wanderings) from a windy isle and what I knit along the way.
A year ago (even though some days it seems much longer) I had the opportunity to stay at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa for meetings. I’ve been to Ottawa many times (it’s a favourite place to visit) and stayed at some nice hotels in the downtown core. The Chateau has always been a class by…
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After frantically finishing my Christmas hats, I was ready to try something different. That’s usually how I feel over the holiday break and the beginning of the new year: I decide I’m going to challenge my knitting skills and not knit the same things over and over. I decided the best way to accomplish this…
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Back in November, I had this idea to knit hats for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. I used to do socks, but I lost my sock knitting mojo a couple of years ago. (I still have a substantial sock yarn collection should the urge ever come back.) Hats though have that quick completion gratification.…
Read MoreMy Facebook memories told me that four years ago I had an op ed published in the Telegraph Journal. It’s basically a more cleaned up version of this blog post talking about the importance of the fishery to coastal communicates in general and mine in particular. I talked about the owner operator policy and how…
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I’ve always been a **bit** of a space geek. I remember watching the first shuttle launch in the TV room in the basement of our Elementary School. It was dark and stuffy and I vaguely remember turning around and realizing all the kids my age had left and I was still there with the “big…
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Pattern: Arnie the Caterpillar Yarn: Bernat Cottontots and Hobby Lobby I Love This Cotton!
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