I think many people walk through their lives with no idea of how they impact others. Some people have a very good idea of the way the effect others, be they teachers, or actors, musicians, doctors, et cetera. And then there are the rest of us.
I’ve been on facebook and catching up with [...]

I have quite a few friends at this point who have assorted varieties of blended families (a term I prefer to “broken families”): shared care, sole care, step children etc.
Without exception, they all struggle with their situation: not having enough time, having only certain times, having just weekends, limited summer, holidays and the endless negotiations [...]

Tattooed Dad put up a Facebook page for me, which was lovely, and I do go in and check it once a day (sometimes twice, if I’m waiting for an email from someone).
I want Facebook to have an option that allows you to confirm an acquaintance. I’ve had a host of people [...]

So in knitting, sometimes things don’t work the way you want, the way the pattern or directions describe, or simply just look weird.
I’ve never knitted intarsia (aka “knitting in color”) before the project I’m working on. Let me just say that it’s hard: you have to keep track of all of the [...]

I love crows. I am fascinated by corvids in general, crows in specific. There is a local murder of crows that spends a chunk of the summer harassing the local red tail hawk, calling from the next door neighbor’s pine tree and generally making me happy. The night roost that populates the [...]