I’ve enjoyed some quiet time knitting over the past couple of much-enjoyed holiday days and I’ve learned two things. 1. Don’t leave your knitting out where the dogs (or more specifically, Maya) can get at it. 2. The practice of knitting, whether it is the rhythm of the process or just sitting quietly and relaxing,…
Month: November 2009
Never Say Never
I just did something that I swore I would never do. I got up at 5:00 am to go shopping on Black Friday! I’m the one who doesn’t like crowds and for many years have refused to go to the mall on any weekend in December. I do my Christmas shopping early, on weeknights, or…
Twenty Years in the Making
Today I celebrated twenty years with the company that I work for. Twenty years! In 1989 the record of the year was Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin, the cost of a US stamp was twenty-five cents, Lucille Ball died at age 87, and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded to Anne Tyler for…
Good to be home…..
…well, kind of. I have been home about an hour. I miss these beautiful faces already!
Grandma’s Evening
I am rushing around – my thoughts one step ahead of my steps. Remember such-and-such, I remind myself. And with that I am hurrying downstairs to get something important. Then back upstairs, my arms full of that such-and-such as well as a few other things that I meant to pick up. My cell phone chimes and…