Progress Update…
While the asparagus and radicchio are braising, I thought I’d post… I was very happy to sell one of my children’s articles on Beatrix Potter and her other career, raising Herdwick sheep, to Stories for...
View ArticleThat Time of Year…
What is it about autumn that makes things feel good? Okay, maybe it’s me, but come the cool weather and I want to make pots of soup with big chunks of root vegetables; I want to pull out the heavy...
View ArticleChomping at the Bit
Yes, I know it’s still August. But the blistering summer heat is gone, with warm days in its place, and downright cold nights here and there. The early maples are beginning to show orange and yellow...
View ArticleWe’ve Turned the Corner…
Fall has arrived in Connecticut. Fall means knitting. And today it means I finally finished my grey sweater. Just in time for these beautiful brisk days…
View ArticleA Good Day For Soup
Just because it’s a clear, chilly fall day. And just because my freezer was getting low on homemade meals waiting to be devoured. And, too, because I’m hungry … I decided to make some soup. I’m not...
View ArticleWinter’s Coming
Around this time of year I tend to quickly go from this… to this… to this… Grey sweaters seem to be my favorite lately—I’m not sure why, but there’s nothing like a warm, comfy one.
View ArticleSurprise—A Balmy Christmas?
Christmas in Connecticut usually means cold and snow. But we’ve gone from bitter temperatures and ice and a foot of accumulated fluffy snow, to today, in the 60s. Really? In Connecticut? In December?...
View ArticleBrrrr
I do this every year. In the summer, when it’s sweltering, I swear I’ll never complain about winter weather again; and in the winter, when it’s so cold I can’t feel my fingers, I swear I’ll never...
View ArticleAnd Time to Spare…
I’ve been working on this sweater since I don’t know when. I began it long ago and let it hibernate. Then this year decided I want to wear this, this winter, so pushed on ahead and from the end of...
View ArticleFinally…
Spring has finally arrived in these parts. Though, living in New England all my life, I know to keep the shovel by the back door a little while longer. Just saying… Still, it’s nice to see the daffodil...
View ArticlePuddle-Wonderful
Our spring here in Connecticut has been mud-luscious lately, not unlike e.e. cummings’ spring in his poem [in Just-]. My response to most things is to knit, and today was no different. With the sun out...
View ArticleThe Power of Knitting. The Power of Knitters.
On July 21st, someone traveling through Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City lost a sock. A hand knit sock. And one person—a knitter—found it. Now this may seem like a yawn of a story to non-knitters,...
View ArticleBefore You Know It…
Autumn is around the corner. The leaves here in Connecticut have become a dull, faded green with slips of yellow and orange here and there trying to burst. It’s still too early, but fall is coming. The...
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