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• Last Week in Lent

  

  Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Driven by the Spirit"And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Easter Terrarium

  

  Do you want to get your hands into dirt, but your evening temperatures are still too cool to allow seedlings to germinate? That was my thought. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Chicken Curry from the Hairy Bikers

  

  BBC2 runs "Mums Know Best" and features the Hairy Bikers on many episodes. Sadly, in the US, we are unable to access that programming. But you can keep up with... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• My Father: Charles W. McCarroll, Jr.

  

  Charles Wilson McCarroll, Jr. (1919-2013), my father, died yesterday at the age of 93.As a late stage Alzheimer's patient, he was sometimes aware of his... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Alan Dart: Toy Designs

  

  There must be thousands of knitted toy patterns available. But the one designer of toy patterns who really stands out is Alan Dart. So I took a leap and... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Camera Returned: Pictures from Scrabble Tourney

  

  Phew! My camera was returned today via USPS and all is well. I had left it in Las Vegas, but kindly tournament director Mark mailed it back to me, along with al... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Pause in Lent

  

  The Catholic Knight says... use of pictures and statues (iconography) in churches has always been used as a way of telling a story visually. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• What I Left in Las Vegas

  

  The Vegas Scrabble tournament was great fun! We played 21 games in the main tournament (there were also two Early Bird and two Late Bird tournaments before and... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• The Haps in the Household

  

  What is happening in your world? Mine, not so much. Mainly the Mr. and I have been involved in the world of taking care of a wounded animal. Wounded not by man... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Nancy Pearl: Book Lust Rediscoveries

  Nancy Pearl is a writer, a literary critic, a personage of the literati. She is a regular commentator on NPR (Morning Edition). Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BOOKS

• Leg Warmers to Crochet Or Knit

  

  Now that it is winter, maybe you need some leg warmers. Aren't these the cutest?(photo courtesy of vanillabeanknits) on Flickr.Here are crochet directions from... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Another Birthday

  

  It is my personal (ah hem) opinion that anyone over 11 years old should not "celebrate" birthdays with a party. Of course, there are exceptions. A woman of a... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• In Process

  

  Linking to Tami (WIP) and to Our Sheltering Tree because in process today are...A Hospice Visit, taking Libby to Larchwood Rehabilitation for a (Therapy Dog... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Painting

  

  It's been quiet here on the blog these past few days. Because it has been a record breaking cold spell. It is now -2 degrees F at 6 AM. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Knit in Memory of KnitPurlGurl

  

  Podcaster, knitter, blogger, designer, wife and mother of two young children, Karrie Steinmetz died suddenly at the age of 38 in December, 2012. She called... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Poppies and IA Challenge

  

  Poppies are a favorite flower.sourcesourceIvon Hitchens (British artist, 1893-1979) FlowersAccording to this source the poppy means that... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS, HOME

• Today is Epiphany

  In Christianity, Epiphany refers to the moment that a person believes that Jesus is the son of God. To symbolize this, Western Christian churches generally... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• January 2013

  

  Welcome, 2013Thank you to all the readers of this blog for the time you take to check in with the thoughts and images I have shared here in the past five years... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Counting Down the 2012 Knits

  

  Just because I was curious, I looked over on my Ravelry page to county the number of knitted projects I finished in 2012. Drum roll, please....there were 27... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS

• There is Nothing I Can Give You Which You Have Not

  

  I salute you and there is nothing I can give which you have not, but there is much while I cannot give it, you may take it. No heaven can come to us unless we... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 ARTS & CRAFTS, HOME