Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Those of us fortunate enough to be #StayingHome have lost many or most or all of the markers that distinguish one day from another. . . And some of us are finding the time that…

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Well, Hello Dolly! (dollies) Knitting and Other Activities in Times of Covid-19

Among the activities keeping me focussed these days . . . Missing my grandkids, but/so I’ve been making things for them. . . These little knit dolls (pattern here, if you’re tempted; I knit mine…

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More Italian Style, From Vancouver. . .

In case you’re wondering, my daughter’s family in Rome is now to their home, along with the rest of Italy, asked (ordered) not to go out except if necessary for work, for health reasons, or…

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Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Consider this for Slow Fashion: This coat (which I shared my sketch of in this post) is over 50 years old. . . .  Ever since that conversation we had about Slow Fashion (or better…

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Nurse Nana Begs Your Patience, Offers Sketch. . .

 Blogging this week will be light. We’re babysitting a Nearly Two and his big sister, Almost Five, over at our son and daughter-in-law’s.  I’d imagined that while the kids were at daycare, I’d finish the…

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