Oh, incidentally . . .

That title is supposed to be my catchy hook to introduce a book of short stories, Incidental Music, by my good friend and next-door neighbour, Carol Matthews. It was launched today in a lovely event…

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more weekend observations: blogs, books, knitting plans, and dog escapes

I quite enjoyed making a random list of observations last Saturday, so I think I’ll try that again. 1. Miriam Felton, the designer of the Icarus ShawlI recently completed, mentioned my shawl and linked to…

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Poisons and Antidotes, Pleasures and Frustrations

Not my favourite picture of me, but it renews my appreciation for my hairdresser’s suggestion of bangs; I like my forehead better softened up a bit. Anyway, I was browsing my file of Paris shots…

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It’s Wednesday–There Must be Shoes

This will have to be quick as I’m writing at 6:18 and I have to have some breakfast before I leave the house at 6:50 to catch the ferry! But I wanted to get my…

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Wearing my Icarus

I’ve just posted to my first Knitalong, a blog devoted to knitting the Icarus shawldesigned by Miriam Felton and published in Interweave Knits, Summer 2006. Ideally, a knitter would post several times to a KAL…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.