A Treat for Mom

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Sunday is for celebrating mom. Or mum. Or mama. Or that super silly, yet endearing word you call her that means I Love You. Forever. No matter what. To me, Mom is LOVe unconditional love that bonds you no matter Hazard or Squall she is always there to Comfort and Squeeze. To celebrate moms, here’s […]

tiny miracles

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apple blossoms are out, yay. with morning temps that are still dipping into the mid-30s some days, they are coming in ever so slowly, but coming in they are. in fact, after several false starts and retreats, the whole garden is beginning to make its groggy way to life . . . finally. hosts are […]

let’s talk about purple

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erica has been urging me to write about the background to the new purple knitting club we’re offering and i merrily agreed; a week ago, it sounded like great blog fodder. but i have to admit that over the last two days, i’ve had a hard time coming up with anything to say—i mean, the […]

are you sitting down?

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you know how sometimes someone talks about something often, but doesn’t really seem to make headway with it? they promise over and over that it’s almost done, almost resolved, almost there—if only we can hang on a little bit longer, we’ll see results. yeah, that would be me, knitting my sea pearl sweater. hmm, i […]