the long trail

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when we left off last time we were just settling into spinning class to celebrate erica’s BD. by then our load-in was well organized; all that was left was to pack the car and go, a job we’d do in the morning. while the evening was lovely, by midnight there was crazy rain, which continued […]

highways and byways: lovely ligonier

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this weekend past, i had the good fortune to teach in ligonier, a charming historic town in the mountains of pennsylvania. i was hosted at the spring fling retreat by kathy’s kreations, a shop that’s been in business for a very long time, thanks to the work of its brilliant owner, designer kathy zimmerman. i […]

Stocking Cap for Baby Knitspot

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The last four days Anne has been at my house and though we worked a lot, we also had a little time for play and a little sightseeing. I got a lot done on Baby Knitspot’s stocking cap while Anne kept busy in the kitchen making delish meals. She brought along all the amazing baby veggies […]

finding my way around again

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oh gosh, i’ve hardly had time to realize i’m home since i got home, haha. but boy, am i glad to be here—i missed david, i missed my knitting spot, and i really missed my bike (we’ve had several nice reunion rides over the last few days). i missed the garden too, and though i […]