today, a different green

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mmmm, smooooth . . . sigh, i just love me a knit that’s fresh from the bath—so silky, so soft—feels lovely next to the skin. it’s the small luxury that keeps on giving; that much is clear as i observe it being pulled on by knitter after knitter at my class table. i couldn’t be […]

back to normal

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while it was positively summer last week, this is really more like it should be in march—bright yellow sunshine sparkling on frost. yep, we woke up this morning to temperatures in the 20s this morning, brrr. but somehow with all that sun, it’s just doesn’t feel as cold as it would feel at the same […]

in the green

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(sshhh—don’t tell erica, but i’m sneaking this post in early on sunday morning before she gets up. it’s a working weekend for us here, but being up before anyone else means that i have a free zone of time to do what i want, right??) ok, i wasn’t going to blog about the garden or […]

pressing matters to discuss

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the spring display in our neighborhood continues to be astounding through the week—now the trees are all busting out in bloom, bang, bang, bang. i look forward each spring to the blooming of this specimen cherry tree, which sits on a corner a few blocks up in our city’s historic ridgewood neighborhood. on monday, its […]