A Whole New Way to Knit
June 2, 2019
I was knitting a complicated stitch. When I managed to pull it off, there was a small explosion, raining confetti shreds of yarn around me. The resulting stitch was a small disk with a sort of waffle pattern on it.
May 6, 2019
when your grown child tells you that most people don’t notice how dirty baseboards can get
May 5, 2019
In my daily worship last week, I saw a large sign in my mind’s eye: QUAKERS: We do nothing well What a wonderful reminder of the power of wu-wei, or masterful inactivity! A few days later, I got a chance Read more…
May 4, 2019
sometimes the answer to that of god in someone is NO not yet take a deep breath how do you see that as working? hold your horses have you talked it over with carol? i share your concern and i Read more…
May 3, 2019
Garry offered the birds some leftover parsley. The budgies immediately started eating it (they do love their greens). The zebra finches handled the new introduction in true zebra fashion. Inky Pie got the bright idea that he could haul the Read more…
May 2, 2019
There was a big motorcycle rumble in our little town Saturday. Motorcycles lined the main road. Middle-aged guys with beer bellies in motorcycle jackets roamed the sidewalks. Most of the riders seemed to belong to One Brotherhood, but the small Read more…
May 1, 2019
In a dream last night, I came across the word gutailor. I had no idea what it meant, so I went to the dream version of urban dictionary to look it up. gutailor: the act of targeting a Millennial audience Read more…
March 18, 2019
you can hold a dream tightly expand it with your soul invest yourself in it completely and it can still die trickling through your fingers like sand or in one decisive avalanche it’s gone you land on your bottom in Read more…
March 17, 2019
A young woman from the Northeast details her life. She’s from a hardworking family of modest means. Or maybe she’s from a rich family with high expectations. Her family usually contains clueless self-involved parents, often involved in an acrimonious divorce. Read more…
March 16, 2019
That sounds like it ought to be the title of a magazine article sometime between 1880 and 1960. Part patronizing puff piece, part practical advice, part ludicrous ideas packaged as something that someone, somewhere, once tried. I struggle with housework, Read more…
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