1-20-16

Just had to post this of Jes and Aza. They are my superheroes.

1-19-16

Winter flowers in my houseplant Sta gave me when I turned 50.

1-18-16


Sewing on Aza's birthday today.

1-17-16

Dan and I want to JoAnn Fabrics in Columbus today so I could buy some linen for some curtains. Afterwards, we went on a walk by the river. I made some friends at the fabric store!

1-16-16

We got a newish car just like our oldish one. Same make and model, same color, just a few years newer and automatic instead of manual. Squirt keeps the stick shift one.

1-15-16

Keeping on keeping on. Maybe eventually I will shed some pounds. I've walked over 10,000 steps every day this year.

1-14-16

Another life lost.

My sweet student on the Bay in 2003.

Please, people, do not suicide. Talk to someone who loves you. Your pain is our pain too.

1-13-16


Still beautiful.

Today was the first day of class this semester. What a good semester it appears to be. Only one class and one intern. One afterschool program. One search committee. Not bad compared with last semester.

1-12-16

A week ago we had a friend to dinner and he brought these roses. How can they still be beautiful 9 days later?

1-10-16

Look at this stash of new yarn headed to an afterschool program I'm starting tomorrow!

1-7-16

Walked this afternoon with Dan in this wooded part of town. Walked to CVS and back tonight. Seven days in a row of 10,000+ steps.

1-6-16

Finished my new cowl/scarf today. What else? Worked all day on my annual review materials.

1-5-16

I have met my goal 5 days in a row. Tonight walked to Magnolia and back at 10pm to do it...

1-3-16

My photo today is black.



Today I learned that two different former next-door-neighbors lost their lives to depression. Depression is a fatal illness, even when treated.  And treatment is life-long.

Each was a beautiful soul.

Take depression seriously. It hurts more than any other disease.
It. Physically. Hurts.
If you or someone you know is even thinking that the pain is too much to bear, call or text a suicide hotline. Reach out.

  • 1-800-273-TALK
  • Crisis text line: 741741
  • 1-800-442-HOPE
  • 1-800-SUICIDE



1-2-16

I did this today. Mixed the paint, taped, painted, and cleaned up. It had been on my to-do list for a year and it feels really good to get it done. It's the same color as our hall bathroom in Kentucky and I mixed it myself from old paints we had on hand- based on the sample you see perched on the empty paper towel holder. 

1-1-16

New Year in bloom.
We had dinner at Mom's... Seafood Mournay, after hanging out all day with Sakura and Fossy and Aza and Squirt. 

12-30-15


Knitting with Noro!
My newest favorite yarn...

12-29-15

My sister Sta gave us this Whippet garden art for Christmas. We put it in the herb garden so we can see it out the back door to remind us of dear Frisbee. 
Jes and I went and got our hair highlighted today....

12-28-15

Sakura and Fossy finger knitting...

Dan and Buddy playing backgammon on the iPad...

Jes, Aza, Fossy and Buddy playing with K'nex! 

12-26-15

Printing and hand coloring my cards...

12-25-15

The kids on Christmas day at Nana's house.

12-24-15

It rained. It flooded like I've never seen it before.

12-23-15

My new hobby- carving and printing.
We fixed Squirt's guitar today. 
Aza is making a hat...

12-19-15

Aza helped me with the mural!!!

12-17-15

We went to Calloway Gardens.
Aza and Dan and I went to Calloway Gardens. Butterfly exhibit and owl and hawk show.

12-15-15

I bought the supplies for a Magnolia Wreath and started making it.
It looks nice!
We went to Mom's for dinner and had Shepherds' Pie and these goodies for dessert. The best.

12-14-15

I bought this for $2.17 to unravel it and make yarn.
Wool, cashmere, and angora.
I got 400+ grams of yarn.

12-14-15

I finished these today. Hardest thing I've ever knit. Too bad one ended up larger than the other one! 


12-11-15

Working on the hardest thing I've ever made. What a pain! And when I finish, I will find that I made one significantly larger than the other.

12-10-15

This is my project at work. Taking hand spun wool and making a coaster for my coffee cup. I like to knit a row when I'm thinking.

12-4-15

Had lunch here with a friend- my knitting student Zelda, before perusing the yarn store.