3-24-16

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More pots come out of the kiln. Dan made the one on the right. I signed up for pottery class for 10 more sessions. Now that I'm get...

3-22-16

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The first bowls come out of the kiln. I don't like the thin brown glaze inside this. Must remember not to use it again.

3-20-16

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A windmill at the Bascom Art Museum in Highlands, and a knitted sculpture. We left today... and will miss the mountains until next t...

3-19-16

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Sunset in Highlands Dry Falls. Not dry.

3-18-16

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 We are in Highlands, NC for the weekend. We hiked a mountain and I felt strong-- not winded-- strong the whole way to the top. Walking ev...

3-17-16

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The house up the street, where a former house was demolished, is being built. It is huge and massively towers over the little brick house...

3-15-16

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I wasn't there, but Squirt went to Colorado to see Jes and took this selfie while on a 5 hour hike in the mountains. Just look at my ...

3-14-16

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Spring break, yellow roses bloom, and we get a visit from Meg and Gary from C'ville.  We showed them around campus.

3-12-16

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Today I switched notebooks and couldn't bear to dismiss my doodles, so I photographed them. My work researching my ancestors continue...

3-7-16

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My students at the rural high school spinning wool into yarn. This week I found my cousin Nancy, the professor and author, who lives in ...

3-1-16

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My  newest obsession...

2-27-16

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1.8 grams of wool became 3 yards of yarn, woven into six square centimeters of fabric. Just trying stuff.

2-26-16

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Socks in the grass Not Squirt's socks. Confirmed by text message.

2-25-16

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Working on a pot from Tuesday that turned out funky. Hair in eyes.

2-23-16

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Pottery classes started tonight. LOVED it.

2-20-16

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Happy birthday, Mom and Franny!

2-14-16

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And I got chocolate. and ran through the woods and made crepes...

2-11-16

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We hiked to the top of Smith Mountain and climbed the look-out tower to get this view. On the top of Alabama. The view down...

2-9-16

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My view from my office. The light. The light.

2-8-16

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Afterschool day with yarn... and fibers... and KoolAid

2-7-16

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Strangely, I found both these views to be compelling today.

2-5-16

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2-3-16

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Walking to work. Now, driving seems like a strange thing. I have not really lost weight in this month+ of daily walking at LEAST 3 mi...

2-1-16

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Rabbit Rabbit. Went for  night walk and the misty foggy air was pretty beautiful. I've been going on a lot of night walks by myself la...

1-28-16

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My brother Wm and I walked 10 miles today around DC in the snow. Snow on the ground, not in the air. I had on my little black boots and s...

1-27-16

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I had dinner tonight in DC with my dad, J, and baby sister. We ate at a Mexican place. It gave me a wicked headache, unfortunately. Here ...

1-26-16

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I have a couple meetings in DC and flew up today. When we got to the snowy parts, it was amazing to look down and see the bare trees and ...

1-25-16

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My knitting club (called STEAM Studio) is going well. You can see one student made progress after only one week! 

1-24-16

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This is what I did all weekend. Linen curtains. They didn't turn out perfectly and I don't know what to do to make them hang stra...

1-22-16

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Working on a new knitting project, drinking hot chocolate.  Today we finished up interviews for the SER position I'm on the search ...

1-20-16

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I love this purple Malabrigo yarn.