Never Apologize For Being Human


Source: Never Apologize For Being Human Another good (and by that I mean excellent) blog post from a friend. Dedicated to all of us who live with chronic pain conditions… and all those who love us and wish they could just make it stop.

PRESIDENT TRUMP …


Well stated… let’s move on!   In 2008, Oprah and Will Smith yelled and screamed and high-fived each other over how amazing the Obama presidency was going to be. But then, we had a “beer summit” (that was odd). Then, a trillion … Source: PRESIDENT TRUMP …

Crafty Eats


One of the things I prefer when being crafty is that at the end of doing something fun and creative I’ve got a useful product. It adds to my fun when all the time I’m creating something I’m also thinking about how much someone’s going to enjoy using/wearing/cuddling/eating/sleeping under… whatever it is I’m making. My … Continue reading

Life is What Happens…

Life is What Happens…


… while you’re making other plans? It’s been more than a while since I wrote here. Not because I haven’t thought about it. Nor because I haven’t sat down and actually put words to paper (so to speak). I’ve simply found myself caught in the current of an ever changing life, thinking, “Yeah, next week … Continue reading

Horses Heal Hearts, Part Two


Day Two: my mother speaking: We went to cheer a widow today, 8 weeks from the day her policeman husband was shot to death. He left her with 3 girls and a baby boy. Amy O’Rourke had planned a 5th birthday party for their daughter and didn’t know it would expand into the grand party … Continue reading

Horses Heal Hearts


For the next few days my mother will be authoring my blog and I’ll simply be editing it. The reason for this is a series of emails I got from my mother explaining something she’s been up to.  I can’t say it any better than she has and it’s really worth sharing, so…

A Blankie for Boopie… and so it grows


Boopie’s Blankie is coming along nicely. K1b (Knit One Below) is a technique that is amazingly simple and yet – for me at least – has also had a learning curve as far as the actual kinesthetic memory of  it goes. I’m a combination knitter: purling by wrapping under the stitch and untwisting the resulting … Continue reading