Coasting Along

I finally got our new quilt put on the bed! Here's a closer shot of the star: And the sides...I'm not super crazy about the swags, b...

Well, I certainly didn't intend to vanish from my blog for days and days. There hasn't been too much going on here as of late. I ove...

I've had a stash of felted wool sweaters sitting around for ages...finally decided to make something and use some of them up. Aren't...

So I was thinking about racism today, as I guess a lot of people are. Jimmy Carter says that Joe Wilson's outburst during Obama's sp...

Ah, what a lovely day for cleaning out the linen closet! Which is what I did this morning. Also sorted Todd's clothes, and dusted our be...

We've had a nice Labor Day weekend. Todd's done some fishing and some working on our new mantel. I had a yard sale and did laundry a...

I have done ZERO crafting since Christmas, but like clockwork, our heat and humidity blew away on September 1, and like clockwork, my brain ...

Happitudes: things you're happy about and feel gratitude about at the same time. 1. Went to the plastic surgeon yesterday for my follow-...

Todd and I briefly discussed Senator Ted Kennedy's death at dinner this evening. Todd has absolutely no use for the man because of Chapp...

Why is organizing such a satisfying thing to do? My garden looks terrible, like a freaking jungle, so I sublimated by cleaning and organizin...

I picked up two very old books of fairy tales at an estate sale a few weeks ago. They look like two from a larger set, because each book is ...

This is not my favorite time of year to be in southern Virginia, but living near the water does have its compensations... Caught... Cleaned....

(Sounds fancier in French.) I cooked up a whole bunch of things the week before my surgery, and we're still digging down to the bottom o...