writing small. making things with yarn. trying to have faith.
Spoiler: you can't. Apparently. Lately I've realized I'm more in the habit of thinking of myself as a writer than of actually being a writer. My first publication was in the newspaper in Springfield, Missouri, when I was in first grade. It was an exceptional (if I do say so myself) poem about our puppy… Continue reading The Writer’s Life; Or, How to Succeed in Writing Without Actually Writing
Many years ago---I don't even remember when, but it was pre-internet---I attempted to teach myself to knit from a book. I made a very squishy red chenille scarf on big straight wooden needles. The cheap craft-store book I used didn't explain how to finish, so I never knew what to do with the inches of… Continue reading 10 Years, 10 Knits: 10 Life Lessons on my Knit-iversary
Today's reading: Matt. 13:31-35, 44-52About three and a half years ago, we found out we’d be moving to Beaufort, South Carolina... and I started reading Pat Conroy.This is what we readers do: we use books to go places, the places we never expect to visit and also the places we have to learn to think… Continue reading The Most Powerful Words
a moving yarn: 