Really, they are. Today was the spinning group meeting. We typically meet the first Saturday of each month, but since Easter fell on the first weekend, we pushed it back a weekend. We’re a small group, with about five faithful rain-or-shine regulars, and about another 5 or so who float in or out. Since we [...]
It’s amazing what you can get done when you don’t actually have to work, and when you don’t have to work for three days, it’s even more amazing what you can get done. I’ve been productive this Easter. For the most part, the holiday has been spent quietly spinning, knitting, and reading. This fiber . [...]
If you haven’t guessed, the past few months have been more than a little chaotic. And if you haven’t experienced it, one’s mind does funny things when life becomes that insane. It can be amazing how all the stuff you’re trying to remember gets combined in odd ways. One part of your head works through [...]
Sorry, folks; I’ve been buried. There are Mondays, and then there are Mondays. And they’re not always on Mondays. You knew that, didn’t you? There are days when you leave the house four times before you actually leave. You walk out the door, then realize you left something and have to go back. Your keys, [...]
It’s a time when sprinters fall out and endurance runners take their mark. The semester has begun, the first round of assignments comes in on Monday, handbooks and lessons need writing or updating, graduate students need responses (i.e., I need to do some additional homework on their topics and questions), and the Polwarth is on [...]