All things Knittish
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My beloved planner. Or how, through a pile of planners, I finally achieved planner peace.
A few years ago, I embarked on a planner-and-stationery-frenzy with some good friends. The first planner I fell in love with was the Get to Work Book. It’s a gorgeous book, big and beefy and simple and lovely. I used mine for the ...
Thanks so much!
OMG, friends! Because of you and your support, I am able, today, to donate $403.44 to organizations working to help reunite the families separated by our horrendous administration’s racist and ugly policies at our southern ...
Family separation update: organizations doing good works
So many people have messaged and emailed me regarding my newsletter (thank you so much for that, friends!), and some have shared some awesome resources that could use our support. If you’re looking for other organizations to ...
What is happening?
I know that the American history we’ve been taught in schools is so disgustingly white-washed that many of us don’t even know or realize just how many horrible things this country has done, particularly to people of color. ...
Re-entry is a you-know-what
It feels super duper ridiculous to be “complaining” about finding my way back to reality after a very special and very chill vacation, but this is my space, and I’ll bitch if I want to! But seriously, getting back to ...
I love all y’all!
OMG, you guys have given me aaaaaalllll of the feels this week! The Facebook messages, the comments here, on IG, and on FB, the lovely female camaraderie, and, unfortunately, the fact that so many of us have felt the exact same way ...
Practicing self-acceptance. Or, how, at 43, I’m wearing lipstick & bought a bikini.
I used to be super skinny. Like, never-had-to-think-about-what-I-ate naturally skinny. For so much of my life, well into my 30s, and until I did two things in a very short period of time: quit smoking and got knocked up. Because of the ...
A brief history of my hair (and a realization I came to this weekend)
This past weekend was the Knot Another Fiber Festival at the Oregon Garden in Silverton. Sarah from Knot Another Hat organized it, and I went with Lorajean from Knitted Wit, and it was amazing. More on that in another blog post ...
Reading goals for 2018
The last couple of years, I’ve set reading goals on Goodreads, and, up until last year, I achieved them. Are you on Goodreads? It’s a pretty cool way to set goals and find good books. Anyway, last year, I set 50 books as my ...
Happy Birthday, mom!
Today is my mother’s birthday. She’s one of those mothers that’s not only a mother, but a friend. Like, a really good friend. Not an acquaintance-type friend, but one of the main peeps on your favorites list, one of ...
Hawaii
I just got back from a week in Hawaii with my mother and sister, and let me tell you, re-entry is a cruel and cold reality. Like, literally. It’s so stinking cold here. We had the most dreamy time, at least dipping toes in the ...
Feeding heart and soul with knitting
This is something I posted on Instagram, almost word-for-word, but I need to say it here, too. The news lately has been difficult, and relentless, and I am doing things other than just knitting my way through the pain and the confusion ...