It was a Wizard of Oz moment. Our guide pulled a heart-shaped rock out of his bag and presented it to me as a parting gift. Six days earlier my husband and I started a hike through the Dolomites with two strangers, our guide and our hiking companion Jill. Now we were saying our goodbyesContinue reading “What’s next?”
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A Short Knitting Update
Fresh Flowers
A friend bought me fresh flowers nineteen days ago and I just threw them out. It’s amazing how cut flowers can transform a space. They are a constant reminder of the beauty that exists in the world. I marvel at the variety of colors, shapes, and textures. It’s the details like the tiny white antennaContinue reading “Fresh Flowers”
People Have Moved On
It’s been just over a week since my aunt died. Her two children traveled to Florida to be with her but now they have left to return to their lives. My uncle is left behind. One of the most difficult and challenging parts of the grieving process is when the initial shock wears off, othersContinue reading “People Have Moved On”
Waiting
My aunt is in the process of dying. I heard the doctor said she may have a few days. Cancer. She is only 73 and the youngest of my aunts. I remember her wedding day. I was eleven. She had a beautiful ball gown wedding dress that made her look like a Disney princess. ItContinue reading “Waiting”
Why It’s Important To Make Mistakes
We know that we will make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. But I don’t want to make mistakes and that desire to avoid mistakes can be paralyzing. I don’t consider myself a perfectionist. I’m okay if I stumble into a mistake but my problem is spending too much time figuring out how to avoid mistakes toContinue reading “Why It’s Important To Make Mistakes”
Knitting Summer Tops
Choosing Our Words
Last week in my post, I equated the word small with insignificant. One of my friends reminded me that small also means small – tiny, little in comparison with something enormous like space. I meant insignificant, she meant tiny. Finding the right words can make a difference in our ability to express ourselves. My husbandContinue reading “Choosing Our Words”
Our Place In Space
How amazing is it to look at an image that is billions of light years old? The beauty and the vastness and numbers that are too high to comprehend. and here we are on little planet earth in a small solitary solar system a speck in the midst of universe. And here we are oneContinue reading “Our Place In Space”
The Summer Sunset Series
We can only see the sunset in the summer. The sun retreats back over the land in the fall and winter and then creeps slowly back over the water in the spring. Each night, people who live in our neighborhood on Lake Ontario, stop whatever they are doing and come out of their houses toContinue reading “The Summer Sunset Series”
Contemplative Knitting 