a podcast about knitting
Congratulations, my fellow Americans. You have health care. I don’t know much about the bill because, frankly, it all goes over my head. Speaking, however, as one who has enjoyed the benefits and suffered the pitfalls of socialized health care I can say, categorically, it doesn’t suck. It puts you in the drivers seat of…
I’ve done it again. Gone and overworked a whole new set of muscles that are now plaguing me with tiny shoots of needling pain. Apropos, really, as I acquired this most recent set of hurties via needling. The story is this: Tonia’s mum moved into an assisted living facility earlier this year. In the course…
This morning some of the muscles I tend to ignore are reminding me, in no uncertain terms, that they exist. I don’t know why I find this surprising. The morning after the first day in the garden is always like this. Admittedly, my hamstrings are not screaming as loudly this morning as they have in…
Three years ago Tonia and I spent the better part of a week in France. We went to meet a wonderful artist, who lives not far from Giverny, near the location of Monet’s house and famous gardens. Sadly, we picked a Monday to visit, and the gardens were closed. I stood on a bollard and…
I’m not a regular viewer of the ITV program that’s responsible for today’s M3 video. To be honest, I’m not any kind of viewer at all. I usually give it a wide berth, which is why I missed the memo on the K Factor contest that ran through the month of February. Apparently ITV put…