Genre: NonfictionStar Rating: 4 out of 5Synopsis from Goodreads: On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen completely at random--turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent… Continue reading Book Review: One Day
Month: March 2022
Year of Projects 2022: Week 13
Another really busy week around here, so I mostly worked on odds and ends of things, including: The test knit socks. Finally able to share at least some visuals for these. The designer is Hanks and Needles and I am using Spun Right Round's Classic Sock in the color Wool and Pine. Loads of cables… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 13
Book Reviews – February into March
Things have been so hectic between work and trying to get some things done here at the house that I haven't really had time to devote to organizing and writing book reviews for many of the titles I've finished up recently. I thought, rather than try to pressure myself to review the back catalog for… Continue reading Book Reviews – February into March
Year of Projects 2022: Week 12
Lots of finished things to talk about this week. I can finally share the preview knit I was working on for one of Brooklyn Tweed's spring design groups: Oiva. This is a VERY generous scarf - I'd even call it more like a narrow stole - with tons of texture. The pattern includes a textured… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 12
Year of Projects 2022: Week 11
A few new things to chat about this week. I finished by Color Frenzy cowl and you can read all the details on that fun knit in my post from Friday (2 days ago). I've been working on a new colorwork project. This is the Cinnamon Stars cowl, designed by Baroque Purls. The original was… Continue reading Year of Projects 2022: Week 11
FO Friday: Color Frenzy Cowl
I'm participating in the Kacey Knits Casual KAL 2022 that runs through the end of April, but I've already started and finished up a project for it! I have been trying to work through some of the many, many mini skeins I have and this pattern is perfect for that task. I used 8 colors… Continue reading FO Friday: Color Frenzy Cowl
Book Review: A Far Wilder Magic
Genre: YA Fantasy/RomanceStars: 4-1/4 out of 5Synopsis from Goodreads: When Margaret Welty spots the legendary hala, the last living mythical creature, she knows the Halfmoon Hunt will soon follow. Whoever is able to kill the hala will earn fame and riches, and unlock an ancient magical secret. If Margaret wins the hunt, it may finally… Continue reading Book Review: A Far Wilder Magic
Book Review: We Kept Our Towns Going
Genre: Nonfiction | American HistoryStars: 3-1/2 Synopsis from Goodreads: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for its natural beauty and severe winters, as well as the mines and forests where men labored to feed industrial factories elsewhere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But there were factories in the Upper Peninsula, too, and women who worked… Continue reading Book Review: We Kept Our Towns Going
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