• Books and Reading - Uncategorized

    Reading Report, Vol. 32: A Long Overdue Update

    December 2, 2025 - By 

    Well, here it is the beginning of December already, and I am just now finally getting ’round to writing a new reading report update! Goodness. But life just keeps being complicated, and I simply don’t have the energy to sit down and string words together in coherent thoughts. Anyway, since my last update a while back (ahem!) I have finished quite a lot of titles. I think the best plan is just to give a very brief review of each one and note if a particular book was read for a club or challenge. Let’s go! Finished Books: Move Your…

  • Knitting and Crochet - Sewing and Crafting - Uncategorized

    On the Needles: Fall FOs Galore!

    November 18, 2025 - By 

    After an unintentional blogging hiatus, I am back with a whole lot of finished projects to share with you! I was so busy this fall, and most days I just didn’t feel like I had anything coherent to write. Apparently, all my creative energy was being directed into knitting, crocheting, and sewing instead. I know many knitters share that their craft helps keep them grounded in time of stress, and I think that held true for me in this season. So, without further ado, here are the things I finished over the past month! (Also, forgive the weird light and…

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    The Reading Report, Vol. 31: Autumn Progress Update

    October 8, 2025 - By 

    This month’s reading report is a little later than I had planned, but to be completely honest, life has been overwhelming me lately. I sat down last week to write this post, but the words just wouldn’t come at all. And let’s not mention the fact that I completely skipped publishing a reading update last month. (Oops!) Anyway, even though circumstances have not been ideal for reading a lot lately, I have finally finished a few books, and I am only a little bit “behind” where I should be in my reading goals at this point in the year. Let’s…

  • Homemaking - Knitting and Crochet - Sewing and Crafting - Uncategorized

    On the Needles: FOs and a Cast-On Party

    September 23, 2025 - By 

    Welcome to this month’s On the Needles crafty update! This month has a little bit of everything…Finished Objects, new yarn acquisitions, and some new projects! So let’s get right into it, starting with the FOs. My first finished object is the Daisy Dress, which was one of my “Make 9” goals for this year, and I was so happy to finish it back in August when the weather was still warm enough to justify wearing it. (Today, in contrast, is rainy and 54 degrees F!) Since this was my second iteration of this pattern, I knew I needed to make…

  • Life in General - Uncategorized

    Shifting Light and Changing Seasons

    September 15, 2025 - By 

    There is a subtle quality to the light this week and a certain scent in the air that tell me the seasons are changing. Even though the afternoons are still sunny and warm, the mornings are chilly and growing darker. I don’t want to miss the little shifts of the shadows day by day or the late blooming flowers, so I try to take a few extra minutes to notice what is happening around me as summer ends and autumn begins. Last week we harvested the last of the apples off the old, overgrown and diseased trees in our backyard.…