I tend to gravitate towards cool, forest colors like green and blue. But the universe seemed to be shouting at me with warm reds and orange...

Squaaaaaak!! I've been playing around with quite a few projects this week. Nothing fully finished and ready to show off just yet, but I...

With Phoenix still hovering near 100 degrees, Mountain Man and I headed north for the weekend. Our destination was Oak Creek Canyon, a b...

When I was back in Connecticut late last month, I went on a walk in the park with my dad. We passed under some black walnut trees whose bra...

In the last few weeks, I found a dissertation topic, survived/celebrated a family wedding, said goodbye to my beloved Vermont, and drove the...

The most marvelous part of my trip to Maine - other than seeing my friends, of course - was our visit to Nanney Kennedy's farm . I firs...

( This pattern is also available as a PDF document and as a French translation on aufildesenvies ) This airy, half-circle shawl is roughly ...

As I come into my last two weeks back east, I'm traveling quite a bit to see friends before I go. Montreal. Connecticut. Now, Maine. ...

This last week in Vermont has been full of misty mornings and magnificent thunderstorms. I wish I could paint the the mist nestling around ...

In the end, I won't really be writing about my trip to Wales. It was such a whirlwind of a reunion that there was hardly time to sleep,...

In London here. I popped across the pond to come to a school reunion in Wales, and I have a few delicious days in the city beforehand. All...

Mountain Man and I visited friends in some serious mountains over the weekend. It was glorious: snow-topped peaks,meadows of alpine wildf...

When we left Arizona, I carried with me enough yarn for six projects: thee pair of socks, two camisoles, and a pair of gloves. I figured I...