Green leaves, backlit against a blue sky. It's one of the most lovely and peaceful views in the world. I snapped this photo last week o...

Well, I'm back in Arizona. Back to the big blue skies. The hundred-degree heat. The wide open spaces and the long driving distances. ...

I stole a few days in DC this past week to visit my sister. It was glorious: my chance to drink in a real, honest-to-goodness East Coast sp...

The Contemplation Pouches pattern is finished! Here's how I describe them in the pattern: "I knit these bags to carry the essentia...

This pheasant showed up in my backyard this morning. He strutted about, pecking in the grass, dashing for cover under the orange tree and o...

Look at this beauty: a 1984 Ashford Scholar, in perfect, ship-shape condition. Finding her was a lovely bit of serendipity. I'd embarke...

I hope that wherever you are on this planet, you have time today for a moment of natural beauty: fresh air, oceans, mountains, gardens, fore...

I've been wanting to knit something with my plant-dyed Ever Green Yarns . I kicked off the process by dyeing myself a special skein of ...

I arrived at my friend's house on Sunday night bearing gifts of beets and marigolds and dessicated bugs. We were egg dyeing, of course! ...

Yes, I made a mouse toy for my cat out of the fur of my dog. What more is there to explain?

What does it feel like to have wings and to feel the air beneath you as substantial as the earth? - Verlyn Klinkenborg How I wish I'd re...

I lost my steam for continuing the Bhutan travelogue , but I definitely still want to write about the Shetland Triangle I knit on the trip. ...

Bhutan is a spectacular, mist-shrouded kingdom, hidden high in the Himalayas between India and China. That's where I slipped away to fo...