Remains of the Day

A roundup of books I read over the last month. February 2018 Reads January 2018 Reads So the bad news is I didn't finish writing my b...

The calendar says spring, but outside my window now, snowflakes are sifting gently but steadily down from the sky. It's been a strange...

A roundup of books I read over the last month. January 2018 Reads I was nose-to-the-grindstone all  February—no blog posts, no newslette...

A roundup of books I read over the last month. Nonfiction The key words for last month's nonfiction reading were "knitting...

I got E's quilt back from the long-arm quilter and put on the binding last weekend. He picked out a circles-and-swirls quilting pattern...

I've had the idea of making a farmyard quilt/play mat for a long time. Many babies of our acquaintance have been born and outgrown the p...

I know, I know, I was going to retire the blog by now. But somehow, while I felt sure I was ready to move on back in November , now I think ...