If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least have a talking dog?
This weekend, I splurged on the Fantastic Beasts Lego set Newt's Case of Magical Creatures. Bringing it into our house was a risky thing to do. I live with my 7-year-old nephew who is a Lego fanatic. As the only kid in the house, he sees everything around him as his, especially anything that is... Continue Reading →
Knitting is fun, but it's even more fun to make up the pattern as well. At least, it is most of the time. When life is too complicated to keep up with, I have to go with simpler projects and follow someone else's pattern in order to keep knitting. Fortunately, a simple alteration to the... Continue Reading →
While visiting Hawaii in November, my lifelist* got a big bump. I'd been to the Big Island in 2007, but I wasn't keeping track of the birds I saw at that time. In fact, the only bird I remember from that trip was the one I didn't see: the endangered Hawaiian goose, known as the... Continue Reading →
SPOILER ALERT: Details from both the book and the movie The House with a Clock in its Walls below. When I found out that one of my favorite books ever, The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs, had been made into a movie, I was eager to see it despite my concern that... Continue Reading →
Unlike some creative projects, where starting is exciting or finishing feels like a triumph, my favorite part of knitting is the middle. I like the actual knitting, watching it grow with each stitch. So maybe it's not surprising that I balk at the boring tasks that go with knitting projects like gauge swatches and blocking.... Continue Reading →
