Guest Post | Destined or Determined?

Posted by on Aug 13, 2013 in Blog Fun, Web Fun, Writing |

By Steve Goodier of www.LifeSupportSystem.com __________ A sky-diving instructor was asked, “How many successful jumps must a student make before he or she can become certified?” He answered, “All of them!” Sky diving, however, is the exception. Is your life built on a series of successes? Do you usually attempt something new and immediately succeed, then succeed again and again? Or more likely, do you find that it is the other way around? Our...

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You’re invited to an Exploration Party with Tara Swiger

Posted by on Aug 12, 2013 in Blog Fun, General Ranting, Tags and Memes, Web Fun, Writing | 9 comments

This post is part of the Exploration Party – a celebration of our inner explorers, led by Tara Swiger of Explore You. You can find other tales of adventure from artists, crafters, writers and biz smarties – and share your own story – right here. via You’re invited to an Exploration Party | Tara Swiger. It’s taken me awhile to figure me out. I gather that I’m not alone in that. I spent most of my life so far… probably half what...

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#Knitchat-ter

Posted by on Jul 5, 2013 in Blog Fun, Tags and Memes, Web Fun |

Massively excited and honored to have been invited to a #knitchat tomorrow (Saturday, July 6th, 2013). Details at the Knit Chat site. Come join in, ask questions, and… see how fast I can type back to you!   You can also watch the convo stream at the KnitChat site or here:   Tweets about...

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Flee from the Flu!

Posted by on Jan 11, 2013 in Family, General Ranting, Web Fun | 6 comments

Having spent every day since December 18th, 2012 on my back in bed (at least for some significant portion of each day) due to flu–>pneumonia, I thought it might be prudent of me to share what I learned with you since the flu seems to be doing the tango with the Eastern Seaboard. Please feel free–feel encouraged, actually—to share your own insights, tips, and tricks below. The more useful this page becomes… well… the...

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New Pattern! HexaFlexing Fun

Posted by on Oct 18, 2012 in Knitting, patterns, tutorial, Web Fun | 4 comments

Well, I’m not releasing a new podcast—though I’m prepping Jane Eyre RIGHT NOW—so instead I’m releassing a new pattern! My husband recently sent me links to the three videos I’ve loaded below. He said “for the boys” in his email but, seriously, how could I not attack these? I did a quick “knitted flexagon” web search and found that no one had yet made a pattern for this (though you can find...

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