A few weeks ago I had what I thought was a no-big-deal health issue.  I went to the doctor, and all of a sudden I need a biopsy. Wait.  What?  I'm not a medical professional by any stretch, but even a layman like me knows that biopsy is another way of saying, Hey, you might have cancer.  So I submitted to the procedure, and went home to do what any right thinking person does after more

We're back from the weekend retreat to Winchester.  We had eight brand new retreat attendees, two mother/daughter sets, one mother-in-law/daughter-in-law pair, and return friends who came from as far away as Boston and Florida for the weekend!  It's a lovely little mini vacation at a lovely venue with great food, but the most fun part is simply being together with other knitters.  No matter how happy you are in your marriage or relationship, there's no substitute for your girlfriends, and for knitters, that's doubly true.  Only another knitter will understand some of the seemingly  irrational decisions we make - like going 20, 30, or even 60 miles out of more

Not yet the solstice, but already full on summer.  This time of year I love to knit because, well, do I really need a reason?  Lots of us knit wooly things all year round, like Jenny and her tribe who are knitting the beekeepers' cardigan.  And lots of us going...