Episode 5, December 13, 2018

On the Needles 1:50

Drums of Autumn MKAL

Rachel Roden

Destination Yarn Note (fingering, single, merino), Mt. Fuji

Mary Jane’s Attic, merino/bamboo, nylon, (dark grey)

Jimmy beans wool knitting craftvent calendar

SmartStix needles

Secret Christmas Knitting!  Wait till next episode for info :)

Lionheart

Shannon Cook & Jane Richmond, Heart on My Sleeve collection

Plucky Knitter Trusty FIngering, sw merino, Love Potion No. 9, Heartbreaker

Sleeve knitting

Beekeeper Cardigan (the Four Day Sweater KAL by Marie Greene/Olive Knits)

On the Easel 8:30

Gift tags for Paradise, CA kids with Social Sketch!

My chapbook

Birds in December with Charlotte Hamilton (blueshineart)

Sense of the Holidays/Illustrated Holidays 2018

Nightlife at the California Academy of Sciences

On the Table 13:38

Chicken stew with biscuits from Barefoot Contessa Family  

Empanada search

Bolognese with lots of carrots

America’s test kitchen New Essentials Cookbook

Tofu, spinach mushrooms brown rice with miso dressing

Unstuffed shells with butternut squash and ricotta

Crunchy Pork Chops with Winter Squash and Cranberry Sauce

Shrimp Pad Thai

Chicken & Cauliflower Tikka Masala

Thai-Style Pork Burgers with Sesame Green Beans

On the Nightstand 20:35

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin

Bellewether by Susanna Kingsley

I’ll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos

Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Down Memory Lane 26:13

Advent calendar by mom

Elves—daily magic, pranks, etc.

Sugar Cookies—dough & prebaked. Decorated with the kids on Christmas. It’s the only dessert!  Recipe foibles…so I only use the Williams Sonoma recipe off the alphabet tin.

Cookie day

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Best Christmas by Lee Kingman

The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia Scarry

Fir scented candle by Thymes

Twinings holiday tea

Trader joes holiday tea

David’s Tea mugs