April 9, 2026

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Wearing april showers socks by summer lee, rainbow stripe yarn from Must Stash Yarn 

Cougar Ridge Socks by Lori Wagner (52 Weeks of Socks Vol 2 from Laine Publishing), Forbidden Woolery/Fiber Co in Mystery Man– DONE!

Scultura by Cecelia Campochiaro, AVFKW Floating in Ripple Effect 

No Pressure shawl by Stephanie Lotven, Invictus Yarns Unafraid Sock Blank in Mauve Segue

Vesna Tee by Ksenia Naidyon/Life is Cozy, Shel Designs Finito Fingering in Tutti Frutti and Shel Designs Suri Silk Lace in seafoam

Anker's Shirt by PetiteKnit, Cascade 220 Superwash Wave in Spectrum

Knitted knockers cascade ultra pima

Master study sketches flip-through

Good Ship Illustration Find your Creative Voice class

Monet and Venice

Forgot to talk about what we had for meals! 

First: lasagna bolognese- omg. This is where they invented it.   Recipe available to paying DALS subscribers

Fav: pisarei e fasó: pasta e fagioli but with tiny bean sized gnocchi made with just flour water & breadcrumbs, borlotti beans, barely clinging tomato sauce.  amazing . could not get recipe as it is a family secret. “A little butter, a little pork fat, a little this, a little that,”  but do an internet search there are many options!

Veggie dinner: kabocha/butternut squash with roasted cauliflower and special spice blend. Leeks with gorgonzola and hazelnuts.   Cabbage and rice soup with beef crispies.  

Field Pea Puree with Wilted Kale | Brit In The South

Sbrisolona from Food52 (because cant share one i received plus it is a GBBO type recipe)

Kind of a cake, kind of a cookie.  Cornmeal, almonds, BUTTER.  Crumbly. Tried 3 officially then a 4th.  

Gelato cart. 1960s machine Trattoria Ai Due Platani

My one novel recipe:

Pumpkin bread with chocolate chips & walnuts from How to Bake Everything.

We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we’ve talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!

Prophet by Sin Blaché and Helen Macdonald

Audition by Katie Kitamura

Nonesuch by Francis Spufford

War with the Newts by Karel Čapek, trans by M. Weatherall 

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuck, trans by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (audio)

The Astral Library by Kate Quinn

How to Read a Book by Monica Wood