This week’s episode features the highlights of 36 hours spent in Vermont, plus an interview sure to boost your understanding of the term “post-apocalyptic skill set.” Listen:   36 Hours in Vermont Our little road trip to the Green Mountains included several stops and lots of driving around to admire the fall foliage.  We tasted […]

This week’s episode includes the following segments: The Back Porch, Yarn Lover at Large, Ever-expanding Skill Set, The Front Porch, and Gratitude Journal. Listen:   The Back Porch My Batad is complete.  I’m calling it Acid & Autumn.  The colors are appropriate for this time of year when the leaves have started to turn many […]

Listen:   Today’s segments include contest details, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and A Little Bit of Learning. Teacher Tribute Challenge To enter the contest, think of a meaningful teacher in your life.  It may be someone who taught you in a classroom, or someone from whom you learned in a less formal environment.  Write a letter […]

Listen:   This episode features segments titled: A Little Bit of Learning, Off the Shelf, Yarn Lover at Large, and Ever-expanding Skill Set. A Little Bit of Learning The word welt comes to us from Middle English; the first known use was during the 15th century.  At first, the term was used to refer to a strip (of leather) […]

This week’s episode includes the following segments: Double Happiness, Yarn Lover at Large, The Back Porch and The Front Porch. Double Happiness Knitting and listening to jazz while sipping wine and nibbling cheese and sopressata on a sunny September afternoon is really the best life has to offer.  This weekend, I took advantage of […]

This week’s episode features the following segments: Backstory, A Little Bit of Learning, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and Gratitude Journal. Since Episode 3, I have been working on intentional spinning. Here is half of my mixed BFL (bluefaced leicester) from Beesybee Fibers.  Hopefully next week I can report on yardage.  This fiber certainly has been a […]

This week’s episode features the following segments: Backstory, Yarn Lover at Large, The Back Porch, The Front Porch, and Double Happiness. Yarn Lover at Large A little shop in Frenchtown has nice yarn selection and a wide variety of classes.  Betty is a kind and patient teacher with a lot of expertise.  If you […]

This week’s episode includes segments titled: Backstory, A Little Bit of Learning, Ever-expanding Skill Set, The Back Porch, and Gratitude Journal.     Backstory Here are a few podcasts I enjoy.  I hope you give them a chance and let me know if you enjoy any of them. Good Food The Splendid Table To the […]

Backstory The cliff’s edge of Newport, RI was our destination this summer.  There, on the grounds of Marble House, is a Chinese tea house that Alva Vanderbuilt installed on her property in the early 1900’s.  The structure was a spectacle and the backdrop for elaborate costume parties and fundraisers to raise money for women’s […]