Everyone is happy.   Finn is in the northern woods and on the northern waters of Maine, paddling a 22 ft. long canoe that he made (alon...

Happy 100th Woody!

We have all done it: enthusiastically decided to take up some new skill or interest, eagerly purchased the necessary equipment, and then......

First, this: Then, this: Well over 500 yds of squishy Rambouillet yarn (hand painted fleece by Widdershins, of course!).  It starte...

Zen is “the biggest joke that has ever been played in the spiritual realm. But it is a practical joke, very practical.”   Chogyam Trungpa ...

Vogue Knitting Early Fall 2012, photo by Rose Callahan My brilliant friend, knitwear d esigner, Zabeth Loisel Weiner, created this lace ...

Two weeks ago, in teacher training, we studied with a terrific teacher, Fran Ubertini .  She is a great combination of high energy and strai...

One of my sisters was here recently for a visit and high on her list of places to go was the 9/11 Memorial.  To be honest, I did not want t...

Over 400 yds of lace weight Shetland beauty spun from a fleece hand painted by Widdershin Woolworks .  Dear Ani (the genius behind Wid...

The focus for the fifth (and for us, final) day of No Impact Week was water.  To be perfectly honest, I didn't make any changes in our ...

Yesterday's area of focus was energy use.  I was out and about, using up my own personal energy so I wasn't able to post anything. ...

The focus for Day #3 of No Impact Week is food.  For us, food is also our main area of consumption in terms of where we actually spend mon...

Here is some more 1970s idealism from my favourite TV show ever, Free to Be You and Me with Marlo Thomas. Today's challenge, trash a...

I miss 1970s idealism.  Did you know that there was a time when people actually believed that peace, love and understanding would make a dif...

Stepping away from the video camera, Vogue Magazine and my scissors, I want to let you know about an experiment I will be participati...

Exploring aging, illness and death through yoga, Bobby and Cissy and Vedic chants. (PS.  Does it look really pixelated to you?  If anyon...

I had a long-winded Mother's Day post half-written about the false duality created by a conspiracy of rich, white men that is also kno...

"I don't care!" Maurice Sendak died today.   Among children's book authors, Sendak's work was consistently a favou...

As Lucy pulled another shirt of mine out of my closet, she said, "You used to wear nice clothes."  Then she gave me the once-over....

Yet another yarn for the shop!  This one is a two-ply, merino, lace weight skein.  Two hundred twenty yards of Widdershin beauty.  I plie...