When I was younger, the week after Christmas was officially the saddest time of the year. I had spent months (and months) waiting for Santa, waiting to give my parents the handmade presents that I had wrapped using enough tape to ensure they were more secure than most government facilities. And then it was all over. But … Continue reading Introducing Hermitage Week: Stocking Your Blanket Fort
I’m not a particular fan of the snow, largely because I don’t enjoy being cold and wet and snow provides both of those sensations simultaneously. After 11 inches of snow in one day, my window has almost as much snow stuck to the outside screen: Because of this, I’m pretty much planning to re-erect my … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Take Me to the Tropics
When I get stressed, I knit. There are any numbers of reasons why: I find reading a pattern and trying to make the picture, or the chart, or the words in front of me a real and tangible thing pretty fulfilling. I love colors. I have a soft spot for sheep (and other wool-producing animals). … Continue reading Spinning some yarns…
It’s January, and while Charles Schulz’s Lucy van Pelt might be relishing in catching snowflakes that are finally ripe, for many of us, this is a month for bunkering down. Last year I expanded upon our blogger-in-residence Arabella’s hermitage week, calling January hermitage month and I stand by that. This is also a perfect month … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: How the library can get you through winter
We are deep into Hermitage Month here at the Library…Lady Pole came up with the idea of turning what I had always known as Hermitage Week into Hermitage Month, and I, for once applaud her genius. There is nothing more restorative and restful, after the stress of the holiday season, and little more comforting during … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
Ah, the respite of the blanket fort, a cushioned haven from reality about which our terrific blogger-in-residence Arabella has already expounded upon beautifully. I made my own bid for the blanket fort several weeks ago when I said that my hermitage week is more like a hermitage month, but now that month that I typically associate … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Reasons to make the blanket fort a permanent fixture…
Ok, ok, I realize this film came out in November, but one of the joys of Hermitage Week (or Hermitage Month…or Hermitage Season!) is getting to catch up on the films you still haven’t had time to enjoy, as well as the books, and this film had been on my “To See” List about a … Continue reading At the Movies: Creed