I had the most incredible weekend last weekend: six of my friends from college spent three days with me at our camp. I went to the University of North Carolina, and the six who visited all live there or in Tennessee, so I was shocked that they all accepted my reunion invitation, rathern than suggesting that […]

I think I’m getting the hang of this knitting thing! Here are my latest projects…

For Mother’s Day, my husband got me several knitting books, including Rebecca Danger’s “Big Book of Knitted Monsters.” I can’t say that it ever occured to me to knit monsters, but several of them are awfully cute. My first attempt is this […]

My niece and nephew’s birthdays are just a few weeks apart, and for the past several years, I’ve given them some small gifts as well as a family membership to our local planetarium. This year, I decided to change things a bit and give them gift certificates to some fun summer activities, including an amusement park, […]