Shelly and I are just thrilled by all the excitement we’re hearing about Stringtopia 2012! We’re working on getting the registration forms ready to go and really starting to feel the spirit of things coming along. So, let’s start by giving you the class descriptions. Let me just say that this class lineup knocks my […]

…is coming! Watch this space for more info to be released throughout the weekend, and registrations starting sometime next week, the week of February 13-17th. Here’s what I can tell you right now. What is Stringtopia? Back by popular demand, Stringtopia this year is a 3-day event with a spinning focus, along with some weaving […]

…where I had a wonderful time teaching a customized 3-day Spinning For A Purpose: Being The Boss Of Your Yarn. I love teaching this class, partly because it’s challenging and partly because it’s never the same twice. This was a particularly good time, because the folks at Foothill Fibers Guild were just fantastic hosts. The […]

…this crazy thing, where I got up in the morning and got in my car, drove less than an hour, ate breakfast at a nice breakfast place, and then went and worked all day, with a break at lunch. Then, at the end of the day, I came home to my house, where my family […]

So a while ago, my better half read me a story from some web site, involving some survey that was taken regarding what modern conveniences without which people could not live. Household discussion ensued, much of it centering on the question of “couldn’t” vs. “wouldn’t want to.” For example, I really wouldn’t want to live […]

So, I was torn. On the horns of a dilemma. But then it solved itself and I’m almost disappointed. A mass email to parents went out from my son’s school, asking for volunteer speakers for career day. For the first four years we were in this district, I always volunteered and would take some hands-on […]

I’ve updated my class list for Fall 2011 and beyond (to get to the most current class list for all eternity, click on “Contact” and choose “Class List”). There are a few new offerings so I thought I’d tell you about them, and where they come from. First, the new or revised half-day classes (3 […]

So while I was at Rhinebeck my menfolks had to take my cat to the vet. She came home with mega antibiotics and a date with the kitty dentist to deal with an abscessed molar. Ugh. The poor girl. She’s now had that molar out and is winding up her time with the antibiotics in […]

Monday has dawned a little chilly and a little rainy. It’s the last day of October and I spent the weekend thinking about how I was glad I wasn’t driving a cargo van full of textile equipment home from Connecticut in the middle of the snow those folks just had. I’m pouring coffee down my […]

So one of these days, I swear I’m going to come up with a way to viably, meaningfully blog from my phone. Why? Because then I’d be able to pull it off when I have a big span of heavy travel and not being home. I have really mixed feelings about moving to a lifestyle […]