Author Archives: Susan

Bookbind: January 2012 0

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Did you know this was a book? I didn’t until a few years ago when I saw it on my best friend’s shelf. It’s an entire series, actually. Frank Baum made a lot of trips to Oz. Which left me intrigued as to just what was in the books. [...]

Fit to be knit(ting) 1

And I’m not apparently. If anything, my adventures in knitting so far have taught me I don’t know how to count nor connect the dots as to what I do wrong when I make an obvious mistake. My little practice square – in which I took different stitches out for a ride – looks like [...]

That’s just motorcycle drool 0

Oh my. I would never have thought I would say this but I have my eye on a Harley. A Fat Boy Lo to be specific. Test rode one the other day and I just really liked how it felt. Not to mention how handy that sixth gear would be at highway speeds that normally [...]

Side effect of having a goal 0

Goals are helpful. We get things done when we have them. And the side effect? By having a “to-do”, we automatically have a million “not do”s. Goals provide focus. Instead of starting a new project every time I walk into my craft room, my goals last year helped me finish the ones I’d started. This [...]

Knowing the why of the goal for 2012 1

So … goals for last year were met, unmet, changed, reconsidered, cursed – you name it. I did get all the books on my list read for the year. And am so happy to be back to our regularly random reading. I didn’t get all the quilts on my list done for the year. And [...]