Archive for October, 2010



It’s that time of year…

Published on October 4, 2010

that I used to buy a big pumpkin. We would cut it open, scoop out it’s “innards” and carve a face on it.  Then it got carried to the front porch, and the candle inside glowed for all to see the scary (?) face.  Then it rotted in it’s place and was gotten rid of. […]


Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Published on October 3, 2010

I’m wearing a pink wristband this month. I’ve posted a pink ribbon in the sidebar. It won’t bring back a friend that died this past August, a woman that I’ve known for over 20 years, that I worked with for many years, a woman several years younger than me. Nothing can do that now. But […]


Braids

Published on October 2, 2010

I’ve heard of folks who have made errors in their knitting and drop back a stitch or stitches down several rows to fix the boo-boo.  I’ve done it a few times, dropped 2 stitches down 3-5 rows to change knits to purls.  It’s not all that bad, certainly do-able. But I’ve never gone way past […]