According to The Writer’s Almanac today: Virginia Woolf, who was part of the Eliots’ social circle, was quoted in a T.S. Eliot biography calling Vivienne [T.S. Eliot’s wife] a “biting, wriggling, raving, scratching, unwholesome, powdered, insane, yet sane to the … Continue reading →
Long time readers will remember that when the last little wiggly bit of quilting is done, the night doesn’t end without a final pass of straight stitching all around the edges of the quilt. This makes it all ready for … Continue reading →
It’s almost National Punctuation Day. Do you know where your apostrophes are? Do you have all your commas ready to go? Colons and semi-colons lined up? Get a good night’s sleep and be ready to speak in complete, punctuated sentences … Continue reading →
Having a hard time getting into the swing of putting on this binding. While I’m stitching I’m grumbling over the only title I have and I’m not liking it. Never really liked it. Didn’t want to put it on the … Continue reading →
Sunni Brown on TED explains why doodling is good and good for you! (I think we already knew that) Continue reading →
The job of a teacher is to excite in the young a boundless sense of curiosity about life, so that the growing child shall come to apprehend it with an excitement tempered by awe and wonder.
