Today was perfect. Here is why: 1. I got to make blueberry buttermilk pancakes with the lovely Megan. They were all around perfect, got rid of leftover buttermilk, and with an obsequious amount of butter and fresh blueberries from our CSA , they were scrummy. 2. I knit. Thanks to traffic, I got to knit … More 21-Jun-2009

I know I did not warn you that I was going to disappear for a weekend, but I figure my readership is not large or rabid enough for this to be a major problem. Where did I go, you ask? AlL sOrTs Of PlAcEs. Friday I went to Hershey park with my mum, bro, and … More Stairway to Frogging

So this is the view outside my window this week. A whole tree-full of cherries, just calling my name, saying “pick me! make me into cherry pies! please!” Asking around church had led me to the conclusion that every year, these cherries just go bad and fall off, with no one eating them but the … More 11-Jun-2009

When we left off, our intrepid knitting heroes, J and R, had just left Pittsburgh and their new best friend (well Rebecca’s, anyway). (his name is Max, and he sat perfectly still on Rebecca’s frogged sweater back without moving or jumping all over her, posing nicely for the camera with NO bribery at ALL.) The … More Alpaca’s Angels

I am back from our whirlwind 5-day journey, and it was amazingly restorative. If any of you out there have ever worked in the ministry, then you know how badly I, a newlywed and a complete n00b in the church-work field, needed a break. And to take a break that involved listening to brilliant, experienced … More Pennsylvania, Past and Future Residence

I don’t really have much to say today except that I won’t be saying anything for a few days. Jared & I are leaving tomorrow for the Anglican Futures Conference at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA. We’ll be discussing what the Anglican church can learn from the Emergent Church, and I’ll be knitting … More 2-Jun-2009

So toodling along, reading Yarn Harlot archives, she mentions that she always unravels yarn from the inside of the ball. I’ve very rarely done this, but I am an impressionable person, and if the YH has seen fit to do it, I figure I might as well try it. The result? Yeeah. I ended up … More What happens when you don’t just “bee yourself”