This is so weird. I’m at home… I’m going through the motions that I always go through at home… I’m doing the things I used to do here… but I don’t feel like I’m really here. My heart is still back here: In Uganda. This is Kampala, the Kapital I mean Capital, where we spent … More Leg 2: Kampala – illness and inspiration

We made it back alive! I hope you all kept well in our absence. I am trying to see through the fog of jet lag to give you a nice blog post that isn’t just photos with captions. I will do my utmost to give you a summary of our brief trip to Uganda, which … More Uganda Adventures! Leg 1: I Knit London

Currently Jonah (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible) By Phillip Cary see related Hopefully at this exact time, I’m hanging out in Nyambaare, playing with children, knitting on Madli’s Shawl, handing out first aid kits, and possibly teaching people how to use toothbrushes and triple antibiotic ointment. I could make up knitting news to complain … More 5-Jul-2009

Once upon a time, there lived a maiden who endured a harsh, cold exile in the land of corn known in atlases as “Ohio.” Her fair skin and frail constitution suffered mightily in the gales of the unending winter of this unforgiving land, but she survived gaily nonetheless, because her sentence was no punishment. No, … More Epilogue for a Shrug

At the polite suggestion of my very sensitive and considerate husband, yesterday I didn’t read ANY Yarn Harlot archives and instead lived vicariously through myself for a change. Unfortunately, most of this involved working on the project-that-shall-not-be-named, which is far enough along now that I can’t post pictures of it anymore. Which is killing me, … More I must be a Real Knitter – I packed yarn first

This post is devoted to our temp cat, SesquaHanna, who went to back to mommy and daddy in her brand-new house yesterday. I learned a lot of things last week about being a knitter with a cat. For example: This is cute. This is problematic. (At least when you’re a slob who leaves around projects … More Byebye Temp Cat

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