The season of Epiphany is here! It is more comforting than ever, as we fend off the single digits during this Pittsburgh cold snap, to sing songs about stars and glory and light. And finally, I found occasion to cook the fresh ham. Though I have to say, seeing it all scored and rubbed and … More Epiphany Octopus
It was a normal evening in my bi-weekly knitting class, when a participant sitting next to me mentioned casually that she had some Noro leftovers. Some leftovers from the several Noro blankets she’s knit over the years. She so didn’t know what to do with them that she gave some of them away to a … More Pillows for Mommies
Happy Epiphany Day! I can happily report that the last of the officially-associated Christmas knitting was completed as of 11:04 last night. (Okay, so there’s one more Christmas-occasioned project that is unfinished, but it is not required to be Christmas-tied, and the recipient doesn’t know it’s coming, so I’m just going to sneak that one … More Slippers for Cousins
Joining another family with marriage is an awesome thing, with many perks, but one teensy disadvantage is that it potentially doubles the number of Christmas presents one is responsible for every year. With both Jared and I as one of four, and mostly married on Jared’s side, it was a stroke of genius to implement a … More Shawl for Emily
Before I show you one more knitted stitch, before I talk about Christmas knitting, or cooking, or cheese, or bread, or theological navel-gazing reflection, or any of the other things you usually read about on here, I need to tell you something. In about two weeks, we are going to northern Canada. Why, you ask, … More We Are Going to the Far North
So, Christmas happened. What follows is a sermonette that kept bouncing around in my head all Advent, and really came home during our Christmas trip home. It isn’t too long, but for those of you just here for the pictures, keep scrolling! * * * This Christmas season, I keep being struck by that phrase. … More Good Will Towards Men
Oh dear me, my friends. As I’m sure has never happened to you, I, on this fourth Sunday of Advent, am a bit buried. I got as ahead as I could, tried to keep my expectations reasonable, thought things were going pretty well, then BAM reality check! It will take a bit of a miracle to … More {pretty, funny, happy, real} edition with lots of lists
Okay, I will share with you one bit of utterly superfluous culinary fun. Advent is quite the season for fun saints’ holidays, which the Catholic and Catholic-lite among us will gleefully use as an excuse to make vaguely appropriate holiday-themed sweets. I wanted to make every single St. Nicholas cookie, and was dying for some … More Stir Up thy Plum Pudding
Um, has it really been nearly a week since I last posted? Because it has been a week full of things I could be blogging about. And that’s just the food, not to mention all the Feelings about things. But blogging and knitting are, sadly, mutually exclusive activities. And even holding back on the typing, I’m … More Bwuh… A Week?
I hate to bring it up, but Christmas is in fourteen days. December is in the double digits, and things are getting serious. Our Christmas responsibilities are pretty minimal this year. We aren’t doing cards; instead we’ll do a baby announcement/family update letter in April. We’re not bothering with a tree ’till Advent 4. And … More Clearly I Don’t Take Christmas Seriously
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