Love
My husband just spent 4 hours detangling this $4 skein of rainbow yarn I carelessly unraveled and I’ve never been more in love.

My husband just spent 4 hours detangling this $4 skein of rainbow yarn I carelessly unraveled and I’ve never been more in love.

When I decided to make my life about making things instead of thinking things, it was inevitable that I would eventually arrive at baking. Honestly, I’m pretty obsessed with food. I don’t cook often (one of the perks of being married to a retired chef), but John doesn’t really bake and I thought, hell, I…
So have these plates. They have turkeys on them. Not happy little cartoon turkeys. Realistic looking ones. Service for twelve, to be exact, plus an enormous platter. You may ask yourself, “What is Ann doing with these dishes? They don’t quite seem like her.” And you’d be right. “The pattern is called King of the…
You got the applause you craved, but it felt hollow. Here’s why. In one of my earliest memories, I’m four years old, standing barefoot on a grassy hill at some sort of summer camp. I don’t know the other kids. They don’t want to know me. And then it came, like a bolt from the…
Gentle reader, meet our long-awaited gardenia blossom. ❤️ She took her sweet time, but here she is.
I’m determined to get serious about knitting. It’s been a on-again/off-again thing for me. My last project was a huge Doctor Who scarf I made for my friend, Zach, but that took like 4 years. There’s definitely not enough dopamine in a 4 year scarf project to keep me going. So I’m making this new…
What other people think of you is none of your business. I would really love to attribute this quote properly. Unfortunately, Google offers up a variety of sources, from Paul Coelho to Deepak Chopra to Ru Paul. Regardless of who said it first (probably not Ru Paul), I think we can all agree that the…