Author Archives: K

~:: More Helpless Talk ::~

If you’ve come here expecting photos and crafty things and cheeriness, please go to the entry after this one, which is actually before this one, but below. There you will find cuteness.  If you want how I feel now, which … Continue reading

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just talk | Tagged , , , , , | 24 Comments

~:: Let’s Change the Subject ::~

Well, rough night. Wild year. Nothing deep to say. (You know that’s not true – the not having anything to say part. Nothing deep – eh – that part’s probably true.) Evidently these last months, the passion and nervous energy … Continue reading

Posted in Fun Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things | Tagged , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

~:: Small Existential Break ::~

Tomorrow is election day for us in the US. I can’t shake the feeling that tomorrow may be the beginning of the end of the world. I’ve been blogging a lot of warm fuzzy things these last months, partially because … Continue reading

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations | Tagged | 60 Comments

~:: All Hallows Eve ::~

Okay – I had a lot to say.  I wanted to write about October (which I still will), and about Hallowe’en – (sneaking in the fact that I love the yellow moons and the black cats and the pumpkins and … Continue reading

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, holidays, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

~:: Camels, royally dressed ::~

I am not sure that I would consider a man wise—one who drapes and binds his camel with fancy bits that do nothing to make a subservient life more pleasant for the poor creature. But as these camels, every one … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Fun Stuff, holidays, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons | 36 Comments

~:: Horses and Camels ::~

Both excellent for dashing across the desert. Which is pretty much apropos of nothing. I seem to do a great deal of dashing, but not really across anything, that would assume coming out the other side. As far as I … Continue reading

Posted in Fun Stuff, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Memories and Ruminations, Pics of Made Things, The kids | 22 Comments

~:: Fire on the mountain ::~

First, may I say that if any of you are paper-cut aficionados, you will be interested to know that in order to get a true Class A specimen, all you need is a corn stalk. A dry one. One you’re … Continue reading

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~:: A Ghost Story ::~

A few years back, when I had no barn but was big as one, my mother came, as mothers often do when their children need them. It was October, and it had been a long nine months. The weather was … Continue reading

Posted in A little history, Family, The kids | Tagged , , | 34 Comments

~:: New Buddies ::~

Two weeks ago – almost – Donna Lohr flew all the way across the country to spend a few days with two crazy women: Rachel and me. There are plenty of people who are suspicious of relationships that are started … Continue reading

Posted in friends, Fun Stuff, HappyHappyHappy, Light, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Rachel, Seasons, The outside world, Visits | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 64 Comments

~:: Time, Space and Red Leaves ::~

Last post it was May. Now—it’s now. Again, I’m playing ping pong with time. You know how they say that a really good photographer can get beautiful results out of the simplest camera? Because he – she – knows how … Continue reading

Posted in Fun Stuff, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Journeys, Light, photo games, Seasons, The outside world | Tagged , , , , , | 33 Comments