My comfort zone had been scarves, hats and granny squares but when I saw Vickie Howell’s ‘Pop Goes Crochet’ I was ready for a new project. The items in the books seem doable, possible and they are so definitely something that I could, and will, wear. I loved ‘The Serena’ a mesh like tank top and was ready to boogie….
I’ve created a monster. Last year when I first asked my friend Bookwoman to run with me in the Philadelphia Marathon she, unlike me* weighed all of her options and made an informed decision before agreeing to participate. Bookwoman actually read, and finished, the books to motivate the non-runner, bought the proper shoes (not relying on discounted shoes from Kohl’s)…
While sitting at my desk messing about planning for the next week, I was privy to a heated curse filled exchange between two drivers on the street outside my window. As I made eye contact with a patron (a horrified looking mom who had been playing and reading books with her two young children but stopped once the chorus of…