I’m supposed to be sleeping, but I’m wide awake in the dark. I can hear my husband breathing next to me, slow and steady as the tide. I should close my eyes. I should go back to sleep. It’s no use. I’m awake now. I get up. I sling my coat around my shoulders and […]
Read MoreHope & Houseplants
There’s very little plant magic in my family. Family lore has it that my great-grandmother kept a beautiful garden. If it’s true, she certainly let those skills die with her. So, I grew up in a house that had no plants in it, with a garden we mostly left to itself. You see, leaving it […]
Read MoreMy Five Favorite Seafaring Novels
What better way to spend our offseason than by obsessing about all things nautical? So, here are one fishwife’s five favorite seafaring novels: Disclosure: some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will get a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 1. Captain […]
Read MoreResting Season
I think many people find winter to be their least favorite season. It’s cold and it’s wet. Mostly it’s dark. Sometimes there’s ice that makes walking to your car an epic adventure let alone actually driving the thing. Shovelling snow is wretched. The vegetation in the grocery store came a long, long way from […]
Read MoreYarn Along: Carradel Shawl
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Yarn Along is a monthly blog hop hosted by Genny Sheller of Small Things. It disappeared for a little while but now it’s back […]
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