Barring a knitting spot by the seashore, I think this is about as good as it gets. How about this for a perfect spot to knit, read and just generally relax… I’m spending a few days with great friends in Erlangen, near Nuremberg in Germany. Great company and relaxation. I’m sure that the Malabrigo sweater […]

Today my youngest child is leaving primary school. After the summer I will have no-one running home for lunch every day and after 11 years of about as much parental input into the school as anyone could have – founding and running the PTA, volunteering for just about everything – today I’m drawing that chapter […]

We are still ‘enjoying’ tropical temperatures over here in Switzerland, but I’m not sure that my home or I are really made for this. My daughters were even sent home from school today because the buildings were too hot. Extraordinary. Today they came home with their end of term reports. One of the two – […]

I’m back in a stage of life where things are measured by school years more than by calendar years. This week is the last week of school and it has set me to looking back and reflecting on the last year. Did it go well? Did it work out how we thought it would for […]

I have a mantra that gets used a lot at our house. Possessions don’t make you happy….possessions don’t make you happy….possessions don’t make you happy. And then there is cardinal rule number one …..make quilts using the stash I already possess. Mmmm… They kind of went out of the window yesterday….. After a turbulent teenager-ful […]