• autumn,  musings

    Finding Thanksgiving

    At one time it was all about food, and a begrudging insistence upon attending a loud and discordant get-together with strangers you knew personally. But being present and being loved…

  • autumn,  musings

    Autumn Light

    In this part of the country, the trees are only just beginning to turn. Leaves show hints of red, orange, and yellow. Autumn here is as long as summer and…

  • autumn,  crochet

    Vintage Ripple Scarf

    The house gets cold at nights. The ambient heat isn’t quite enough for the vaulted ceilings and stone floors. You need to bundle up: socks, a jumper, maybe a throw.…

  • autumn,  Halloween

    October’s Adieu

    As spooks and goblins roam the streets, October’s a wrap. The witches and Jacks will sizzle and fade, or get stuffed in big dusty boxes ’till next year. There’s a…

  • autumn,  musings

    October Day Dreams

    There’s a haunting beauty to Buster Keaton’s two-reelers. Day Dreams calls me back often. And The Frozen North. The Haunted House. Many of them. Sweet, innocent, melancholic, sometimes sardonic. (The…

  • autumn,  miscellany

    October Drizzle

    Last night it rained. And then it drizzled peacefully for hours. Every evening I go outside and look about our front garden. I cast my eye over every shrub and…

  • Halloween,  musings

    In Mid-Autumn

    As October whirls by, I have whispers of melancholy mixed with brassy band excitement. I love the flow of days moving forward, sometimes slower, sometimes faster. But I always want…

  • crochet,  Halloween

    October Crochet

    The colors of autumn are enchanting, October’s most of all. And the colors of candy corn are my favorite. Like the candy itself, the palette is sweet and simple –…