Well, we still have a beagle.  Or rather I have a beagle all but attached to me via the woefully tangle-prone extendo-leash that has occupied my left hand for the last three weeks… plus four days.  But who’s counting?  In about six minutes, it will be twelve hours, too.
He came to me with an upper […]

*pant* *wheeze* *pant* *gasp* *sigh*
No, it’s not one of those kinds of posts, I’m just exhausted. Let’s see, though. Four weeks ago Tuesday, we lost Connor. We had lots of grief to work through, and of course, we still had a business to run, so my grand plans of posting on a regular basis just […]

Yeah, ya know. It’s really probably best not to ask where some things come from, but “a-flingin’ and a-furkin’” is a Rachelism of great measure in my book. Rachel is the author of the muy lovelyoso Rambling Rows Afghan that appeared here… oh, about two years before we had a shop and remains a very […]

I don’t have anything glib or pithy to say today.  After several days—well, months, I suppose—of poor health, our beloved Connor succumbed to liver failure last night.  Rob had her from the time she was a puppy, and he’s posted quite a nice post about his life with her and her oddly sudden death.  Her […]

Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did miss the entire month of August. Yup, I even missed most of September. But guess what. I got to go see my mom. That made a whole lot of issues seem not quite so important. Love you, Moma!
I’m back at ThreadBear, now, though, and we’ve been through […]

I’ll have to motor through today, but I’m frantic to get a post up. We’ve got company in from Atlanta/Baltimore in our old friend Crystal B (Sister Paul, to those who know her well), and it’s been a busy week to boot.
There’s tons going on at the shop as we continue to bring in summer […]