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What’s in a Name?
If you could have something named after you, what would it be? Several things are running through my mind about this. Some of those thoughts are a school. I was an educator for so long. Maybe an award or a scholarship? My father-in-law was a very well respected and revered teacher at the other Catholic… →
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Lose Yourself
What activities do you lose yourself in? Not just a catchy song by Eminem. I can easily lose myself in any of my hobbies. Reading is probably the easiest activity, especially if it’s a fiction book. I’ve been alternating between fiction and non. Having just finished a very lengthy Stephen King book, I’m reading a… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 16)
The fact that tonight is the last night I have to teach a class is making me ridiculously happy. I work at a community college supervising fun classes that adults take for enrichment, not college credit towards a degree. One of the classes I supervise is the Beginning Crocheting class. I know how to knit… →
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Valentine’s Steve
I recently wrote about the skull tree topper on my office tree—A Steve for Every Season. This post is simply to show you all that Steve is ready for Valentine’s Day. His headgear is knit, but everything up to this point has been crocheted. I am currently teaching a beginner crochet class where I work… →
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It’s Not What I Thought It’d Be
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? Is this not the same thing as answering the 5 things we like to do for fun? For reference, check out I’m Not as Old as My Hobbies Seem. That lists what I like to do in my leisure time. But I feel compelled to… →
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I’m Not as Old as My Hobbies Seem
List five things you do for fun. Over the course of my recent posts, I have referenced these five things at least once. I think it should be pretty obvious at this point. But since writing is one of the things on the list, I’ll go ahead and write the list. Honorable mention goes to… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 9)
I went to bed last night thinking about knitting. I was reflecting on a new project I was working on and thinking about color combination possibilities for a sweater I want to make soon. For the past two years, I had been heavily engaged in graduate school and my first year as a school principal.… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 6)
My current crochet project. I am recreating the Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine out of yarn and I’m loving it! Part of the reason I am so happy working on this is that it’s not for me. It’s for a mom and pop auto shop in Ashland, Virginia who I recently discovered is one of the most… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 1)
I feel like much of what I have posted online and what I have said to people lately begin with “now that I’m done with grad school”… After that usually comes a statement about something that I am enjoying or something that I am going to do that I couldn’t do for the past two… →
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Generosity-the knitter’s heart
She said of me: “you are constantly showing your generosity with all things yarny, and I would lay money down you do the same in all other aspects of your life!” The context of this quote is that I volunteered to knit a lace scarf for a friend that I’ve never met using my own… →