Jack O Lantern

I am getting ready for Halloween. My first crocheted Jack O Lantern.

Granny Squaring!

My Granny Square blanket is complete! I have always loved Granny Squares but I could never figure out how to make them. Kate and I were talking one time and I discovered that she loves them too! We went on a mission to figure out how to make them. Kate learned first and taught me. Now I am a Granny Squaring Machine!

New Garden

I have been on vacation for the week. My mom came to visit for part of it. She brought me daylilies and we created this new garden. The hill is kind of hard to mow, so it makes it a perfect spot for a garden.

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.
It's like watching Paris from an express caboose heading in the opposite direction--every second the city gets smaller and smaller, only you feel it's really you getting smaller and smaller and lonelier and lonelier, rushing away from all those lights and the excitement at about a million miles an hour. (pg 14)

The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott

by Kelly O'Connor McNess

Don't you see? I do have to choose. I have inherited Father's love of ideas and books but I also know how that love can separate you from the people who need you most. And yet, I can't imagine my life without books. I don't even know who I'd bee then. (pg. 31)

Rose Of Sharon

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson

"Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business, the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for family we are prepared to do anything -- even die."

~Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan