Notes from the Slow Lane

Before we run out of February here is my book for the month: An Omelette and a Glass of Wine , a compilation of the journalism of Elizabeth ...

Ever wondered how they get the stripes in self-striping socks?  Let this video enlighten you.  It's in German but the pictures are fairl...

Rudyard Kipling wrote in his oft quoted poem If , If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster     And treat those two impostors just the sa...

Ta dah!  A finished Baby Sweater on Two Needles , often called the February Baby Sweater, as it appears in the February section of Elizabe...

January feels like a month to be endured, despite having a birthday in its middle I still feel less than enthusiastic about it.  The fairy l...

I know I am a little late to the party but I came across this idea from Laura at a Circle of Pines , for an informal, book a month, book gro...

At the end of my last post I wrote that I would be back with some goals or aims for the new year; however, when I came to think about it bei...