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to write

By penny • November 30, 2008 - ד' כסלו תשס"ט • Category: write

Writing is a gift I give to myself. No matter what I chose to write, be it fiction, poetry, an essay, or a research paper, it is my time when I may choose words and arrange them as I desire.
When I was in elementary school I was a member of the Author of the [...]



thankful

By penny • November 27, 2008 - א' כסלו תשס"ט • Category: food, write

… for family and friends, home and work, health and happiness, fibre and words …
Happy Thursday and Tofurkey Day!



in the oops.. that works category

By penny • November 26, 2008 - כ"ט חשון תשס"ט • Category: create

Two balls of Suri Merino from Plymouth Yarn have sat in my stash and tortured me for a while now. I finally decided a few weeks ago that enough was enough.
Two weeks ago, I blissfully cast 118 stitches onto a 16-inch 5mm circular need, and started knitting a marvellous pattern #62 from Suzanna E Lewis’ [...]



elemental, part two

By penny • November 24, 2008 - כ"ז חשון תשס"ט • Category: books

Quite a while ago, I read The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey and I enjoyed it greatly. I struggled to find the next book in the series. As many other books exist that I want to read, I didn’t rush to follow through on reading the entire set of books. That changed last week.
A [...]



Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier

By penny • November 22, 2008 - כ"ה חשון תשס"ט • Category: travel

This past summer, we drove up to Québec and despite rain plaguing our entire trip, one morning we went to Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier. It is a very beautiful place and I wish I had done some research (and planning) before in order to properly enjoy it. E had done some planning, but I [...]



autumn flower

By penny • November 20, 2008 - כ"ג חשון תשס"ט • Category: write

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus