A Mindful Life

And if you live in Santa Clara, it’s possible for you to catch it too. At the end of the summer, Claire will receive a free book, and since I’ll participate, I’ll get one too!

On June 14 will be the third Worldwide Knit In Public Day. From the website: Knitting is such a solitary act that it’s easy to knit alone somewhere and sink into your work without thinking about all the other knitters out there. Neighbors could spend all their lives never knowing that the other knits. This [...]

I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things. –Henri Matisse

I LOVE LOLcat stuff (I Can Has Cheezburger?). Well, there is a political site for similar humor and I couldn’t resist sharing. see more politics and fun!

In 2006 I began knitting for the Snuggles Project. I was working for Hands On Bay Area; I wanted to establish a monthly project where creativity was involved and also allow opportunities to socialize and build friendships. It started off well, but when I left the job the project lost momentum. No problem. It’s something [...]

Thanks to those who reflected with me about the multiple-blog dilemma. I decided to quit keeping several blogs. I have now integrated the posts from Knit Together and Aenigmas into this blog. If you want to read them (since they reside and mingle with the archives), you can find them by reading the Domestic Arts [...]

If I knitted something with a complicated pattern, where I constantly had to be counting rows and stitches, I often made a mistake the moment my mind began to wander. Sometimes I would rip out rows to correct the problem, sometimes not, but I began to appreciate these mistakes as small lessons in mindfulness or [...]

If you say to Claire, “Fish mouth!” this is what happens: It makes me want to scoop her up and kiss her, and so I do!

In 2005 when I learned to knit, I assumed that writing about and posting photos of my knitting might be boring to readers here, so I started another blog. It focuses not just on knitting but on domestic arts: recipes, cleaning tips, and I toss in a few silly quizzes for variety. (Because silly quizzes [...]

Until recently Claire ate her solid food (stage 2) with gusto. Twice in the last three weeks, though, she has refused most solid food (she’ll take a tablespoon or two of cereal and fruit in the a.m.) in favor of milk. Previously she was eating 3 tablespoons of cereal and a 4-ounce jar of fruit [...]