Who doesn’t multi-task these days? In running your business, it’s either a gift you’re born with, or a demand you’ll have to delegate to an assistant. You may even be multi-tasking in areas you’ve never tackled before. While you may have hired many household tasks done in the past, more of us are repairing leaky [...]

Activities like sewing and knitting keep my design eye in tune. By spending some time daily on those pursuits, I believe I am keeping my instincts sharp. Then, when a client asks me to create a new web ad for them, I can tap into a creative process that I can rely on. I usually [...]

For 17 years I’ve been married to a wonderful man. Along with the marriage came some bonus kids, a house with no mortgage and innumerable other gifts. The yang to that yin is that we live next door to a very dilapidated, smelly mobile home. About ten years ago it was hauled away, only to [...]

I used to be a teacher; now I am a virtual professional. I used to be a runner and a backpacker; now I am a gramma who hikes a lot, camps in a popup camper rather than on the ground, and rides my bike with my grandkids. I used to sew most of my clothes. [...]

Like most families, ours experiences a concentration of annual family milestones,  from mid-August through late October. The preparation is similar to the holiday rush that is Christmas for our clan. Some are marked with a card or phone call, while others require gifts, purchased and or handmade. In case the cards/gifts/phone calls/Skype chats don’t arrive [...]

Most knitters strive for a balance within our works-in-progress (“WIPs”). This may reflect degree of difficulty or ease of transport, an important gift deadline… things like that. A large blanket which exceeds its project bag’s capacity, for example, has to stay at home. A pair of socks or a scarf, in particular those whose stitch [...]

It was Fall 2009, and these guys had all just finished up their short season stint and Fall Instructs with the Angels. All four were selected in the Major League Amateur Draft in June of that summer. Jon Karcich, Dillon Baird, Casey Haerther and Garrett Richards (the guy with a circle around his head and [...]

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