When I was a kid, and someone would skip classes, they were said to be ‘playing hookie’. Do they still say that?
Anyhow, while the servers were down, and I couldn’t work on my blog, I finally got to work and pulled together all the pics of the new crochet hooks  that I have been carving.
I had kind of lost track of them! LOL!
I had to rummage around the studio to find them and get them organized and measured and photographed and photoshopped and finally up on my website.
(I have been neglecting my website because of focusing on blogworld, so when …read more

I am a total Jane Austen freak.  I got addicted to Jane Austen when I was 11 years old, and I have re-read her novels hundreds of times.   I still have my first copy of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ that I bought from the book club at school.
I have designed all kinds of dolls in homage to Jane Austen, including a :knitted Jane Austen doll:

Sooooooooooooo………
I am utterly ecstatic that PBS is running a series on Masterpiece theatre, showcasing all her novels.
Persuasion  was brilliant. Perfecto!  
Ditto for Northanger Abbey. In fact, it’s my least favorite of all her novels…. BUT, this …read more

I’ve been feeling quite upset this week about a rather negative experience I just had in the publishing world.
When I am upset, I spend a lot of time working with wood in the workshop. So, I have got a lovely stash of new crochet hooks happening.
AND… Last night, I had the best dream! It was full of joy and delight, and it just knocked me right out of my dismay and despair.
So, today, I celebrated by painting and burning one of the new heart crochet hooks with images of delight.
Here’s ‘JOY!’

And, here’s to  j o y!