Circumstances had kept me away from my blog. Circumstances had me searching through the garage for Christmas decorations. But then I started to flip through the pages of the book.

My adventures with sewing machines and fabric! And a few other things! Zipped Pouches and Pirates! Asymp; 1 Comment. So far I am keeping to my promise to myself that any presents I give this year will be hand-made. I am hopeing to continue the trend but it will depend on how busy I get in the garden. Progress on that will be in another post soon.

Photography, Journals, and Fountain Pens. Our first visit to the Kalaloch Big Cedar in March 2005.

I write for young people. I live to make kids laugh. Yesterday, I posted here for the first time in over a year. But they do something more too. They nourish children with the good food of rich language, of deep caring, of a world that makes sense.

The history of various vintage nautical and terrestrial telescopes bought on Ebay. A simple index, and sales list. Another large Berge, from 1800.