With Apologies to William Styron & Guy Clark

May 30, 2019July 14, 2020Leave a comment

Would you sacrifice your summer squash to allow heirloom tomatoes to live long and ripen? I encountered this ‘Sophie’s Choice’ dilemma this weekend. Tomatoes won. For obvious reasons.

It’s simply much easier to find a nice zucchini or yellow squash than an heirloom tomato at the HEB.

I am leaving this post here mostly as a note to myself for next year when I want to plant squash. While I love butternut, spaghetti, and acorn, I feel kinda ‘meh’ about summer squash. I mean I like it, just not as much as it thinks I like it.

I know these are fighting words in the Lone Star state, but I don’t love this song, but can get behind it’s ode to one of life’s simple plaeasures.

In the legendary words of Guy Clark;

“Wha’d life be without homegrown tomatoes
Only two things money can’t buy
That’s true love and homegrown tomatoes”

Crafting Community

May 23, 2019Leave a comment

Knitting may be a solitary activity, but regular community with other knitters and crocheters in my small town is a bright spot in my life.

You should really start one of your own. It’s easy. Promise.

Cities offer so many opportunities to meet at local yarn stores and in coffee shops. But what if you live in a small town that rolls up the sidewalks at 8pm like I do?

You could meet at a local library, cafe, or church. I began by asking a local business owner if we could meet once a month in her new store. I knew it would be a great fit for a knitting group and her business. I decided to call it a Stitch & Hoot because we meet at The Owl Wine Bar & Home Goods Store.

It might be tempting to start meeting in each other’s homes but meeting publically allows us to post publically and attract new members, and sometimes knitters just visiting family for the holidays.

Read this article about the benefits of joining a group and ideas for finding members if you plan on starting one.

I knew that the community I craved could thrive in such a welcoming space. Five years and seven months later this group of mostly women, still meets once a month to knit, drink wine or Topo Chico, and catch up with each other’s lives, or rather to Stich & Hoot.

Some come to knit, others come to hoot. Hey, this would be a great t-shirt or tote!

If you ever find yourself near Elgin, Texas on a 3rd Thursday, come by The Owl at 7pm. We’d love to have you.

Perhaps the Spider is Wiggling and Jiggling and Tickling Inside Her

May 22, 20193 Comments

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but I think it’ll be obvious where this is going. I recently unearthed this flannel board story my twentysomething self illustrated during my pre-school teaching years. I have not drawn or water colored much since. but have been thinking a lot about how trying my hand at drawing again, and just how much I’m beginning to resemble this old lady. I mean, I’d even wear that apron. OMG! Does it not look like just like the little collage of me at the top of the sidebar? Hillarious!

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