Author: Annie

3 star Hotels charge a daily rate for internet, 2 star hotels don’t 7 times out of 10 folks who are dying to ask a question aren’t really interested in the answer* Always buy the extra tank of gas at the car rental place Subtlety is wasted on hyper-crytics Cheap shoes hurt GPS is the…

Today was my day off – and I spent it resting and moving into a new hotel (Doubletree) closer to Rumplestiltskin, where I’ll be teaching on Tues. Wednesday I’ll drive to San Mateo for some classes at Nine Rubies. Thurs Petaluma for Knitterly and Friday on to Santa Rosa and Knitting Workshop. But today –…

I swear, I’m still on Mediterranean Time – I want to sleep when it’s daylight and get up at dusk. I’m in Sacramento, and I’ve seldom had such a warm welcome from any group as I did this morning when I met the Camellia City Stockin’ettes What a lovely group of folks – how much…

Everyone’s in the house, and it feels gooooooood. I knew that it would. But you know who seems the happiest that Dad, Mom & both kids (& Grandma) are all under one roof today? Atticus. He’s absolutely in his best element, and is so relaxed. Mr. Happy Dog. While I was away he displayed some…

That was the exact quote when Dr. Hayman asked the nurse today how Gerry’s recovery was going. Gerry is golden – which I’ve always known – and has been an amazing over-achiever in his body’s stellar reaction to his chemo and transplant. The cells are grafting, they started on day 13 (which is supposedly a…

For all of those who have been so kind to write and say, “You’re handling this with so much grace!” – maybe you don’t want to read this post… Illusions are hard to have shattered. I think today I hit the threshold. I’m hoping this is temporary – I’m sure it is – but it’s…

My last few days in France were very beautiful! The weather was excellent (just enough of a nip to make walking comfortable), the wine was plentiful and the company was a lot of fun. And then there’s the scenery… We went into Montpellier on Friday after a sumptous lunch of oysters, mussels & shrimp at…

I feel as though I should be posting more, but I can’t see how I could!Between classes, riding in the van to various sights, walking around and visiting those sites and then EATING, it’s hard to see where I’d have time to get ANY blogging done. And I feel the poorer for it. I miss…

So who should show up on Thursday but the Fastest Knitter In The World??? It was SUCH a delight to actually MEET Miriam Tegels in person – we’ve been emailing for a few years – and she’s just as kind and lovely as she seems in her emails! We spent a lot of time together…

I think I’ve seldom laughed more than I have in the past few days. This, in addition to seeing so many beautiful places, experiencing (the only word for it) so many exceptional wines, and enjoying foods I’d never dreamed I’d be eating. When Gerry’s troubled that the kids are finicky eaters, I look down guiltily…