Author: Annie

I talked with a good friend yesterday who – before she knew our current situation – broke the news to me that someone close to her had died recently of multiple myeloma. What a coincidence – life is so odd, huh? Her friend who passed was much older than Gerry (he’s so young to have…

I’ve promised myself that in the month of April I’ll take care of the most egregious full-box faux pas in the house (I still haven’t unpacked my short sleeved shirts, and have found myself buying shirts instead of facing the full boxes. Baad Annie.)Actually, today I returned two of them and tomorrow I’ll return another…

Waiting is crummy. Waiting for tests to be done on a family member, is even harder. Gerry has an appointment with a Hemotologist next Wednesday, other test to be done this week, but when the results of the tests done so far are considered we may be looking at this as a diagnosis. Gerry’s so…

Me in lineThe staff-shot (polaroid)and my own shot of the headband. In the rain. I’m sad, but feeling fine and realistic. A six-hour drive home is a great mind-clearer. Tom went with me this morning, he waited outside for a bit until he had to leave for work (Tom, the loudish woman behind us told…

I’m staying with two of my favorite guys, Tom & Wayne, here in the Chicago area as I prepare for Project Runway tomorrow.I have a large suitcase packed with my mannequin (I rigged it up so I can hang it from the clothes rack in the interview area), my books, my portfolio, and my groovy…

What an unusual and wonderful few days I’ve had – totally unexpected, lovely and full of love. I’d been sort of pining for some female companionship – missing my friends back in NJ, missing just shooting the sh*t with some buddies while knitting (not being ‘the teacher’) and just needing a woman’s touch in my…

Hey – and I’m not even that far from Cuyahoga Falls! I love Cleveland – I lived here briefly on an internship with the Great Lakes Theater Festival my last year in grad school, and – ironically – two of the best women I know and consider my best friends are from Cleveland. Must be…

As I pulled into my garage I thought, “This really IS feeling like home!” In NJ we’d had almost 10 years in our home, raised 2 kids from babies (one was born while we lived there) and we had a LOT of history in the house. This is still new. But it feels good. I’m…

I’m staying in Swiss Purgatory. Actually, not really, it’s not even bad. But it is doggedly and determinedly decorated with murals of Peter and Clara and Heidi, lots of paintings of mountains and a huge hole in the ice machine. Must have been an avalanche. I can’t get internet unless I go downstairs to the…

Today I spoke for the Madison Knitters Guild and what a TERRIFIC group they were! I actually gave two slightly different versions of the same talk – an AM and a PM session – and ended both with my favorite finish, a quickie lesson in cabling without a cable needle. The groups were pretty big…