The Big Island is full of lava fields. Juxtaposed with the fancy resorts and their lush tropical flowers, the lava looks rustic and unfinished. It’s like seeing a huge construction site sprawling out beside a perfect model home. Along the Mamalahoa Trail, the lava revealed ancient petroglyphs and carvings. We walked on the King’s Highway, […]
I would never have guessed
…that the Waimea region on the Big Island would look like Scotland. So lush. So green. So full of pretty cows.
Kona Coffee
So I went to Hawaii and got almost no knitting done. So much for my big plans to finish my new shawl. Can you tell I’m not sorry? Here is my one-and-only Gratuitous Photo of Yarn, taken at Java on the Rock, a great coffee house in Kona. Maybe I didn’t knit much, but I […]
To the sea again
After a short time in Colorado, we returned to the ocean. Most of my friends are in Wisconsin right now, facing an Endless Winter, and I’ve been conflicted, deeply conflicted, about the privileges I enjoy, and the beautiful places I get to see. Author Stephanie Pearl-McPhee recently wrote a post about the guilt she felt […]
Scala
My puppy Dulcinea absolutely loves this Scala shawl. It’s the tempting tassels, of course. Mithril also likes the dangling ribbon yarn. He had fun helping me make it. So, yeah. I’ve worn this shawl maybe twice in two years. But that will change soon. I’m taking the shawl on vacation with me, where the furry […]
Fuzzy Valentine
It’s Valentine’s Day. So where’s my snow? I took Dulcinea to the dog park, and she kicked up great clouds of dust. I ought to know better, but I’m still shocked by how warm it is on the Front Range. Tiny shoots of crocus and Dutch Iris are springing up in my garden. (Don’t they […]
Garden of Rohan
When I’m not reading or writing fiction, or taking my dog for epic walks, I’m knitting. My knitting queue over at Ravelry is currently filled with unfinished objects, in part because Dulcinea is obsessed with yarn. It’s hard to knit when a Golden Retriever thinks you’re playing an interactive game. But now I have two […]
Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina
One cannot fly in two directions at once. I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken. A lyrical novel about music, art, philosophy, and prejudice, Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina has got to be one of the most ambitious YA fantasies I’ve recently read. Seraphina‘s protagonist is a brilliant young musician who must conceal […]