I’ve been in Portland all week, kicking around mostly, but my time here is coming to a close. Tomorrow it’s back to Ashland. Now I’m off for one more bike around the city.

My old friend, Blaise, who was a good sport and modeled some of my knitting themed t-shirts about a year ago, has been living in Haiti with his wife during the past year. Those familiar with Portland may recognize this spot with the blue wall as Rocco’s Pizza. As recently as last Monday, Blaise and [...]

This blog is two years old today and I’m celebrating quietly. I still enjoy it as much, if not more than the first day I started. My rules are simple: to blog at least once a week and to not stray too far from knitting. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for reading.

Today I received an amazing “stash enhancement” gift from my lovely, wonderful and awesome friend, Liz Plam (see previous post) – two giant skeins of Blue Moon Fiber Arts ST-2 created especially for Sock Summit. I have never used Socks That Rock before and I’m excited. This stuff is gorgeous. So even though I didn’t [...]

At the risk of sounding like an advertisement, I have to give a big shout out to Carla and Nicole of Lion Brand Yarn for the free yarn I received from them at the Knit and Crochet Show last Sunday. I stopped by to visit my friend Anne at the Afghans for Afghans booth (which [...]

Friday, May 29 Fleur de Lethal Cinematheque presents PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE 10 p.m. | $5 per person | 21 & over Bagdad Theater, Portland, Oregon A rare 35mm screening of the Paul Rubens classic. We are going for a world record “Largest Amount of Pee Wee Herman Look-A-Likes On Bicycle!” There will be a [...]

Nico, the daughter of my dear friend Evelyn, has mounted yet another wild production for Portland area cinephiles and Joan Crawford fans. As part of the Mission Theater’s Mother’s Day Weekend Film Festival, Fleur de Lethal Cinematheque in conjunction with Swing Time Present will be showing the classic “Mommie Dearest” tomorrow night. Complete with Joan [...]

I am often asked what I do with all the socks I knit – about 35 pairs since 2003 but who’s counting? Well they make great gifts and I give them to my son, my daughter, my sister, my niece. my friends and I do keep a few for myself. Lately they have come in [...]

If you haven’t had a chance to get down to Powell’s bookstore to see the Portland at night exhibit of black and white photography, it’s not too late. The show will be there through the weekend and possibly the beginning of April. Nobody’s contacted me about taking it down yet. So be sure and hop [...]

When I’m not knitting, I’m usually making photographs. A few weeks ago I received a call from Powell’s Books letting me know that my photographs had been chosen for an exhibit in their Basil Hallward Gallery located in the Pearl Room on the third floor of the Burnside location in downtown Portland. The exhibit will [...]