She likened our road trip to the movie Thelma and Louise. Yes, it was two ditzy broads on a road trip — but there the similarity ends. I look nothing like Susan Sarandon (I assume that I have to be her, because I’m older), and Ann didn’t resemble Geena Davis. We were in a Honda [...]

It’s been a nine-month long labor of love, and it’s time for delivery! In the next two weeks, I’ll be collecting the last of the blankets for Share A Square — those are the ones that will be delivered in July. Tonight, the car is packed for a trip to Camp Quality in Louisiana to [...]

Y’all, I’ve been hiding from the computer for months now, as I worked on that Share A Square project. I have to avoid the computer, because when I plop down in this chair, I get mesmerized by the screen. I don’t get a darned thing done all day… and I have a lot of things [...]

Do you remember playing Hide and Seek as a child? You might have called out, “Olly, Olly, in free!” It meant it was time for everyone to come to home base … to re-group. It’s time for me to call that for Share A Square. We are almost to the goal! More than 400 volunteers [...]

I confess that for awhile I have had “tunnel vision.” All I see at the end of that tunnel is more crocheted squares to join together. Hundreds of volunteers are sending me thousands of squares to stitch into 150 blankets for kids with cancer. For months, as I stitch, I’ve been chanting the mantra, “I [...]

One of my readers was kind enough to ask if I needed ribbon to attach the name tags to the afghans for Share A Square. I don’t think so, but thank you for asking. I got tired of cutting ribbon just a little bit at a time, so I put the rolls on a pole [...]

I can’t convince my cats that the tiny crocheted hearts I am making are not cat toys! I’m sure that once the Share A Square project is over I’ll move the couch and find a jillion of them under there … it’s where the cats hide all their treasures. I know that the heart doesn’t [...]

Have y’all ever watched an eighteen month old child get interested in an object? It might be something as uninteresting as a light switch, but they notice it and find it fascinating. They stare at it slack-jawed; their beautiful mile-long eyelashes never flutter. Their eyes are riveted and they are totally focused. You can wave [...]