I was out of town last weekend at Click Away, a photography conference primarily for woman, but there were a few brave men who attended, Weber being one of them. We met several of my Capture Your 365 photography friends in Amelia Island, Florida for some fellowship and some sessions to hopefully help our grow our photography skills. As I was packing to go, I realized that I was excited about the photography element of the trip, but I might…
According to Facebook, today is Friends Day. It is really Facebook’s birthday. Since Facebook allows friends to stay it contact with one another over space and time, they have dubbed it Friends Day as a means of celebration. That makes a great tie-in to the post that I intended to write several weeks ago, before the flu so rudely messed up my plans. The week before I got sick, my friend, Becca, came to visit from Illinois. Having a…
And I’m already a week behind with these posts, sort of, but I can explain! I had a great post working in my head last Thursday afternoon as I sat down to write. After I typed about three words, I realized that I ddn’t feel well. I sat for a moment and decided that I did not feel good at all. I abandoned the keyboard and went to rest on the couch for a few minutes. That few minutes turned…
So, let’s talk about knitting. Why is knitting something that is associated with grandmas, which are associated with being old? Neither of those things is a given. All knitters are not grandmothers and all grandmothers are not old. I’ve known women who have become grandmothers by age forty. Forty is not old by anyone’s standards. Nonetheless, the stereotype of an “old lady” is a grandmotherly-type woman spending her day in a rocking chair knitting the hours away. You know…this doesn’t…