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Goodbye, April

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: “My” month is over. Funny how post-birthday blahs and some chilly weather can break the … more »

Tags: April, sluggish blogging, post-birthday blues

When Birthdays Had Themes

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: For several years back in the 1990s, Diamondqueen insisted that our birthday celebrations have … more »

Tags: Holidays & Celebrations, Birthdays, 40th birthday celebration, birthday surprises, birthday themes, Gettysburg, Mystery Trip, Theme Parties

Midwest Earthquake1 comment

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: I slept through the earthquake this morning (i.e., tremor; the epicenter of the actual earthquake wa … more »

Tags: Earthquake, earth tremors in Midwest, San Francisco earthquake, earthquakes in Cincinnati

Perfect April Day

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: I have this image of the perfect April day. It’s sunny, with a soft blue sky untouched by clou … more »

Tags: April showers, April weather, Sunny Day

April's Cruelties

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: As fond as I am of April, I’ve grown paranoid about it, too. In “The Wasteland,” T … more »

Tags: TS Eliot, Columbine, Titanic, Lincoln's Assassination, American Civil War, Fort Sumter, Oklahoma City Bombing, April is the cruelest month, The Wasteland

April 15 - Tax Day

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: Actually, I don’t have a lot to say about this feared deadline day for income tax. I’ve … more »

Tags: Income Tax, I.R.S., April 15

Bad, bad blogger!

stitcher5407 wrote 2 months ago: For the past six weeks or so, my blogging has sucked. Okay, maybe it’s ALWAYS sucked; right no … more »

Tags: April, TS Eliot, birthday month, being a bad blogger, Easter

It's Spring -- When Did THAT Happen?

stitcher5407 wrote 3 months ago:   Geez, what a month March has been! First, I’m going to be whiney about how many hours I … more »

Tags: Needlework, The Hooligan Chronicles, Holidays & Celebrations, embroidery, Easter, Birthdays, heavy rain, post-operative recovery, Flooded basement

Blog-pourri

stitcher5407 wrote 4 months ago: I’ll admit it, I haven’t been blogging much lately. I’ve been crazy-busy with work … more »

Tags: MyCraftivity.com, Craft Blog, needlework blog, academy awards, Oscars, wish winter was over, not more snow, too busy to blog

When time spreads its huge wings and flies hard...1 comment

stitcher5407 wrote 4 months ago:   It’s already been a month since I wrote this post about the January doldrums and waiting fo … more »

Tags: kidney stone, needlework books, quilting books, time flies, F+W Publications, KP Craft

Watching the Super Bowl

stitcher5407 wrote 5 months ago: I don’t get particulary jazzed about the Super Bowl, and I usually don’t watch a whole l … more »

Tags: Super Bowl, Rubber Stamps, acrylic stamps, organizing techniques, storage techniques, Cleaning Up

Waiting, waiting...

stitcher5407 wrote 5 months ago: January is doldrums month for me. Even in childhood, I always struggled through the first month of … more »

Tags: angel, January, kidney stones, Sad, Seasonal Affective Disorder, weird winter weather, Winter blues

The Meme Game

stitcher5407 wrote 7 months ago: Dang if my mother hasn’t tagged me for a meme — “eight random things about me. … more »

Tags: Cincinnati, Meme, Eight Random Things, 8 random things, clown college, Ringling Brothers, Clogging, genealogy, St. Rose School

Unexpected Delights

stitcher5407 wrote 7 months ago:   Sometimes the best times are the ones that are unplanned and unanticipated. Today I got an e-mail … more »

Tags: Holidays & Celebrations, My (Mis)Adventures as a Writer, NaNoWriMo posts, celebrations, Lone Star Steakhouse, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month

It's NaNoWriMo time...

stitcher5407 wrote 8 months ago:   If the words above are gibberish to you, let me explain. They stand for National Novel Writing Mo … more »

Tags: My (Mis)Adventures as a Writer, NaNoWriMo posts, National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, writing, memoir, Writer's Block, Motivation

Thanks for the buggy ride!

stitcher5407 wrote 9 months ago: Except for shopping (especially at the quilt fabric stores) and eating at the good “home coo … more »

Tags: Sheep, Travels Here & There, Amish areas, Sheep, Amish, Ohio, pumpkins, Buggy, buggies

Some Amish Wear Flip-Flops and Other Impressions2 comments

stitcher5407 wrote 9 months ago: My mother and I just returned from two gorgeous days in Holmes Co., Ohio, also known as Amish Countr … more »

Tags: Travels Here & There, Amish areas, Sheep, Amish, Holmes Co., Ohio, Mennonite

Say Hello to (General) Johnny!

stitcher5407 wrote 9 months ago:   As I mentioned in this post, I got a new car last week. My eight-year-old nephew, J.Hooligan, cam … more »

Tags: The Hooligan Chronicles, New Car, Toyota, corolla, naming cars, rotten kids

If you're into fashion...1 comment

stitcher5407 wrote 9 months ago: Actually, I’m not into fashion at all. My clothes are cheap and ugly, I dress strictly for com … more »

Tags: Fashion, Shoes, Material Girl, Ebay, Vintage clothing, Vintage Jewelry


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