This past March I spent a long weekend in Montreal with the family to celebrate my birthday. At the end of the trip my mother and I took a side excursion to the city’s southeastern suburb of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville to visit Les Laines Biscotte. Though the store carries a wide variety of yarns from diverse producers, it …
Many times when I’m planning a vacation or work trip, I’ll do some research ahead of time to locate the yarn stores and decide which ones I want to visit. And other times, I consciously steer clear of the temptation to fill any spare room in my luggage with yarn by not doing any research …
The Lost Dog: A Novel by Michelle de Kretser My rating: 4 of 5 stars I finished this book some time ago, but I wanted to let it settle before writing anything about it, not sure if I loved it or thought it was just OK. Now that my reading is almost solely limited to …
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey My rating: 3 of 5 stars Positives about the book first: Some of the imagery in describing the Alaskan wilderness was very nice. I find myself drawn to stories where the setting plays a big role in the characters’ lives. And I’m glad there was a not some tacked-on, …
I’ve been waiting for a nice sunny day so as to get some bright shots of the lovely yarn I purchased on my Montreal trip last weekend, but April showers have finally gripped the Hudson Valley, and the forecast for the coming week is gloomy indeed, so I’ll just have to settle for rainy day yarn pics. …
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