The Inconsequential Blogger

I have so much to do, I'm glad I have a whole new year to do it in! I've got fleeces to sort and wash and comb/card/possibly dye, ...

A young girl from my nice little town, blind from birth, wrote and sings this Christmas song, Night of Our Lives : Merry Christmas!

Here are some pictures of the finished texting mittens that I knitted with handspun yak-down yarn. Yak down is the fine, fluffy undercoat on...

Here is a picture of Notre Dame in Paris under a full moon and with a Christmas tree.

Here are some pictures from Paris! By Notre Dame, cooking school (an anniversary gift from my husband), and holiday decor around Montmartre.

I'll be gone for a while. Hubby and I are getting away for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow. He'll be working part of the time, b...

I've been busy lately drying roots, putting the last of my dried herbs away, spinning yarn for my sister, and knitting texting mittens f...

My husband and I recently visited Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve, which is near Kent, Ohio. We wanted to see what the cranberries l...

My husband and I went out to eat in our quaint little downtown the other night. After our meal we strolled down Main Street to The Learned O...

Here are some Halloween sights, taken yesterday on the search for jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Click on any image to view it larger: One of ...

Last Sunday I hauled all of my wares to an arts and crafts fair which featured northeastern Ohio Etsy shop owners. Here I am setting up my ...

I belonged to a religion for eighteen years, almost everyday of which I felt caged or different because I didn't quite fit that religion...

I usually don't make caramel until December so that I can send it off to friends and family far away. Today as the warm, sweet caramel ...

These are some texting mittens that I knitted out of some of my handspun yarn. They're for my daughter: The gray inner glove is yarn ...

An article in the November/December 2008 issue of Archaeology Magazine talks about witchcraft in Great Britain. Recently, an archaeologist...

I live right next to a park which used to be a farm. The farmhouse and barn are still there and are not a part of the park. They're owne...

I'll be demonstrating spinning this Sunday in the farmhouse at Case-Barlow Farm's Fall Harvest Fest . If you're in Hudson, Ohio ...

Garden production is winding down. I still have a few tomatoes ripening, and there are still a few greenbeans to be had, but the peppers wi...

We've been enjoying Bison chili a lot over the past several weeks. One thing I like to make with the peppers and tomatoes from the garde...

Yesterday was dyeing day. It was a lot of trouble for just over 3 ounces of wool, but it was good to learn the process for these particular...