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2025: A knitting year in review

At the start of every new year, I enjoy looking back at a full year of knitting – noticing trends in my own making, and noticing what worked for me and when and where I managed to squeeze creativity into my daily life. I did a fair bit of knitting...

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A winter picnic, December days, and Arlo's first birthday

Nicholas took a day or two off of work each week throughout the month of December, so we enjoyed lots of time together with our little family. One week, we did two back-to-back days of cozy hikes at our local arboretum.

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Celebrating Christmas 2025, Part 1

As had been the case for the last several years, we celebrate Christmas with each side of the family. We'll celebrate Christmas with my side of the family in a few weeks, and on Christmas Eve and Day this year, we spent time with Nicholas' family.

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A worthwhile "Yes," this advent season

I'm sure I am not alone as I sit somewhere between the wonder of advent, with the anticipation of Christ's birth, a vital part of the ultimate rescue story – and also the haze of sales and baking and full calendars and overwhelming to-do lists.

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Our Thanksgiving 2025

The weekend before Thanksgiving, my parents and my brother, Matt drove down for a visit. We had our usual crockpot chicken tacos for dinner the night they arrived. Arlo was not feeling well at all, so we had a rather early night. Everyone went to...

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Pumpkins and a covered bridge

In mid-October, we drove down to the Indy area to spend the weekend with my sister- and brother-in-law. We hadn't visited them since they got married in May and bought a house, so we were more than overdue.

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