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I’ll be deleting this blog on Sunday.  Please join me at http://figandthistle.blogspot.com and you can read my inane posts from 2008 on!  I’ve made the decision to not use a stats program on the new Fig and Thistle.  I’m going … Continue reading →

I’m back at blogger now!  I revived The Blog Jar (my blog since 2008) and rechristened her Fig and Thistle.  I’m deleting the WordPress blog next week.  Visit me at:  http://figandthistle.blogspot.com Please update your reader/feeder/tracker thingies. Holla!

I think I may love embroidery more than my yarn-crafts.  Although I will admit I’m smitten with knitting patterned dish cloths at the moment, my first love is floss, needle, and hoop. There are many things to love about embroidery, … Continue reading →

Today is a short-post kinda of a day.  It is so AUTUMN out today.  I’ve been to JoAnne’s so I have new yarn and needles to play with and a stack of books and it is grey and rainy and … Continue reading →

Coffee is so central to my life.  This may seem like a hyperbolic statement, but it truly isn’t. As a child, my mother had an old-fashioned coffee percolator.  I remember helping my mom make coffee each morning and listening to … Continue reading →

EDIT: Silly me!  I forgot to tell everyone to click on the pictures to access the recipes.  Blogger fail! There are many reasons why I love baking; partly it ties into the joy I get from making things with my … Continue reading →

Back in April I saw somewhere on the blogosphere an “alphabet” challenge.  Basically folks blogged a topic for each letter of the alphabet, Monday-Saturday, through the month of April.  I thought it sounded interesting. I’ve recently felt a bit lackluster … Continue reading →