Book Review: Knitting Reimagined by Nicky Epstein

Originally posted on Catherine Chant Crochet:
Available at Amazon.com In my quest to learn new “crafty” things, I’m always intrigued when a I see a book promising new techniques. In this case, the craft is knitting and the book is Knitting Reimagined (An Innovative Approach to Structure and Shape with 25 Breathtaking Projects) by Nicky Epstein. As the subtitle states,…

Writing 101: Three Songs, Two Novellas and One Farewell Concert

Today’s prompt at Writing 101 asks us to: Write about the three most important songs in your life — what do they mean to you? Music has been such a big part of my writing life, which goes back over thirty years, that it’s hard to pick just three songs. To help, I thought I’d narrow the search criteria and

Writing 101: It Helps to Read the Directions

Silly me, the last post I wrote, which I thought was for the Writing 101 challenge, turns out to be based on a prompt posted not only yesterday (doh!), but one that was not even part of the Writing 101 challenge at all. Boy oh boy, I need to read directions more carefully. You’d think I’d be better at it

Snapshot Stories: A Hope Chest, the Hunt for a Photo, and a New Book Title

This month I’m participating in the WordPress Writing 101 Blogging Challenge. Today’s prompt was: Open the first photo album you can find — real or virtual, your call — and stop at the first picture of yourself you see there . Tell us the story of that photo. I was immediately drawn to this prompt because it reminded me of