Glad to elicit all those green monsters…er, congratulatory thoughts. I’m praying to go to Daggers & Hemlock, honestly, which is my local event! (I should be through all this by Coronation, and I still have the same sort of time for handwork – the green girdle is finished on time, and I’ll finish unplying silk tonight, I hope.) See here, at the beginning of July I took my 85-yr-old grandma for a haircut.  She could walk just fine (with a steadying arm), carry on a loudish conversation for a long time, and was entirely the authoritative woman of high expectations, … Continue reading Never a good time…

I went to RUM last weekend – that’s Royal University of Meridies, held in Pulaski, TN this year. The trip coincided with a championship swim meet trip of my husband’s, so we drove up together, I dropped him off in Nashville, and then went off to play with Maudey for the weekend. I stayed with her and her family in a house straight out of Brothers Grimm, and Friday Mistress Una joined us for a trip to Sir’s Fabrics.  In Fayetteville.  Linen for $2/yard!  Here’s my loot: A good deal of that is Not For Me.  All blue, purpley-blue, red, … Continue reading Home from RUM