About

It’s very simple, really. I’m trying to do the best I can with the time I have. It’s crazy at times, and yes – I would love to drop it all and become a hermit or a beach comber, but I remain, as always, with “constant vigilance”.

I’m a knitter, a CNA (certified Nursing Assistant), wife, re-enactor, knitter and spinner, writer, liberal, strong willed woman. I live in Virginia, a place that still has four reasonably distinct seasons. I live with my husband, John – who I am still surprised hasn’t run away screaming from me *smile*, and our two cats; an Orange Tabby named Mavey and a white cat named Cooley.

I’ve been knitting since 2005, and sometimes it feels longer, as I seem to have little concept of space and time when it comes to really good memories. Looking back on what my first project was … I’ve improved and come so far, with still much to learn.  I also spin, and have been doing so for about three years now.  I’m blessed to have two wheels; a Baynes Double Treadle and an Ashford Tradtitonal.

I love my job. Even though the thought of never working again is a pleasant one, I still wake up on the days that I work and look forward to my 12 hour shifts. I work in a Skilled Physical Therapy/Geriatric Rehab unit, attached to a local hospital and long term care center. I have always found myself more in pleasant company among my elders, and I also feel that taking care of them is a great privilege and pleasure. So what if working Night Shift takes 10 years off your life!

I love to volunteer. As a little girl, I remember my Dad making sure I realized how important it was to give back. When it comes to winter – with the help of many gracious on-line knitting friends – I’ll be working the Warm Up Winchester project again. The goal of that … raise over 100 warm hats, scarves, gloves, etc for the poor and homeless in my community.

I’m a proud member for the 49th Virginina ANV.  As a civilian Confederate re-enactor, I get a lot of odd questions, and sometimes, insults.  My goal – and my favorite part of this hobby – is educating kids on how people lived in the late nineteenth century.  To show them that you can make what you need, and there was life before Wal-Mart.  One thing people think, when they hear or see that you are a Confederate, is that I must be a racist or a radical.  Well, I’m radical, but not in that sense.  And no; I’m not a racist.  I’m a Southerner, that much is true, but certainly not the stereotypical redneck so many people think of,