Stumbling through the briar patch. — Okay, maybe the briar patch is a wee bit dramatic. Having a vegetable garden of my own has been something of a dream of mine since I was a little girl. It seemed like everyone we knew had a garden of some kind either brimming with flowers or veggies or…

What is your idea of perfect happiness? -I think perfect happiness looks different to each person and depends on what is important to them. Perfect happiness could be laying on the beach watching the waves hit the shore, listening to the wind in the trees on a hike, or pushing…

Throughout my life, I have had these thankfully brief times when my world seemed to spiral out of control. I was never in an unsafe situation it would just seem like everything I touched went to shit. …

Hi there, in case you haven’t guessed my name is Ginger. Okay, okay it’s a nickname but it is the name I choose to be called. This particular post is proving to be difficult for me to write. While I want to be free to write whatever I want I…

I don’t fancy myself the next Hemingway nor do I imagine myself writing the next great American novel but I have wanted to be a writer my whole life. I just want to share the thoughts and story ideas I have with people, and this right here? …

I wish I knew why no one cared what I ate until I decided to stop eating meat and dairy — Now everyone seems to have an opinion: “You don’t eat meat? What is wrong with you?” I would love to say I have always been a healthy eater, but until a couple of years ago I was eating S.A.D. (the Standard American Diet), I loved cheeseburgers, cheese pizza, cheese fries…

When my grandmother passed away years ago I was given her sewing kit because I was the “crafty “ one in the family. Honestly I rarely use it because most of my memories of her are not good. She had an amazing ability to be hurtful even when she was…

I am sure everyone has their own story about how they came to be knitters with different paths and motivations. As well as different reason to continue to knit. Knitting has fascinated me since I was a little girl however, with the exception of a brief period of time when…