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field notes march 2006 skip to main skip to sidebar sunday march 26 2006 poetry news i have four poems live now at the adroitly placed word marion arnott reviews issue 3 of bonfire at laura hird including five poems published under my pen name ann walters 6 comments tuesday march 21 2006 every stitch is a connection when i started knitting just about a year ago i had no idea it would become a part of my daily life i never dreamed that wrapping yarn around a pair of needles would be so meaningful it was a whim really my friend harriet invited me to attend a stitch n bitch party she was throwing one sunday afternoon i wasn t even particularly interested in knitting but any chance to mingle with other grown women without small children crawling all over the place is an opportunity i m not willing to miss i figured i could go for the bitch girl talk if not the stitch what happened has amazed my family friends and myself i took to knitting like the proverbial duck to water i came home with a borrowed pair of needles and ball of yarn and couldn t put them down within a week i had learned to purl as well as knit and as every knitter knows those two stitches are all it takes to make just about anything you want i still count myself a beginner though i have now accomplished blankets dishclothes felted slippers self designed doll clothes scarves sweaters and even a dress up fairy outfit the yarn stash spilling from my closet and various bags around the house attests to my full immersion in the world of knitting as does my ever growing stack of pattern books and the vase filled with needles on my mantle so what is it that i like about knitting so much well it s relaxing it truly is an almost meditative experience with the repetitive movements and the soft slow wind of yarn around a needle it s also a great form of creative expression because the results are so tangible not only can you create a work of knitted art but you can use it still there s something deeper in knitting for me something that has been there since i began though it took me a while to acknowledge its importance that something is my late grandmother bessie hunt growing up my family lived on the opposite side of the country from my grandparents so i only saw them on infrequent summer visits still my grandmother showered me with homemade gifts quilts dolls and yes plenty of knitted slippers and hats she made exquisite cable knit dresses sweaters and coats for my proto barbie doll and i still have some of them to this day they are amazing creations my grandmother even tried to teach me to knit one summer with wonderful patience and love but of course i promptly forgot it all as soon as i was home and she was far away it wasn t long after i d started knitting that my mom remarked on how proud my grandmother would be and that s when it struck me every time i pick up needles and yarn she is there with me i can feel her presence and i know that there is something in the way my hands move that mirrors her own with every stitch i pay tribute to my grandmother with every knit and purl she lives again through me we are connected by a shared love of needles and yarn 4 comments wednesday march 15 2006 ghost town after the kids left they downsized originally uploaded by mobilus in mobili ghost town grandfather buildings shed grey clapboard skins wrinkling off shingles one by one to reveal the skeletons of history dust dances in the streets and seeps into mouths the particulated past choking the present this place once a city of souls is little more than memory now memory faded to myth we wander disconsolate where success once strutted the shimmer of immortality there million dollar mines lined these hillsides here grand veranda hotels perched above a boulevard boardwalks two stepped to the bustle of crinoline work boots tamped the ground in steady shifts now there is only the rustle and bump of the tumbleweed rolling its forlorn cliché through town some come to visit the old places in reverence bowing before broken windows pocketing rusted relics they are supplicants to the immutable movement of time what do they hope to gain by gathering bits of the bygone a sense of permanence perhaps they need only look around decades of decay have proven there is no permanence we watch them gather like clumps of locoweed in the hillside cemetery where gravestones are cautionary fingers raised in reminder of mortality we are here too tied to this place forever they trace names and dates sentimental odes and half eroded angels hoping to illumine the ultimate end we laugh knowing what they do not that life and death are one a sudden chinook sweeps the valley echoing our laughter and the secret hidden within it causes the visitors to collect their souvenirs with tingling spines they return home from this town of ghosts having touched the past and glimpsed the future but we remain haunting the world that is and longing for the world that was 2 comments saturday march 11 2006 what kind of yarn are you you are shetland wool you are a traditional sort who can sometimes be a little on the harsh side though you look delicate you are tough as nails and prone to intricacies despite your acerbic ways you are widely respected and even revered what kind of yarn are you brought to you by quizilla 8 comments wednesday march 08 2006 winter tanka seen in memory originally uploaded by countrydreaming small white solitude of flakes drifting onto ice water is frozen as hard as a spirit s song silenced by isolation 4 comments sunday march 05 2006 flashquake read my story three hundred stones live now in the new issue of flashquake i m also thrilled to announce that i ve been asked to serve as guest editor for the summer 2006 issue of flashquake if you haven t read this fine ezine now is the time to check it out and get ready to submit your short fiction poetry and creative nonfiction 6 comments thursday march 02 2006 out sick i have come down incredibly sick so it may be a few days before i get back to post something new here in the meantime here s something shiny to look at for those expecting yarn packages from me it s going to be a few days before i can get things in the mail for those who give a hoot about my writing i have good news to share so stay tuned 4 comments newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom field notes sharon hurlbut physical anthropologist writer compulsive knitter and mother of two my fiction and poetry are published under the pen name ann walters view my complete profile poems off the map combatant picking through the rubble at midnight ms mcgee hits the heights sleepless autumnal exposé in the kitchen leaning on the velvet rope over the san andreas fault in madame cheung s crystal ball eating crow sugar snap peas 1970 published stories land of enchantment cracks hands people ms theologian arlene ang theresa boyar debra broughton randall brown canadian writers collective ginger hamilton caudill dave clapper cheryl chambers myfanwy collins david coyote s den katrina denza h e eigler kate evans patry francis michaela gabriel liz gallagher elizabeth glixman beverly jackson nathan mcclain ellen meister p a moed jayne pupek sarah sloat kelly spitzer bonnie zobell candy shops euphoria ghirardelli lee s candies moonstruck chocolate blog archive 2009 29 december 1 november 1 october 2 july 1 june 3 may 2 april 4 march 5 february 3 january 7 2008 66 december 5 november 2 october 5 september 6 august 2 july 8 june 6 may 6 april 8 march 8 february 6 january 4 2007 71 december 5 november 6 october 7 september 7 august 7 july 2 june 5 may 8 april 5 march 6 february 8 january 5 2006 97 december 4 november 6 october 8 september 9 august 7 july 9 june 8 may 8 april 10 march 7 poetry news every stitch is a connection ghost town what kind of yarn are you winter tanka flashquake out sick february 10 january 11 2005 99 december 6 november 12 october 10 september 11 august 7 july 8 june 11 may 16 april 13 march 5