It is totally possible to have writer's block for, like, three months, and a lot has happened, so I have lots to catch you up on.
When I was last here Kate and I were getting ready for the benefit knitting party for the Women's Daytime Drop-in Center, which went off successfully.
We launched 11 new knitters, and the Drop-in Center gained some new advocates--notably the women behind Help a Mother Out, who chose to make the WDDC a beneficiary of their May drive for diapers and women's and kids' health and hygiene supplies. They have hit the ground running, and I really admire their advocacy for women and kids who are hit hardest by the recession and our state's upside-down budget priorities.
At the end of May the WDDC held its annual benefit auction, and Jane and I attended again.
I donated at handknit lace scarf, which apparently sold after we left.
That's been about the only knitting I've done lately, since it had to be finished on deadline, except that I also helped out with A Verb for Keeping Warm's Keep the Fleece event.
That was the summery-est Saturday we've had all spring, and I had a lovely time meeting new people and hanging out. I had the honor of knitting up Michael's handspun into a scarf block.
There is a lot more to tell you, most of it revolving around pets, but I'll hold that for another post. (Baby steps...)
