This Christmas I made aprons for all the ladies in the family (including the littlest one.) One of the ladies’ husbands (not pictured) remarked, “To give my wife an apron is like giving a blind man a telescope!” I take it she doesn’t cook much.  Each apron has a bar towel on the front so you can wipe your hands as you go. I ended up sewing twenty-two. It is kind-of habit forming, once you get started.  One of my granddaughters said I should sell them on Etsy. I told her, “You do it. I’ll watch.” I’ll have to choose something

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I always find it hard to stay in touch with people during the winter. We go out less. Do less. With cold, short days, I tend to want to hibernate, or at least stay home where it’s warm. But I’m looking over my calendar and the forecast and my china and thinking I might have a tea party. Something to reconnect with friends and get me through these last tedious weeks of winter! How do you stay connected during the winter months?

I recently purchased new prescription lenses with rose-colored wire-rimmed frames. Every time I get new glasses, my self-image changes. For more on this theme, see here. Are there accessories that change your self-image?

About a year ago, we received some free plastic cups from a realtor who works in our neighborhood. I never really looked at the cups until last week, when I read this one. “I’m sorry for the things I said when it was winter.” After the cold spell we endured just before Christmas, this made me laugh. I might have said a thing or two I shouldn’t have. What about winter makes you laugh?

I recently looked up the spelling of a word. WikiDiff was the first thing that popped up. And this is what I learned: “Driveable” is “capable of being driven.” “Drivable” is “capable of being driven.” Good to know. But this doesn’t help me pick which version to use.