sarah in nyc

I know it has been a while since I have posted. I haven't been doing nothing. One of my big activities has been obsessively reading the news. I remember my Brooklyn born cousin telling me when i was a kid that she makes sure to read the front page of the New York Times every morning to be sure that the world hadn't come to an end while she was sleeping. This was one of those weeks when it truly felt like the world might come to an end while I slept. Aside from feeling terrible about the state of the world, I have been taking care of household related stuff. One of my sewing buddies used to describe her "Tu-it pile". The things that eventually she would get to it. In my tu-it pile were two items (that I tackled). One was a grey knit tank top I wear when I work out. It had a hair dye stain right in front. I block printed leaves over the stain and then just kept printing so the leaves looked intentional.  At some point before my mother died I bought her a purple cotton c...

The sign in the dress shop across the street says it. Amazon.com Widgets But the flowers in the tree pits announce that it is spring as well. On a different note, I found an old friend on the street today being sold by one of the men who sells books from folding tables  along Broadway. I had bought this book in 1974 or 5. There was a needlepoint conference taking place in Boston at one of the downtown hotels. I was at that point pretty serious about needlepoint. I think my parents may have given me permission to leave school early to go. I think it may have been around the time of my birthday so they gave me some money to buy stuff.  I bought this book. It was expensive, $25.00.  The book had an excellent history of needlepoint and even better large and well drafted instructions of how to do hundreds of different stitches. After I would finish my homework I would work on mastering stitches.  I approached the book like I do any other big ...