To paraphrase the immortal Arnaud Amalric: "Fish it all and let the trout sort it out"

Dana sends the best care packages!

I read that book years ago and found the stream of consciousness very unzen like. Another book from that era, "Trout Fishing in America", is not about trout fishing. Lol, I couldn't get past the first 100 pages of 'Zen' so I put it down and then segued right into the very Richard Brautiga...

I'm always leery of anything attached to the word 'Zen' these days. I had a reading class in HS and I brought 'Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance' to read. The teacher, perhaps knowing of my less than stellar academic record said "You know that's not a service manual, right?" "...

Grouse I've got, enough to tie into the next millennium. Virus free...

That was a great read. Thanks for posting it!

Digging through the detritus of a long tying career is always an exploration of personal growth, ...and occasional embarrassment. We sold off the big farm about 5 years ago and I moved down the road 4 miles to this smaller one. In packing up the tying room I dug down through layers of long forgotten...

Ray, I don't suppose we could impose upon you and ask for a 'Drowned Grasshopper' tutorial could we? That's the best looking hopper pattern I've seen in awhile.

Bill, the colors you've imparted to your wool are remarkable; the historical component is fascinating. It never would have occurred to me to wonder how many colors were used in creating the Bayeux tapestry. The information you're giving us is wonderful. It dovetails so well to what we know (or don't...

What I think I know of the mysteries surrounding Berners comes from McDonald as well. There was also a paper put out by the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville entitled "A Flourynge Aege: Tracing the Sacred and the Secular in the Book of St.Albans" by Allison Treese. https://scholarwork...