Tag: crochet

• Book Review: The Secret Thread by Eve Chase

  Last night I finished this newly published book, The Secret Thread by Eve Chase, and I will be thinking about it for a long time. The title is quite fitting as there is a thread running through this story, invisible at first, and as the story of Jo, Mimi, Woody, Pamela, and others unfolds, that…

  michardillo

  July 20, 2026

  books

  Afghan, ARC, auction, Ballantine Books, book-review, book-reviews, books, Britain, British, Buy Nothing, contemporary-fiction, crochet, Ebook, England, English, Eve Chase, family, fiction, Goodreads, granny square, Jo O’Mara, Kindle, literature, London, love, Margareta Magnusson, Marie Kondo, Mimi Mott, mystery, NetGalley, novel, reading, Scribner, Ten Speed Press, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Secret Thread, writing

• Scent: Message Received

  Thanks to winter storm Jonas, a/k/a #Blizzard2016, I had an unexpected “winter break” from teaching, and I must say I have really enjoyed my #snowcation. Sandwiched nicely between my Christmas break and my Easter break, this one came with no expectations of shopping or meal planning. With my six school days I did some school…

  michardillo

  January 31, 2016

  Essay

  Al Di La, Aromatic Elixir, bread, Chris Grabenstein, Cinnabar, Clinique, crochet, Estee Lauder, figs, Freeport Sulphur Company, Gumbo, Janet Evanovich, Jonas, Katrina, king cake, Kirstin Chen, knitting, library, make-up, Mardi Gras, marmalade, Mississippi River, perfume, po-boy, Port Sulphur, Rachel Carson, reading, roux, satsuma, snowcation, Soy Sauce for Beginners, sulphur