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The Housewife’s Lament

May 14, 2012 knitfitt canning, Cate Fitt, chores, cleaning, growing, Home, housework, knitfitt, Sewing, Shop, The Housewife's Lament, washing

Photo by DelightBefore I realized that moderate tone deafness was the reason I could never tune my guitar, I enjoyed the role of teenage folksinger. I often sang Peggy Seeger’s arrangement of “The Housewife’s Lament,” a 19th c…

My Favorite Skeptic

April 30, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, gifts, Home, knitfitt, Mother's Day, Shop, shopping

Photo by Courtesy of Cate Fitt
The young mother I remember is the woman in this photograph, the day she took a gaggle of neighborhood kids to look for tadpoles — freckled, casually dressed, with a Lucky Strike in her hand. It was May of 1952, and s…

Unicorns and Rainbows (and Narwhals)

April 16, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, Home, knitfitt, narwhals, rainbows, Shop, the Cloisters, unicorns

Photo by TamiseryBack in graduate school days, my professor said that rainbows and unicorns were the hardest images to use. They are so clichéd that it is just about impossible to do anything new, or that will take you past the surface.  After recall…

A Very Long Walk

April 2, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, Home, knitfitt, reading, Shop, shopping, trek, trip, walk

Photo by YbryksenkovaWith snoring dogs nestled close by, I enjoy very long walks from the comfort of my sofa. Over the years, I have walked the Grand Canyon with Colin Fletcher in The Man Who Walked Through Time, across Afghanistan with Rory Stewart …

March Madness

March 23, 2012 knitfitt basketball, Cate Fitt, hares, Home, knitfitt, march madness, Shop, sports, Spring

Photo by EastwitchingAlong with the rest of my city, I went mad last March as our home team climbed the brackets to make it to the Final Four. I had never paid attention to college basketball (or any other sport), but the rise of the Rams drew me in to…

Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses

March 5, 2012 knitfitt ancient greece, Cate Fitt, classics, goddesses, gods, Home, knitfitt, Shop, shopping

Photo by Kristine BarrettI never studied Ancient Greek and was a reluctant, mediocre Latin student in school. Thank goodness for the excellent translations that allow all of us to be inspired by these old epics. I recently read a number of the young ad…

All the President’s Men

February 20, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, history, holiday, Home, knitfitt, Presidents' Day, Read

Photo by modernfxCall me a curmudgeon but I do not like Presidents’ Day. When I was much younger, we celebrated the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, learning about their lives and how they contributed to our history. Presidents&#82…

All the President’s Men

February 20, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, history, holiday, Home, Presidents' Day, Read

Photo by modernfxCall me a curmudgeon but I do not like Presidents’ Day. When I was much younger, we celebrated the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, learning about their lives and how they contributed to our history. Presidents&#82…

All the President’s Men

February 20, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, history, Home, knitfitt, Presidents' Day, Read

Photo by modernfxCall me a curmudgeon but I do not like Presidents’ Day. When I was much younger, we celebrated the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, learning about their lives and how they contributed to our history. Presidents&#82…

All the President’s Men

February 20, 2012 knitfitt Cate Fitt, history, holiday, Home, knitfitt, Presidents' Day, Read

Photo by modernfxCall me a curmudgeon but I do not like Presidents’ Day. When I was much younger, we celebrated the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, learning about their lives and how they contributed to our history. Presidents&#82…

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