I made it to Denver with plenty of time to spare despite the fact that the pilot himself called it, “The longest ever flight from Des Moines to Denver!” We had been rerouted around bad weather and it added a significant amount of time in the air to our flight. In the Denver airport, I …
I am sitting in the Des Moines airport writing this waiting for a flight to Denver. This isn’t the original plan. I was supposed to be flying out of Cedar Rapids to Chicago then onto Denver but due to weather issues I am now flying directly to Denver. So, score one for me, oddly enough. …
In less than a week I will be flying out to Montana to get a flock of sheep. I have not had a lot of spare time to write here of late as I have started the new job and it is taking even more of my time than I thought it would. It is …
Spring is usually busy, but this year is even more so than usual for me. First up, it was my brand new niece’s baptism last weekend. I decided to make her a Christening Shawl/blanket for the event. I then decided that it should really be hand-spun Shetland laceweight. With wool from Shetland of course! Well, …
You know you had a good time on your birthday when you don’t get to blog about it until a week later! My day started normally enough until I got to the office where a very interesting box awaited me on my desk. Given it’s dimensions, I was a tad apprehensive that my day was …
Here at Iowa State, much like at other US universities, graduate students often get an office in which to work. The higher of a rank of grad student that you are the more elaborate the office usually. In my case, I actually share an office with four other people. Two of whom I’ve yet to …
This summer I have gotten the chance to attend two fiber festivals near where I live. The first was Shepherd’s Harvest which is held in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. This was the 15th year that Shepherd’s Harvest had been held and it shows. There were 3 buildings of vendors… a building of sheep and goats… and …
I’ve written here before about my love of writing letters to people. You know, real letters, with stationery and envelopes and stamps. I often try to do a theme with the letter, matching the stationery to some stickers on the envelope and, if possible, to the postage stamps on the outside. Because of this, I …
A few weeks ago I went to the care facility in Allison, Iowa to do a spinning demonstration. My mom usually goes to this particular care center and gives little talks about the places she has gone to and brings pictures and stuff like that, so I had been here before and kind-of knew the …
Today was another very good mail day. Whenever there is a package too big to fit into the mailbox or one needing a signature, the mailman backs his truck into the drive and honks. Usually twice. In a house with 4 dogs in it, this is tantamount to declaring war. You do not truly understand …
Sarah Jane Humke 