Wow, long time, no post.

Spring is coming to Memphis--slowly but surely. We are busy with lots of the usual things.

I have joined a knitting group---hooray. We meet on Tuesday evenings at Cafe Eclectic, a neighborhood hang out that we all love. It's across the street from the elementary/jr.high and right in the middle of the Evergreen/Hein Park neighborhoods. We chat and eat and even knit some.

The usual activities continue as well--book clubs, volunteer stuff, etc. We just returned from a visit to Fairfax, VA to help our daughter and her new husband get settled in their new home. They moved from Princeton, NJ to Fairfax during the snowmageddon of the late winter--even though the weather was good we still had huge snow mounds to deal with in parking lots, piled up on the street corners and other places that made it hard to maneuver the car. We bought lights and lamps, kitchen cart, etc. We also hung pictures, moved furniture and did a little decorating. They were glad to see us come and glad to see us go--we all needed some rest after four days of non-stop getting it done.

We had a new great nephew in the family. That makes four on my side, one deceased, and three on my husband's side. We love the growing family. A beloved uncle died in February who was 93 and we used his funeral as a celebration of him and a chance to reconnect and have fun together. We have a large family---21 first cousins alone, and 15 were able to be there. I love that family and have the best memories. On the other side there were 16 first cousins. That makes for a huge family!

Reading some good books lately. Just finished The Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. Currently reading The Glassblower of Murano for book club. For April it will be The Reliable Wife and then in May we will read a book by a neighbor, D'Army Bailey. It's a memoir of his time during the Civil Rights Movement and is The Education of a Black Radical. He has agreed to meet with our book club and even offered his home as our meeting place--now that's going to be great.

Knitting--working on too many things and finishing none. An entrelac wrap, socks as usual, scarves--many. One sweater about to be finished, another needing to be blocked. I did give away half of my stash to prepare for more from Stitches South (more on this later).

Our son just started a new job--with benefits!! Let's hope this is a trend since son-in-law just got a great new job, too.

Praying for healthcare reform to pass. Truly believe we are all equal, we should all have the same access to good medical care.

Life is good, even with all its problems--life is good. Just celebrated my 60th birthday and with it the freedom to be, just be.

And that's how it is down here on the Mississippi River. Cheers for 2010.