My sister, Susan, is due any second. I've never known nine months to flit past so quickly in all my life. Athough she has reassured me t...

My dears, thank you all for the kind wishes you left while I was under the weather. I'm still somewhat cloudy, but as my father the pilo...

Am (and have been) sick as a dog, and an overly-full work schedule is not helping. Posting will resume as soon as possible.

Today for a change we shall have no squiggly drawings about knitting, no parables about knitting, and no explanations of why this, my knitti...

It's terribly unfair. Chicago, like most of the United States, is experiencing wintry weather that has no business showing up in mid-Apr...

Hi, it's Dolores. What a freakin' week, cupcakes. Not only have rehearsals for my upcoming revue at the Lucky Horseshoe kicked into ...

I was having a typical, ulcer-inducing Tuesday morning at the office when I got a message from Stephanie "Yarn Harlot" Pearl-McPhe...

Now, as Miss Cleo was wont to say in her heyday, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "Cut the crap, child. We know pe...

Hi. It's Dolores. So, I was sitting around the other day having afternoon tea at the 'Shoe with my friend Gracie. (I know, it seems...

Books Your many, many reading suggestions for Violet and other teen-aged girls were wonderful and overwhelming. Both the birthday girl and ...

Last night I did something completely uncharacteristic and went to the Navy Pier IMAX to see 300 . Unless you count Henry V , I'd never...

If you've been coming here for a while you know that when it comes to making good on her Big Plans, Dolores ranks somewhere between Pres...

I'd like to take a moment to say thank you for all the encouraging words that followed my last post. I am, you will notice, still here. ...

Since my last post, the weather in Chicago has turned freakishly warm. It's only a temporary spell, says the weatherman, but for the mom...

How do I know this? Because of the hint of spring warmth in the breeze? The almost indiscernible aroma of fecundity among the flowerbeds? Th...

You know it's not going to be a nice, quiet evening when you come home from work and find that somebody has posted this notice on your f...

Glorious Comrades: Let none among you say I am not doing my bit to increase the tribe. About a month ago, I was asked if I'd teach knitt...

Once upon a time when the world was young and I was a college student, I had the luxury (which I did not, then, appreciate) of spending hour...