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About Lori Finding Joy

Native Mainer. Compulsive knitter. Occasional writer. Bird watcher, star gazer, window dreamer. Mom.

Mid-Winter Dispatch

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Lori Finding Joy

My mom keeps asking for a story here and I keep telling her, I got nothing.  It’s cold and snowy, with no end in sight for awhile (another foot forecast for tomorrow!), and I’ve taken up residence on the couch, … Continue reading →

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First FO of 2015

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Lori Finding Joy

I don’t know how long this baby quilt has been kicking around, or how long ago I started it, or whose baby I even started it for.  Frankly, all I care about it that there is one less unfinished project … Continue reading →

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Frozen / First Hike of 2015

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Lori Finding Joy

I’m not entirely sure how, but the VEB talked me into going for a hike this afternoon.  Our high today was 27 degrees and there’s snow on the ground, and normally on a day like today you would find me … Continue reading →

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Final FO’s of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

I don’t know where I’ve been this month.  Working, I suppose, and Christmas shopping, and in the past few weeks a number of family gatherings on all sides of our families.  There was also a fair amount of knitting, so … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 1, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

I had to finish the Maine quilt in order to make another one for a coworker who is expecting pretty much any day now.  I was doing well until I came down with bronchitis a few weeks ago, and then … Continue reading →

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It’s Not About the Birds

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

It was a quiet, gray day, though a little on the warm side for this time of year.  With a nor’easter forecast for tomorrow, we decided to use our afternoon off to take a walk.  We’re fortunate to live not … Continue reading →

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The Red Baby Blanket

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

The other thing I shipped off to Steph was the red baby alpaca blanket I’d been knitting.  None of the pictures I took really captured the color but trust me, it’s red.  I went with red because a) it was … Continue reading →

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Maine Baby Quilt

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

I make no secret of the fact that high school was, hands down, the worst 4 years of my life.  One best friend left for private boarding school, and then another drifted away; a more subtle exit, but no less … Continue reading →

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Where I Tally It Up and Ruin Some Socks

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

On Tuesday I trotted myself back to the doctor – not my regular one, of course, because God forbid my actual PCP see me, but another physician in her practice.  A MALE doctor, in fact, which I normally refuse to … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Couch

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Lori Finding Joy

It’s 3:30 am on a Tuesday and I have self-diagnosed myself with the plague.  Or bronchitis. And/or a sinus infection.  I haven’t slept for more than an hour straight in days, and “sleeping” means “propped up on the couch”.  My … Continue reading →

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