Knitters, spinners and weavers one and all,

The Young Writers Project gives thanks this year to all of you generous folks out there who've sent us checks or PayPal donations for $25, $50. $100 and even $2.50. Every dollar helps! And we have made substantial progress in our goal to raise $5,000 to pay for a Digital Writing Classroom Web site at an economically challenged school next year!

As many of you know, YWP is a nonprofit that helps students in Vermont and parts of N.H. and New York become better writers. Why is this important? Because good writing skills are essential for students to fully participate in learning and are needed now, more than ever, to succeed in work life. Yet nationally 75 percent of our high school seniors canNOT write proficiently. We are setting these students up to fail.

While our work is not in life-and-death situations, what we do is help students gain confidence, gain skills and express themselves.

And we greatly appreciate your support and hope you will continue to support us. Click the "ChipIn" button to donate by PayPal or credit card. Or send a check to us or Kathleen Bruce (Click read more for more info)

Dear all, I have been reading the pages, and drooling over the wheels, specifically the Timbertops ( Oh I wish I had a windfall) and I am so appreciative of those who have nudged others to make donations to YWP. My friend Geoff works with YWP, and he depends on donations and grants to do this wonderful work.

1/14/10 I am asking you today to read Stephanie (aka Yarn Harlot)'s pages ....where she explains the devastation that has taken place in Haiti. Go to http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/ and read about Knitters Without Borders, and see what you can do. I just donated with an "undesignated" donation that will go directly to the need in Haiti. http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/tsffaq.html is the place to go to read about this. The direct site for Doctors Without Borders is:

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Pippin: Pip dog, Em's buddy1/8/10. By the way, the weather here is FREEZING, single digits this weekend.

1/8/10 Check it out at www.solsilke.se....Bohus Stickning- a Swedish form of design...kits now available from Solveig Gustafsson, a Swedish knitter/designer and dyer extraordinaire....bringing back the art form from Sweden that was popular in the 50s and 60s there... Check this out! Kits can be ordered for cardigans, pullovers, hats, and mittens,.... Kathleen

Happy new Year to you all...it's cold and grey here today, and we are off to get a little air and exercise. Our dog, Remy, does not like to be outside for long periods, as he is only a 14 lb King Charles Cavalier, and has no staying power in the real Vermont chilled air.

Hope your holidays are warm. Love, Kathleen

Nov 23. I am looking forward to this week. A short work week for my husband, and my daughter Martha is coming home from Baltimore.... Yeah! Looking forward to our Thanksgiving on Thursday, where we have Chicken instead of turkey.... and several Scrabble games, and where we cheer Sally on to finish her college applications. What a lot of work and what a great job she is doing...she's applying for violin performance programs.

A very happy Thanksgiving to the US readers, and love to all.

Kathleen

I am being good and starting to knit for Christmas. Cashmere neckwarmers, the "Pretty Thing" that the Yarn Harlot had a while back on her site....that's what I'm doing.... with some silk/beaded yarn in between to make it shine. Also making baby Christmas stockings as tiny ornaments.

Hi all. Raining here. Sally is in the thick of college applications for music school (violin performance). It's so exciting for her! I am working a lot as a nurse lactation consultant (www.medela.com), and doing a lot of walks with the dog.

Heh, if you have a problem with an ad, please contact the poster, and ME (at kbruce@together.net) and consider NOT posting a nastygram on the website, ok? People have deaths in the family, family emergencies, and sometimes, things happen, ok?

Have a great week! Love, Kathleen

9.17 Emily, our oldest, a grad student at Cambridge, has pushed herself to get to the point of running a half marathon...and is running for a great cause. Here is her letter..... .Can you spare a few dollars to donate to her cause, Ethiopian orphans?
Hi to all my friends and family, and thanks for taking the time to look at my page :) http://www.justgiving.com/Emily-Bruce/

Greetings to you all...We've had wonderful weather here for the past few weeks.... sunny and lovely. Remy and I have been walking a lot...and I am knitting for Emily's birthay. ( I will try to take a picture of the project and post it...).

good morning all.... long time no post. I see that we were able to raise $663 for the Young Writer's Project this summer. It is a good sum, but if you are using the pages and selling or buying just the right items you had in mind, and it's working well for you by using our pages, please consider donating more to them. See the little link to the top right in brown ..click there and feel free to donate, or to go Info on KBBSPIN,org to the right, and click on How to Donate to YWP. Thanks! : )

8/6 Kids are in VYO orchestra camp. Em is here from England....yippee. Martha teaching at VYO camp (violin). We are enjoying our raspberries, which have been giving us a bumper season....10 qts... and we are getting ready to make jelly this weekend, and then head off to Martha's Vineyard, for Jamie's dad's memorial service, and for our family reunion.
Getting a cold, too...

Hope you are enjoying your summer. Love, Kathleen

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5/25/09 LIlacs are blooming...and doing so well. We have 10 varieties at least. Lilac, blue, white, dark violet, dark violet with white edge, pink. So gorgeous. These are my favorite flowers and our house is filled with big bunches of them, and you can smell them from the street, we have so many blooming. The gorgeous crabapple blooms are gone, sadly... the lupines are beginning.

I love Spring. Martha's graduation was divine.

Love, blessings, and thanks for getting the donations up to 4%. It's great.... Kathleen