MUSINGS ON LIFE AND WRITING WITH SARAH BUCKLEITNER
Over the last two months, I've been cranking on the sequel to Little Birds. Of course, as a parent to three small children and full time communications director, cranking looks a little bit different these days. Lately, it means choosing between knitting and writing each evening after we've gotten the kids into bed, or waking … Continue reading On Cranking Out Words
Today I was unloading the dishwasher, sorting forks and spoons into their rightful places in the silverware tray, not really thinking about anything in particular--maybe about how unloading the dishwasher is such a boring, adult activity--when something about a mug I was holding made me think of my mom. I don't know if it was … Continue reading On Grief and Coffee Mugs
This post was written in 2021, after our second child was born, and never published, but I figured it deserved to see the light of day. I'm aging. My skin is beginning to sag and wrinkle. The first lines of silver gleam against the dark brown of my hair. Of course, I've been aging my … Continue reading On Letting Yourself Go
When I first learned how to knit, just finishing an item was a huge accomplishment, never mind what the finished product looked like, what techniques I'd used, or how complex it had been to start with. At the time, finishing was the vote of confidence I needed to show myself that I had follow through. … Continue reading On Slowly Building Skill and Perseverance Through Knitting
Note from future-Sarah: This post was written before our move from Georgia to New Jersey, in 2022. Since then we've moved again (though hopefully for the last time), and again grappled with the roots we severed and the places we'll miss. I decided to finally publish it because it still rings true, and I thought … Continue reading On Creativity in Times of Turmoil
Feathery Thoughts 