Nikki Bollman, Author and Proofreader
This morning I strapped Astrid to my back, leashed up Gru, and headed to our beautiful neighborhood trail along Tischer Creek. This is one thing I love about Duluth. There are trails along creeks in wooded areas nestled in around the city, complete with stunning waterfalls, peaceful pools, rock ledges, and bridges. The trail in…
Working in a yarn shop, there are a lot of things I am tempted to buy every day that I work. On Friday, I finally gave in to the temptation to purchase the Wild Fibers magazine when the new issue arrived in our store. I also purchased a past issue I’d resisted buying earlier. Wow,…
It’s been awhile since I had a book-related post. The book is still chugging along, but progress is slower than I hoped. I have a daily word count goal in my head always, but some days I just have to settle for the goal of writing something every day. This is the view from my…
Ever since I started working at Yarn Harbor in January, it’s been a pretty nonstop flood of inspiration just being there. Every day there are probably five different projects that I wish I could cast on for right away. Unpacking boxes of yarn, seeing the customer’s projects, perusing the latest magazine or book of patterns,…
There’s just something about size 8 or 9 knitting needles that my hands do not like. I was knitting away, making great progress on a baby blanket for a friend using two strands of fingering weight sock yarn held double on size 8 needles. It’s knit from the center out, so the number of stitches…
After a spate of hot and humid days, we had a sudden change in weather yesterday, with gusty winds and overcast, but not rainy, skies. I’m not a person who appreciates hot weather much, so the winds were especially welcome for me. The dimmed sunlight and refreshing breeze kept reminding me of autumn, and I…
All my life, my writing has been something I did on the side, when I had time, when I felt like it, or when I got up early or stayed up late to do it. I always dreamed that I could someday call it my career and focus my daytime hours and my routine solely…
Priorities: Writing, Knitting I’m so overdue for a blog post, but blogging often falls to the bottom of my priority list. Once Astrid is asleep, my priority is always writing on my novel. Other times, I knit. Ever since I started working at a yarn store (did I ever mention I started working at a…