It’s hard to know what to do with just one skein of yarn when you’re a weaver. I had just one skein of yarn hand-spun by my friend Therese…

Sometimes I don’t know exactly where I get my ideas for weaving. Sometimes I do.

That's what the daughter of LA Times columnist Sandy Banks said, in true Hollywood fashion, about snow after a family trip back east for Christmas. I, a native Californian, mostly agree.

My New Year's Day tradition includes roses. Not a Rose Parade - many years living close to the parade route in Pasadena kind of finished that off for me. No, New Year's Day is the day I traditionally prune my roses.