the knitty professors

Mimi is what my mother's grandkids call her. Sometimes Adrian gets mixed up and says "Mimimommy" or "Momimimi." My m...

Long-time readers may remember that I had some trouble getting pregnant with my son, Adrian. That was no fun. Slightly less long-time...

Some context: I live in the south. I was walking through Duke Hospital on my way to my OB appointment today, and a man stepped in front of...

When you ask a pregnant woman, "When are you due?" and she answers, "Seven weeks from now," do NOT reply with this: ...

Some of these circulated on my departmental email list back in grad school. These are hilarious, creative answers to exams. As a professor, ...

I was on a roll. I knit a sweater for and for Michael each winter. And then this winter came 'round and guess what? No sweaters. Whateve...

Does anyone else out there feel like January was the Incredible Disappearing Month? I just sat down to write in my journal--I try to write n...