And a New Year Was Born / by CHRISTINA HARKNESS

How did that happen?!

As someone who is frequently surprised by how fast time flies, the fact that it is already 2023 and this is the year that we will be doing two installations of the PNW Community Coral Reef has me just a little stunned. Our big display is in September but we will be doing a practice run in the Footwise front window in Corvallis in March. We have had mini displays at the library in Springfield and this month we will have a display in the window of Cozy yarn shop in Eugene.

For folks who have been making and holding onto their corals, I encourage you to get ahold of me and see if we can’t collect what you have so far in order to include it in the Footwise window display. My next few weeks will be unpacking and re-packing bins of corals and critters to have them in some semblance of order that will allow us to put up our display in Footwise in the allotted two hours. It just might be an adventure!

After getting the display up, I will be heading out on one of my drives halfway across the country as I go back to the Midwest to be with family for a bit. In the past I have driven like a mad woman and slept in the car when I get tired. I’m taking two weeks off work this time to allow a little more breathing room. It will be nice to be able to navigate across the country using yarn stores as my ports of call.

So, here’s to a new year filled with more adventures. Onward!