KnitWit: Rantings of a Rabid Knitter

Comment by Liza

March 28, 2006 @ 1:09 am

Dear Carry,

I tune into your podcast with great anticipation, especially looking forward to the stories about your animals. Your excellent narrative skills have left me on tenterhooks, although I have a sinking feeling that you already answered this question in an earlier podcast. Did Tiger make it? I don’t see him in the photo album so I’m really worried.

Yesterday I made my significant other just howl with laughter as I told her the story about Sadie’s leading the sheep out of their enclosures and taking them for a little walk. I look forward to updates on Sadie’s growth as a sheepdog.

On a personal note, as an Army brat I recognized your stories about your father and his cohort’s “colorful” language. 40 years later some people who knew my father when they were kids can still imitate his litany of curse words. They were civilians. He was an officer in the 82nd Airborne in the 1950’s. Although he left the Army when I was eight, the experience left a huge impact. How many civilian kids can remember watching their father jump out of an airplane or giving the commands to an entire parade ground?

Thank you for adding your special voice to the family of knitting podcasts,

Liza NYC

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Liza, Thanks for taking the time to write. I am afraid Tiger did not make it. He passed the second day. I was never able to get him to nurse from either Dot or with a bottle. All my sheep friends have told me that this was for the best. Without having the special mother’s milk, he would not have been able to digest food correctly and would have had many problems. However, it still hurts. My boyfriend held Tiger during his last minutes and cried with me. The hardest thing I ever did was bury that poor baby boy. At times like that, I know I was not meant to be a production farmer. These are my babies/pets. Carry.

Comment by W.E.

March 29, 2006 @ 7:28 pm

So sorry about Tiger..I too was worried about him.

I do enjoy your stories…the most favorite times of my childhood were spent on my Grandmother Eliza’s small farm in Derbyshire, England. Even though she did not keep sheep, she had chicks, chickens, pigs, lots of cats a herding dog as well as an English Sheep Dog, it somehow brings it all back to mind. Thank you for that! Keep up the good work.

Comment by thuy

March 30, 2006 @ 4:26 pm

carry,

it’s worth repeating: i love your stories! i wish you’d broadcast daily.

thuy

Comment by Shari

April 1, 2006 @ 10:42 am

Hi Carry, Just wanted to drop a comment to thank you for your delightful podcasts. You have a real gift for storytelling, and I love your dry wit. Thanks again for taking the time to share with us.

Comment by Lisa

April 2, 2006 @ 8:43 am

Hi Carry, Thanks for taking the time to podcast. I love your stories. It’s great to see the pictures of your animals too. The story about getting a urine sample was just too funny. Always looking forward to your next show.
Lisa

Comment by Arlene

March 9, 2007 @ 3:40 pm

Have you ever heard the song about

I can see how breath sniffing is a little less ‘ahem’ intimate but it still seems a little embarrassing.