Not About Quilting or Sewing – weeknight quilting

Summer Rules

I am nearing the first full year of living in my house. I have experienced one of every day here. A birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Thanksgiving, leaves falling, leaves budding. Each day is new. And each day here still feels like a miracle. But many days are scary. The reality of a real, grown up mortgageContinue reading “Summer Rules”

Marchenings

Yesterday, I posted about some crafty sewing progress in March. Today is a very brief look at some other March happenings. Marchenings, if you will. BLOND! (and it is ok that I wrote “blond” instead of “blonde”, per this.) Most of my teens and 20s I spent with blond hair. And suddenly one night IContinue reading “Marchenings”

deadlifts and dermabrasion

Small joys can amount to a happy life… the feel of good deadlifts with real weight coworkers that make work joy a challenging and rewarding job a squeaky clean face finding my voice in situations where it was once lost having experience to share finding other humans who will expose their soft spots an adorableContinue reading “deadlifts and dermabrasion”

Drawings and Writer’s Block

I want to write every day – but today is a day when my head and body are tired. I want to climb into bed… but I am finding that pushing through is sometimes a better feeling. Keeping this commitment to myself is important. So, with writer’s block, I am sharing some things IContinue reading “Drawings and Writer’s Block”

Trigger (Radio Edit)

[10/15/2016 – I got mixed feedback on this post. I used a lot of crass language originally that I felt drove home the point I was trying to make – the pain, the shame, the visceral. I think that language lost some readers. And so I repost with compromise. And since I originally posted this,Continue reading “Trigger (Radio Edit)”

Cups of stuff

I still want to learn to draw. It has been challenging for me, because my brain doesn’t communicate to my hands in that way. Which is just practicing enough in order to build the connection for communication. But when I want to practice drawing, I don’t know where to start, what to do. This weekContinue reading “Cups of stuff”

Finding Quiet

The longer you work, I think the more possibilities you have of creating something. At least in my case, it doesn’t come through divine touch, it just comes through just work. – Arturo Herrera For a lot of my life, work was home base. Homework and then working for a living. And then there wasContinue reading “Finding Quiet”

ISO: 29-year friendship

Last Saturday, a friend of mine passed away. She was 42. We became friends when we were 13. I still haven’t been able to fully comprehend. We double-dated to Homecoming, Courtwarming, Prom. I went to Worlds of Fun her inaugural weekend of being a dancing panda. We rode together in her red escort. Windows down, musicContinue reading “ISO: 29-year friendship”

Estes Park + Art in Denver

Oh, so much to blog about !! I just finished posting about our trip many weeks ago to Bentonville, so probably just time to share some pictures from our trip to Estes Park. More is forthcoming – the joy of miniature golf, the awesomeness that is Rocky Mountain National Park, and the treasures in theContinue reading “Estes Park + Art in Denver”

You don’t have to be cool

I hate cliches. I hate bandwagons. I hate soporific memes. Yet I found myself listening to Kiss in the driveway last night and crying like a baby. I have deep pockets of precious memories linked to Prince’s music. My friend Heather and I used to share a walkman and headphones listening over and over and overContinue reading “You don’t have to be cool”