My husband and I had dinner with some dear friends last week. And when the conversation started in earnest, one of them turned to me and asked, essentially, why are you selling jewelry? It is a good question. My life was and is full. I make quilts, play MarioKart with my […]
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from knitting to drawing to…
have always made stuff. Knitting and then jewelry and then scrapbooking and then quilting. Five years ago, I was fortunate enough to get a brief sabattical from the company I work for. I decided I wanted to pick up a hobby that practioners thereof are smitten with. Hobbies that people put bumper stickers on their […]
Taking things slowly
I am hearing the lesson of slowing down, doing less. There are parts of my life that are full – and I can’t change that. But I can put less pressure on myself to move quickly during my down time. In 2019, I am going to do more of I want on a less-agressive pace. […]
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 I […]
Things fall apart
Today is hard. Not six weeks ago I felt I had the world on a string. Was I too smug? Was I too sure? Had I bought into quick fixes and tricks? Probably and always. I am sinking. Away from myself, my family, my goals. But work is good. 🙂 No, really it is. The […]
I wish I wrote songs
“I wanted to be a writer, that’s all. I wanted to write about it all. Everything that happens in a moment. The way the flowers looked when you carried them in your arms. This towel, how it smells, how it feels, this thread. All our feelings, yours and mine. The history of it, who we once […]
Dealing With Loss
When I sit down to write I get stuck. This year has been hard. So much loss. Too much loss. The latest being of my beloved Annie. My dad and I drove a sweet puppy home a little over 14 years ago. She was tiny and the sweetest little soul I have ever met. […]
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 was […]
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, music […]
Try, try, try
I no there is no try, only do. But you have to try and do to get better. I have ventured a couple toes back into the water of being a competent cook. DH and I have officially been indoctrinated into the world of America’s Test Kitchen. The recipes are tested – which speaks to […]
