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January 8, 2023 @ 4:38 pm | Filed under: Creative practice
At least once a week I like to make quick notes about my stitching projects in progress. This is mainly to help me keep track of what I’m working on so that nothing gets …
Lists and letters
July 26, 2021 @ 7:22 am | Filed under: Rule of Six
My notebook is full of the Delta variant, the wildfires, the worries. How is it possible I have so many unvaccinated friends?—none local, but scattered across the country in counties with spiking rates, and …
Happymaking: this handmade drawstring bag
This photo (Rilla, circa 2008) has summed up my mood all week. I’m just…beat. Among other things, I’ve been wrestling with this blog-post-by-email transition and—long story short—you may or may not get this post …69 days and counting
May 19, 2020 @ 2:53 pm | Filed under: Assorted and Sundry, Books
Astonished, I watch people in other states flocking back to crowded rooms and long queues. I shudder to imagine the steep rise we’re bound to see on the charts in the coming weeks. We …
Things I did this week when I wasn’t obsessively scrolling the news
Ha, joke’s on me! I wrote this post yesterday morning and left it sitting in drafts, awaiting photos. Went out to putter in the garden and took a spill jumping from the raised bed …Suddenly homeschooling? Don’t try to make it like school.
I just wrote an epic Twitter thread with advice for parents who have suddenly found themselves thrust into homeschooling situations due to COVID-19. I promised to compile it here for easy reference, so here …apples
The other day at a singing party, a poet friend mentioned that she feels like fall is the beginning of the new year, not January 1st. Because of ingrained back-to-school associations, we agreed, but …january 11: containers
January 11, 2019 @ 3:08 pm | Filed under: Assorted and Sundry, Bloggity
I posted an explanation on Facebook today:
A wee reminder. If you are looking for my discussions of books, art, nature, pop culture, homeschooling, and joyful family life, you’ll find that at my blog and …
december 1: new leaf
December 1, 2018 @ 12:07 pm | Filed under: Assorted and Sundry
Ahhhh. Here it is, the day I’ve been working toward. There was no nice clean line between buried under work and wooo I’m free!—it’s been a gradual digging-out process, like shoveling snow. But …