Wow! How is it that I haven’t posted anything in so long? Could it be the back-to-back work trips that took me to Ottawa, Quebec City, Montreal, New Hampshire and Vermont? Indeed, I think that’s the reason. On the trips I came close to finishing a shawl, worked on Morgan’s socks and read two books. […]
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It must be true, I saw it in a dream
The other night I dreamed that I was back in Muncie, Indiana, finishing—I believe—my journalism degree. Graduation was looming, and I discovered some jewelry-making classes. The first one I was going to take was something like “working with big beads.” We had to pick out several big “beads,” which weren’t really beads as much as […]
It’s nothing some new art supplies can’t fix
I took Monday off for some crafting time, and it was very much what I needed. I broke out my wood-burning tool, glitter acrylic medium, beads and more. Monday opened the door to wanting to create, and that feels good. Mostly I’m trying to use up some of my inspirational bits and bobs. There’s no […]
Work and taxes
I don’t have much to show for this week. Taxes and work stuff ate up a lot of my evening time. That’s OK. I finished one sock for Mirgan. I worked on a birthday gift. And, and fixed some jewelry for me. (Luckily, it wasn’t something that I’d made that needed to be repaired!) And, best […]
Playing with patinas
This week disappeared in a blur. I took the day off on Friday, and Morgan and I hopped the ferry to Bainbridge for some breakfast and wandering around. It was what we needed. At the art museum’s gift shop Morgan tried to teach me the lesson of pricing my items correctly. I just don’t know that […]