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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Where did my mojo go?
It’s my common lament lately: My creative mojo has walked off. In fact, Morgan and I were talking, and I said I’d like to have a day off. He asked what I’d do with a free day, and I said that the way I’ve been feeling, I’d probably clean/tidy instead of making something. It’s a […]
Insomnia, my old friend
Sleep is an elusive thing this week. That is, real and lengthy sleep. So, after waking up at 4 a.m. (on a Saturday!!), I poked around online looking at information about liquid enamels. That got me to wondering about enameling pieces of copper that had been etched. How would a transparent color look over that? […]
All the stuff
About a month ago I filled out a survey that was sent out by Cloth Paper Scissors. (I’ve always kind of loved filling out surveys and am still kind of upset that neither I nor my family has ever received the long from census.) Occasionally I’d read questions aloud to Morgan. They were of the […]
Making steps toward the market
How did I go from being swept up in a month-long beading challenge to taking a month away from blog posts? Silly question. The answer involves a double-birthday weekend, a business trip, planning for the market and then some. In that time I also discovered a bead artist who I just adore. My longing to […]