I finished this ‘miniquilt’ for our dry sink last night. It took me about three weeksto get it done. I used a fabric panel that had a rainbow wave of colors, a quarter circle cutting tool to practice making circles with, and did some free quilting to mimic water-stains in the circles. For the batting,…
I don’t gamble. But sometimes getting books from hold on Libby feels like I have won the lottery. I’ve been reading books on an e-reader for over a decade. Our first moves when we paid by weight for the transport of our lives from one place to another was all it took for Marc and…
It came. It’s beautiful. Go find it in the Children’s Section of the Library and give yourself 30 minutes to bask in the wonder these pages hold.
In 2025, I began most days with a poem from this book. My commitment to reading this anthology stemmed from the pattern the kids used to have when we homeschooled them – usually having at least one poetry book as part of their curriculum throughout the year. I returned to the habit for myself because…
I’m thinking of two metaphors today about air. Vacuum storage bags and balloons. When I’ve used vacuum storage bags, a queen sized comforter suddenly fits compact on a shelf taking up less space than a shoe box. The air is magically vacuumed out (not really magically – it’s a vacuum) and all that is left…
Colors, textures, stories, elements So wide, so deep, so far Breathe, Notice