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I recently realized that I needed to see myself as part of the group I was meeting with. I do a lot of work using videoconferencing (Zoom, specifically). I am not an expert at this technology, but I am pretty good at navigating the frequent updates. One thing I have learned to do is to…

Yup. It’s been a few weeks. I would have guessed that being home on a travel pause would have made writing here easier, but it seems life flows into all the spaces it is given. I decided I would try my hand at “English Paper Piecing” for our roadtrip to Reid’s graduation. My first handsewing…

If you look at the history of my life, the stories of my family of origin, the stories of their origin you would correctly assume – we are generally a family of early risers. With gratitude to those who set this path before me, I love the early morning hours of creation and connection and…

This week is a significant week for me. Two years ago on April 16, while visiting my parents in Maine, an aneurysm burst in my brain and I had a stroke. I woke up two days later in a hospital two hours away where I’d been flown. People tell me that I’m a miracle. The…

As we got ready for the Celebration of my Father-in-Laws life in Maine last weekend, I spent hours and hours wading through photos. I’d volunteered to create the ‘slideshow’ for the service. I gathered and curated photos from every decade of his life. And in the process ended up going through decades of photos from…

One of the joys that I have lately is that I am writing a lot. But you might not know it when you look at ejpitman.com. In a couple weeks, I will re-start my beloved Sprouts Newsletter. And I’d love to invite you to check out some of the my other word playgrounds. FollowUpFriday –…