Monthly Archives: December 2012

As I watch the weather out the big front window of the shoppe,  I am amazed by the sun’s attempts to break free from the thick white cloud cover.   The snow from yesterday is still mostly pristine and white, and … Continue reading →

Tonight is the Winter Solstice. The longest and with today’s weather, probably the darkest night of the winter. I always light a candle on the solstice, perhaps tapping in to millennia of people keeping the light returning. It feels hopeful. … Continue reading →

When I was a kid my Pop Pop taught me to make a wish when I saw a shooting star. There was a meteor shower last night. It wasn’t spectacular while I was watching but I did see enough to … Continue reading →

saves your sanity,  or at least it does mine.   Emotional issues and anxieties come up in everyone’s life,  and I often work them out in stitch and fabric.    Especially in hand stitching.     This is so effective for me that I am … Continue reading →