by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sixth grade. I found the pattern in Mom’s woman’s magazine. I don’t now where I got the fabric; it wasn’t really calico, but definitely not gingham. So, though the poem talks of a gingham dog and calico cat, I made a calico dog. Rebellious start to finish! The...
by admin | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
I love Marie Kondo. However… I have never seen her try to tidy an artist’s studio. My entire home is a studio. This week, overwhelmed with file boxes, crates and stacks of papers that trip up the simplest of movements and bruise shins, I bought two (more) file...
by admin | Jan 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Consider it a double blessing when you make a gift with your own hands. The act of making for a particular person is a gift to the maker as well as the recipient. The outcome or “product” is one of a kind, unique, thoughtful, and rare. The connection between you and...
by admin | Jan 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
2020 Week 1 January 5 WRITING… “So, writing. What a bitch. I suppose being any kind of artist is hard at times, most times…” ___Anne Lamott, Almost Everything, Chapter 6 I hate to write, but...
