It has been so very long since I have written anything at all. I think it is because there was at once nothing and too much to say. Still, here we are at the end of the summer with the remains of Hurricane Ida whirling around our place and I am still dreaming of the summer flowers Erik planted. Since [...]
It has been a crazy long time since I have posted to this site. I could blame the pandemic, but really I decided I needed to spend every ounce of extra energy I had to help change the political climate here. I wanted to make sure that, if it didn't change, it wouldn't be because of a half-hearted effort on [...]
I hope everyone is staying healthy during this weird time. I find myself thinking about what it must have been like in 1918 with the Spanish flu. Then as now, there were folks who realized social distancing was necessary. My grandparents, all four of them, apparently did so since they all survived, but they were a tough lot. My father's [...]
I am nearing the finish of the rep weave yoga blanket mission I embarked on a couple of months ago. It has been a great journey - the interplay of color and materials, the best sett and technique for weaving, and the feel of the finished product when actually in use. My next leg of the journey will explore a [...]
Here we are at year end, about to celebrate with colorful fireworks the beginning of a new year. Behind us are the celebrations of Kwanza, Christmas, Hannukah, and Solstice, to name but a few. One thing they all have is light - and with it color - to fight the dark and grey we get here in the Pacific Northwest. [...]
