This is my favorite time of year. I also begin to reflect and feel a need for anchoring my life to some sort of weight. I miss this ritual of thinking and writing in this space. My life these days is bonded to another commitment, a creative and challenging one, but full of inspiration and [...]
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Fall Light
Posted in Friendship, Memories, personal journal, Ruminating, Seasons, Slow Living on October 24, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Weathering Hearts
Posted in animals, Antique/Vintage Textiles, Cats, compassion, Decorative, fabric/collage/applique, Memories, Nature, Places, Seasons, Slow Living, Travel on April 5, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I finally decided to name this piece “Weathering Hearts”. I have been watching and listening to Jude with her mini-series “Whispering Hearts”. Recently, I listened to two audio books on my walks, Wuthering Heights by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. So in keeping with a literary theme, and for one I feel [...]
The Real Tigi and Ebenezer
Posted in animals, Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Cats, compassion, Decorative, Dyeing, fabric/collage/applique, Memories, Ruminating, Slow Living on March 21, 2011 | 14 Comments »
This was the inspiration for Tigi, my collage kitty in lace and softness….. And this is Ebenezer, soon to be found in the best way I know how. The tail was a good beginning. The fur will be a long but fun process. There is a potential for grace here, and that is how I [...]
Ebenezer (Ebby)
Posted in animals, Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Cats, compassion, Decorative, Dyeing, fabric/collage/applique, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Slow Living on March 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I have been spending all my free time working on Ebenezer, also known as “Ebby”, a gorgeous, smoky gray cat that went missing a few months back. He is still not found. The poster said he was “very friendly”, something that was concerning it seemed. Gray cats have various tones of color, so in this [...]
Tender Tigi
Posted in animals, Antique/Vintage Textiles, Cats, compassion, Decorative, fabric/collage/applique, Memories, Ruminating, Slow Living on March 12, 2011 | 25 Comments »
Tigi was named for a cat that I met through a missing cat sign on a telephone pole. The name and the personality stayed with me until it became a kind of spiritual entity, a remembrance, as many of these cats are never found. Throughout the creation of Tigi, the word “tender” captured the mood, [...]
A New Project
Posted in animals, Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Cats, compassion, Decorative, fabric/collage/applique, Memories, personal journal, Ruminating, Seasons, Slow Living on March 9, 2011 | 7 Comments »
For the last several weeks now, I have been diligently working on a project that is so close to my heart. I am thinking a series of these projects, for starters, will be a good thing. I have spent so much time on this, hour after hour but loving every bit and piece and stitch. [...]
To Meet the Snow
Posted in Nature, Places, Seasons, Slow Living, Travel on March 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This winter has been one of record snow for many, but for Portland, Oregon, snow has been minimal, scattered or dusted. The day we finally had huge snowflakes was also the day we headed to Arizona for two nights. So this morning, at my urgency, we drove up to Mt Hood to meet the snow. [...]
Creative DNA
Posted in Art, Decorative, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Literature, Memories, personal journal, Ruminating, Seasons, Slow Living on February 1, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Recently I was reading another blog (and that is another subject for another post), and came across a reference from Twyla Tharp’s wonderful and inspiring book, The Creative Habit. I am devouring the book a second time. Every morning, before my walk, I sit down with a cup of coffee and Twyla. I write in [...]
A Hug Arrived
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, fabric/collage/applique, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Seasons, Slow Living on December 22, 2010 | 9 Comments »
The gift arrived this afternoon from Jude. What a thrill to actually see and touch her creation. There is so much of her magical, generous, intelligent, and loving spirit in this piece. I have watched Jude for a long time create these pieces, but to actually be able to hold and see her work, firsthand, [...]
The Sustenance of Nature
Posted in Inspiration, Memories, Nature, Places, Seasons, Slow Living on December 17, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I have been all over the map it seems in the last month. Traveling is part of my life on a regular basis, endless road trips real and imagined. This photo was taken coming back from Northern California in an area that has large numbers of Roosevelt elk. I never tiring of viewing them so [...]
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