Tag Archives: Love

Reaching out to my community

My goodness, life is challenging. I lost my job last July. My Mom passed away in October. I have been looking for work throughout the last eight months, but I have not found much that dovetails my skill set, nor have many perspective jobs responded to my reach. Ouch. I do understand that many peopleContinue reading “Reaching out to my community”

Nurturing Growth: Caring for Plants and My Inner Self

There was a time when I thought working with my inner child was trivial, embarrassing, woo woo. No more. I realize now, that, when I, who am an adult, have big emotions, Little Melly is right here, hot on the trail of an injustice, that she is trying to help me avoid. Little Melly isContinue reading “Nurturing Growth: Caring for Plants and My Inner Self”

Quilty Box and Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics

I feel honored to be asked to curate the June 2018 Quilty Box. Quilty Box is a subscription service geared toward introducing quilters to new fabrics, tools, creative ideas and products. My Quilty Box will introduce you to the fabrics in Florabunda!, Mistyfuse, the Goddess Sheet and Aurifil Mako’ ne 12 weight cotton thread. ‘The above quiltContinue reading “Quilty Box and Florabunda! by RJR Fabrics”

Commemorative Cloth Making

A few years ago, I took an indigo printing class by Dorothy Caldwell, which, if you are able, I would highly recommend. In this class Dorothy showed us some African commemorative cloth that she had collected while traveling. I instantly fell in love with the idea of using cloth as a means to explore currentContinue reading “Commemorative Cloth Making”

Continued Story.

 It seems Peach has done another awesome thing. She found David and I, specifically.  Last week I had several conversations with the veterinarian who ‘spayed’ Peach. It turns out, the spay was incomplete and uterine tissue was left inside her body. This tissue is producing estrogen. Peach needs to go into heat again, so thatContinue reading “Continued Story.”