February 2013

Too Close for Comfort

Yes, I’m still plugging along at the memoir. It’s taken forever to get through the second draft, something I was sure would be faster than the first. Unfortunately it took me two months and four workshops to get Chapter One to a place I could call good enough. Who knew it could be so hard

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Coming up

A few weeks ago, I was on Facebook and saw this awesome pattern from Liesl + Co. I’m kinda of a sucker for capes and anything with a vintage feel and immediately fell for this one. I bought it within a few minutes (it’s a downloadable!), but it has taken a while for me to

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Free to Be

Sometimes you just need a day where you are free to be and do whatever makes you happy. With the daughter out of town (in Hawai’i, to be specific), I had a child-free weekend, a rarity indeed, and I wanted to make the most of it. I’d planned to spend Friday night and all day

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Do What You Can

I have long had an affinity for quotations. Two decades ago I bought Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations just to peruse. I would find quotes I found funny or inspiring, transcribe them by hand onto Post-It notes and tack them on the fridge or bathroom mirror or such. Yesterday I decided to return to the habit, but

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Do what you can

I have long had an affinity for quotations. Two decades ago I bought Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations just to peruse. I would find quotes I found funny or inspiring, transcribe them by hand onto Post-It notes and tack them on the fridge or bathroom mirror or such. Yesterday I decided to return to the habit, but

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