I have lived most of my life in the Pacific Northwest where autumn rolls in dramatically with heavy rains and a sudden drop in temperatures. I’ve wrapped my annual body clock around that change, but here we are in October in SoCal and still wearing tank tops and getting sunburnt on the weekends. My body […]
One of the perks of living in SoCal is that lots of things happen here, including the first showing of the Elephant Parade in America. A fundraiser to help save the elephants in SE Asia, the show is spread out around Dana Point and culminates in auctioning the works of art in November. Each one
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It’s been a summer of change for us: some good, some bad. But today marked the official end of summer vacation for the daughter as she headed back to school. But it’s different this year with a new home in another state and a whole new set of expectations to try to live up to.
We finally got into an apartment a couple weeks ago, but I haven’t had much time to explore the local area. The daughter isn’t one for walking or bike riding, unlike me, so we’ve done most of the discovery of Orange County through car windows. Today I decided to head out on my own to
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With three days to make it from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California, I decided to take the long route. All the guys, friend and family alike, thought I should take I-5 all the way to L.A., but the girls all agreed: take the pretty route. The daughter and I headed west from my parents’
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Sometimes I need a good swift kick in the pants and now seems to be one of those times. To be honest, I’ve had a somewhat rough go of it the last eight months, wondering just what the point was if I couldn’t have the things that made me happy. Then I saw this on
So June 15 is Quilting in Public Day in the EU, but apparently the celebration hasn’t really crossed the pond yet. I’m thinking we need to bring it on over this year and I hope you’ll join me and take your quilt somewhere out in public to work on. I got an early start, working
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When I said that this would be my project for 2013, I thought I was overestimating, giving myself a little wiggle room. But I think that first guesstimate on the time it will take was right: all year. The stitches are a little wonky–both great-grandma’s piecing and my quilting–but with this project I don’t really
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Quilt Market was this past weekend and in case you’ve never heard of it (and I hadn’t until a couple years ago!), let me briefly explain: Twice yearly, the quilting industry gathers for a three-plus day convention to offer up a look at the new patterns, tools and fabrics. It’s for the trade, so it’s
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I’m slaving away at Quilt Market this weekend and already exhausted from just one day. Three more to go–how am I gonna make it?! Yesterday were the Schoolhouse sessions and my work put on seven of them. In a row. It was a bit of a madhouse with people rushing in and out at the
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