Seeing

I woke this morning thinking of Christmas. Not so much an anticipation of the busyness of activities...but rather more a need for Christmas, for the festiveness of it, the music of it, the twinkle and sparkle of it. Birds are everywhere on the feeder. They fly to and fro, jockey for position, nudge another off, tilt their heads back … Continue reading Seeing

A New River

The second day of "Mom's Birthday Nature Tour" had us floating on tubes down the New River in West Jefferson, NC. As we plunked into the lime green mammoths, I continued sending up little pleas for sunshine, like mini flares that sputtered and nearly died out as it began to sprinkle. I settled into the … Continue reading A New River

Pilgrim

I'm still feeling it four days later. A tightness along the back of my legs next to the calf muscle, evidence of all the climbing and descending. On Thursday of last week my family and I loaded up a picnic lunch, water bottles and swim gear for a day at Hanging Rock. My son had … Continue reading Pilgrim

A Lesson in DPNS

She held what felt like chaos in her hands. Yet to my eye, her teacher, it looked like she had been knitting with double pointed needles for years. She deftly worked the four wooden needles, three to hold the stitches, one to knit across from point to point. "This is a bit overwhelming, keeping up … Continue reading A Lesson in DPNS

New Knitted Shawl Design*

Pas de Deux Shawl designed by Jennifer Edwards available for purchase on ETSY Designing and knitting a shawl mirrors life in uncanny ways. You begin with an idea, sketched out, roughly drawn and planned. Knitting begins, slowly working out stitch counts, rows, frogging stitches (and rows!) until it takes the shape you were aiming for. … Continue reading New Knitted Shawl Design*

And so…

It begins like a drawing does, or a knitting project. A drawn line. A cast on stitch. And then another. And another. And another until you reach a stopping point, not an end, but a good place to finish. And then you begin again. Each day is a beginning. Each year. Every decade. I am … Continue reading And so…

The Invisible Thread

Just a few days prior to this last surgery in December, I re-read The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. I did not realize the significance it would have until several days ago. I won't describe the story in detail here. You would do well to read it yourself and will enjoy doing so! The main … Continue reading The Invisible Thread

The Only Way

The means for getting anywhere is: one step at a time one foot in front of the other three steps forward, one step back line upon line stitch by stitch stroke after stroke note by note There is no other way. There are no shortcuts. I'm still listening. "Your place in heaven will seem to … Continue reading The Only Way

Rhubarb

The blogging community is a delightful place! Though you send out posts to what seems like a void, there are folks who resonate with your writings/art and take the time to let you know. They also will add their own marvelous perspectives and I am enriched by their sharing. This happened to me yesterday as … Continue reading Rhubarb

Stress & Creativity

"Stress can be addiction and worry can be our lunge for control and we forget the answer to this moment." -Ann Voscamp, pg. 143 One Thousand Gifts Devotional There they are, words on a page that leap out at me in the semi-dark, silent, not-quite morning. I had previously stumbled onto a site online where … Continue reading Stress & Creativity