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
Category: Philosophizing
Listening
I would love to hear the sounds roots make as they are growing...reaching into soil, curling around rock, piercing into leaf and loam. Surely it makes a sound, however infinitesimal, this growing, this slow foraging for nourishment and sustenance. Is there a moan or howl as the slimy slender roots move deeper and spread … Continue reading Listening
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
Three Loves
In writing, I am led. In drawing, I am drawn to my life. In knitting, I am assured that all will be knitted into a beautiful whole. ******** Three things I love. Three things I seem to need desperately: *to feel led; like a child who is led by her Father's hand. Writing is one … Continue reading Three Loves
Crochet2Heal :: Ripple Blanket
**You will need a cup of tea and a comfy chair to fully enjoy this post. Sometimes I think I need to podcast rather than blog, when I have so much to share! Just sit back and relax while you enjoy the color, stories and links here. 🙂 Several years ago, in a knitting class … Continue reading Crochet2Heal :: Ripple Blanket
2015 :: Delight!
Happy New Year to All! The third and final thing I'm keeping in the forefront of my mind for this new year is perhaps the main bit underlying and undergirding the previous two. **How will I determine what to major in, focus on, emphasize? Delight! **How will I follow through on the less than glamorous … Continue reading 2015 :: Delight!
Follow Through
Close on the heels of Majoring In One Thing At A Time, is the need to follow through with what you've determined to major on for that day, or series of days. I am the queen of creative ADD, an expert "waffler", starting one thing and then switching to another mid-stream. Once the excitement of … Continue reading Follow Through
The In-Between
In the quiet of early morn, my mind flits...like a hummingbird darting from one flower to another, not staying long enough to really drink much in or resolve a thought. This is how I know I'm feeling better. In the early days home from surgery, there's a single-minded response to pain. All energy goes to … Continue reading The In-Between
The Violence to Healing
Won't you pop over to my other blog Drawn2Life? I really should have posted it here on this blog since it's a knitterly post! But I tend to put my writerly thoughts over there...hmmm...I think that may need to change!:)
The Violence to Healing
I have been, for the last two days or so, feeling so so much better! Not only better from the intense pain I came home from surgery with, but better than I felt PRIOR to surgery! It has made me think about how I got to this. I hold knitting needles in my hands. And it's … Continue reading The Violence to Healing