Narnia My Backyard. Watercolor. 9"x12" As the world outside my windows begins, ever so slowly, to be veiled in white, a sense of anticipation and longing fills the hours. Everyday tasks take on a not-so-everyday glow. A trip to the grocery store becomes an adventure. Laundry becomes lighthearted. Cooking simmers with unprecedented warmth...chili, cornbread, rice … Continue reading *Magic*
Category: Philosophizing
An Active Rest
<end of Silver Dapple Lane, watercolor with Sheaffer Calligraphy Pen & Bic Pen> I love walking in Winter. The cold air in my lungs. The sense of no walls around me. The experience of whatever weather is going on--rain, snow, sun, cold. I like being out in it. I feel free, unbounded, unlimited. A good … Continue reading An Active Rest
Life is Like a Knitting Pattern
I've been knitting what presented itself as a fairly easy oversized sweater. It is basically two big squares with minimal shoulder and neck shaping and a bit of fair isle design at the bottom. Sleeves are just a simple steady increase. Sew it all together with a stand up collar. Big yarn. Big needles. … Continue reading Life is Like a Knitting Pattern
The Stuff of Dreams
Last night I dreamed I was a dancer still. My hair was peppered as it is now. But my body was lithe and moving in ways it used to thirty-some years ago. The interesting thing is that my dream was not of a recital or a performance. I was in the studio. Hand on … Continue reading The Stuff of Dreams
When our Best isn’t Good Enough
Living Artfully is a journey fraught with surprises both delightful and bothersome. Experiencing a long awaited dream come true, as in the publishing of Genevieve and the Kite, is wonderfully fulfilling. Yet, as it goes out into the world, it brings back responses. Some of them are positive, uplifting, and encouraging. Other responses are … Continue reading When our Best isn’t Good Enough
The Making of Genevieve and the Kite
I wish I could tell you that making a children's book is easy. Nope. I can't say that. Genevieve and the Kite took over three years. I didn't immediately think of a children's book as I overheard the conversation between Maddie and her Aunt Cathy on the porch of our beach house three years ago. … Continue reading The Making of Genevieve and the Kite
In My Field
I long to sit in my field. To listen to the late summer hum. To wonder at the bowed heads of left-behind wheat. To drink in the gorgeous array of color in the wild, dew-dripping grasses. To feel the light breeze and to smell the rain sodden earth. This I love. This feels like home. … Continue reading In My Field
What it Takes
Have you ever wondered how many stitches it takes to knit a sock? Hm. Well. I did. And so I counted. Or rather approximated. For my recently finished knit sock, which has 7" inches above the heel, and fits my size 9 foot, I counted the rows, then multiplied them by the number of stitches … Continue reading What it Takes
Full…not Busy
I've said it so many times in the past when asked how I'm doing..."Oh I'm so busy!" I'm determined to change this. In recent months however, my life has been defined by a gentle flow, and not a furious frenzy. As I'm getting ready to head back into my life full-throttle (teaching at Redeemer School … Continue reading Full…not Busy
Morning Stitches
I don't often pick up my knitting in the first hour of morning. But when I do, it always speaks to me. After reading and writing a bit, I'm stirred up thinking about all that needs to be done in the day ahead of me. The thought occurs to me: I'll just knit a row … Continue reading Morning Stitches