I sat in the waiting room for the final appointment with my surgeon last week. The lamp on the table beside me was on even though it was daytime and fairly bright in the fluorescent hospital lighting. It struck me as odd, to have a lamp in a waiting room that was already lit with overhead … Continue reading Light in the Waiting Room
Tag: writings
Kollage Kick
I've been on a kollage kick lately! I love getting out of my usual drawing mode for excursions in collage. Here's a process you might like to try sometime: 1. Swipe some watercolor or acrylic around on a blank page in your sketchbook. 2. While that's drying, choose papers in colors that echo the colors … Continue reading Kollage Kick
Let Go
I woke up this morning with these words in my head: "Sometimes we have to let go of the original plan in order to allow the newer, cooler design to come out." I was remembering meeting some new folks on Sunday, having lunch with the couple after church. The young gal had a crocheted purse that was lovely. I commented on it … Continue reading Let Go
Where I Sit…
You might enjoy meandering over to my drawing/art blog to read about an amaryllis that's been blooming above me on the piano. It certainly speaks of knitting too! Click Here to read it! Have an Artful Day!
Where I Sit…
From where I sit, here in my studio sunroom, an amaryllis blooms above me. It sits on the piano grinning broadly at me while I knit, draw, write. It has been there a while, maybe a month or more. For the longest time, an inch of green shoot sat nestled in the loam. I watched … Continue reading Where I Sit…
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
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
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