Call of Fall

Β  Listening to the geese overhead going back and forth from the field to the lake. It is the call of Fall. The sound is sometimes deafening, drowning out all other sound. Interesting how sound can change the feeling of something. Today is like any other day, even hot like the middle of July, but... Continue Reading →

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Painting the Poem

Β  Renovating our beloved 111 yr old house, again. This time, the dining room. Room by room we have made this house our home. For 22 years we have lived with no insulation in this room. So out comes the old painted-over panelling, the 50β€˜s wallpaper, the lathe and plaster underneath, the 1960’s ceiling tiles... Continue Reading →

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Round and Round go the Connections

What I love about selling my artwork on line is the connecting that happens. This is a traditional coiled basket but with a shard of beach glass attached. Today I’m sending this teeny ring holder coiled basket to South Korea. A woman there bought it to add to the nature table she is creating for... Continue Reading →

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Good Vibrations

Β  Today I received this wonderful reading from DailyOM. It perfectly explains my new work. Sound Healing Everything in the universe is in a constant state of vibration, including our bodies. Sound is vibration that can be translated by the delicate structures of our inner ear, but it moves more than just those tiny receptors.... Continue Reading →

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A Blue Spruce and Mindfulness

A tree teaches me mindfulness, who’da thunk? Twenty-one years ago we planted a 6 inch spruce seedling which we got free at the fair. We carefully tended it for years, making sure we didn’t run over it with the lawn mower. Last winter I was decorating its sparse branches with Christmas lights and realized that... Continue Reading →

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Over-The-Shoulder-Boulder-Holder

This was my entry into the 2009 Ponemah Beach Central Art Centre's contest, Artful Bra Challenge, a fundraiser for Northeast Palliative Care Program at the Gimli Community Health Centre. I won Best in Show for Over-the-Shoulder-Boulder-Holder make from an upcycled bra sewn with hundreds of lucky stones. Lucky stones are 44 million year old fossils... Continue Reading →

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Words Make a Difference

As I was about to empty the pail of veggie cuttings this morning I was reminded of when I was a child and was asked to β€˜empty the slops’. I hadn’t thought of that word for a long time. Slops. I don’t use that word anymore. I carry out my compost now. It’s the same... Continue Reading →

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Drawers

I love old dressers. I have one in my dining room for storing my table linen and placemat collection (a collection I actually use). One in the basement for storing painting and drywall tools. One in the garage for gardening stuff. One in my studio for hand made paper. One in the family room for... Continue Reading →

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The Basement

I recently heard an old Jerry Seinfeld sketch about stuff.Β  His main point was that all the stuff you bring into your house is, in reality, varying stages of garbage. Ain’t it the truth!Β  You bring something shiny and new into your house and something else seems less shiny as a result. It gets relegated... Continue Reading →

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My First Post

β€œ I want to remind myself and others that our homes can become sacred places, filled with life and meaning.Β  We do not need cathedrals to remind ourselves to experience the sacred.” -Gunilla Norris We all have an invisible space around us. A field of energy which surrounds us and moves with us everywhere. Suppose your... Continue Reading →

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