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Book Drawing
The Last Bird Sings is a story within a story and the form is much loved in European Literature. It contains excerpts of my life along with my understanding of these events in the long scope of my life; how they have shaped me into who it is I am. How and why I view…
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Morning Sun Dance
It sometimes is very hard to convince someone that what you see is really so. What I have seen are icicles on the pines. We are in Florida so this was difficult for those close to me to believe . This morning I ran for my cell phone which I do not clearly understand…
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A Toast From My Heart
Let us drink in the sight of each other and let loose those preconceived dreams keeping us from breathing in the essence of the New Year. With these we will face a blessedness comparable to none. Come, drink and be merry. We will welcome one another forever more and be glad. Salut! Photo by Joe…
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Trading Wall Quilts
For my readers who have requested a photo of Maria Wulf’s wonderful wall quilt that she had offered to trade for one of mine, this is the marvelous quilt. I love it and do not tire of looking at it. I find new images all the time. She is a gifted artist…
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My God And Me
Be Still . . . . . . . . . Be still, this too shall pass and let me tell you why. The blue waters you take for granted may dry up……. and the grass beneath your feet will crunch like your breakfast cereal. You may not live to see another snowfall you have…
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Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies
It was almost three quarters of a century ago that I was relegated to the kitchen at the age of 12 years to cook for my farm family because I could not work in the fields. I became sick (turned green) in the sun and my mother took my place in the fields and I, …
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Lessons Need Repeating
Sometimes things happen and one does not know quite how things either took a decided turn or what we did to make something happen. It seems that since I decided what I wanted to do with my wall quilts, life happened or intervened and Poof! my plans went astray. I relearned several things though. One…
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New Surroundings
To those of you who have been following my blog and wondering when or if I would return, we are now established in our new surroundings in St. Johns, Florida. Driving into the southern parts of these United States from West Virginia down, I could only find one word to describe my beloved evergreens in…
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SMALL COMFORT
In the case of young women who have cracked glass ceilings, I wish to remind them that generations of women have prepared partners for them who wish to parent their children. That there were women free of commitments or those who shrugged those commitments to do what they felt was theirs over the years was…
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Kiss The Moon Winner
I am pleased to announce that the winner of the drawing of Kiss The Moon is Luanne Thulstrup who is from the Northwest. I wish to thank all those who entered and viewed my work. And I wish to thank Maria Wulf for her generous offer to speak of the drawing on Full Moon Fiber…