Life’s phases come in waves, it seems. Deaths, marriages, tragedies and periods of joy are never isolated, but cluster together to what can seem like mutual exclusion. Right now I seem to be in the midst of a deluge of babies. The most recent pair were twins Isaac and Alice, the kids of Jennifer and…
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If I could save time in a bottle……
But there never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do Once you find them. – Jim Croce I spent today in meetings and doing paperwork for the Craft Council. Since becoming Vice Chair (which entails attending both Executive and Board meetings) I appear to be spending an increasingly large…
Summer Past
Because most of my visitors seem to arrive here via the Exploits connection, here’s a pictorial revisiting of last summer’s vacation on the islands. All pictures were taken in August 2010, with my new camera (Sony DSC-HX5V). Enjoy! Summer in Squid Cove A Large Day Home Stars Yellow-legs Dipping Ripple Effect The Dolphin, aka Mary…
Testing, testing…
The project in which I am currently engaged is that of dyeing and spinning fleece, roving and yarns and developing a coherent yarn and fibre product line. By “coherent” I mean products that are related to each other, seem like a unified group of products due to either materials, colour or even just labelling and…
Lurching
I firmly believe that one of the reasons that craftspeople have so many simultaneous projects (and textile artists are particularly guilty of this) is that they are actually ADD on some level and this is the way in which they manage their focussing abilities. I’m definitely a multi-project kind of person. I go through fits…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 