"Art is not a thing; it is a way." -- Elbert Hubbard More newish work.  I enjoy mixing hard with soft materials, but I'll be darn if I can figure out how to ship a fence.  Okay, I know how, but the box will be bigger than me. And the expense of it!  Well, sometimes an...

"Art is not about thinking something up.  It is the opposite -- getting something down."  -- Julia Cameron Who coined the term scarflette?  I use the term when marketing certain work on Etsy, as it is obviously a common term on the site.  But isn't this piece re...

"It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference."  -- Tom Brokaw Meet Mary.  She won't give you her exact age, she just says she's younger than God and older than me.  Mary is one of the dozens of seniors I have met in the past yea...

"Home is where the heart is and hence a movable feast." --  Angela Carter Yesterday I left my mother's house for the last time.  It was the house where I grew up.   I knew its every knook and cranny, every sound, and every quirk.  But without Mom, it ceased to b...

"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start.  So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake.  I feel better already."  --  Dave Barry Some pieces flow easily out of the studio, while others are a s...

"There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up."  -- Oscar Wilde Things.  I'm finding it remarkably hard to let go of things.  For me things hold far more memory than photos, though I have plenty of those too.
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" It's  sad  for a girl to reach the age Where men consider her charmless, But it's worse for a man to attain the age Where the girls consider him harmless ." - - Anonymous I was looking for a quote on sorrow and came across this one.  Instead of poignancy, I brin...

"Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."  --  Kevin Arnold When under stress the first thing to go is my memory.  I have been trying to remember every detail of my mom, but there is so much I can't ...

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What!  You too?  Thought I was the only one."  --  C.S. Lewis RATS!!! I repeat - RATS! RATS! RATS!   This has been a very difficult week.  I vacillate from family rock to puddle of...

"A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones." -- the Bible / Book of Proverbs I spent the better part of the past two days knitting a sock.  Just one sock.  I'd knit, make a mistake, rip, and knit again.  The heel alone took 8 attemp...