Travel
Fall Foliage, part two
Sept. 24th was cloudy, and it was raining on and off. Mom and I were out running errands, and I thought she might like to see some scenery before we went home. I-88 is a beautiful drive any time of Read more
Travel
Fall Foliage, part one
The leaves are changing here in central New York state, especially when you go up higher into the mountains. Mom and I took a drive to the covered bridge in Delhi this afternoon. It was beautiful. This was the first Read more
Textiles
Leg wraps for edema and lymphedema
A friend with lymphedema got me to make her some woven leg wraps. They’ve worked out so well for her that she’s convinced me to take commissions for other people who might get some relief from them. I normally wouldn’t Read more
Milestones
Moving-In Day
Hello friends! I’m writing this from my new home in upstate New York, in the Catskills. I’m in a lovely small town which I haven’t gotten to explore much yet. It’s beautiful here. We moved because New York state has Read more
Uncategorized
Packing Trick for Moving House
Mom and I are moving next week, from North Central Florida to central New York state. I’ll write more about it when I have time; I definitely will, as I’ll be spending a few days in a hotel while I Read more
Textiles
My Fiber Arts Journey
I feel like I’ve written parts of this before, but I can’t find it. So here you go. Again. It started in the early 1980s. When I was about six, I discovered the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read more
Events
Coming in October: Fiber Arts and the Occult
On October 29th, 2025, I’ll be giving a talk over Zoom about the history of fiber arts in the occult. I had researched the subject for a friend’s podcast a few years ago that never got recorded, and I’m going Read more
Art
Six months already?
I haven’t written a blog post or updated my site in six months. Depression took over in November and didn’t leave until the last few weeks. Winter is always rough, but it seemed worse than usual this year. Maybe because Read more
Stationery
Fountain Pen Day 2024
The Orlando Pen Club had a meetup today for the annual Fountain Pen Day (Nov 1st), and I drove down to attend. I’d talked to a few of the members online, but this was my first meeting. There was around Read more
Stationery
The Saga of the Vanishing Point
Over a dozen years ago, when I was married, I bought a Pilot Vanishing Point fountain pen in the “stealth” color — all matte black, including the nib, which is an extra-fine. It’s a very nice pen. Back then I Read more