Thinking about Color

We are heading into our grand two weeks of fall here in Texas, and it’s got me thinking about color more and more. Ok I joke a bit, fall is longer than two weeks, it’s just interspersed with more days of summer so it’s not really a coherent season,…

A new way to look at I can’t

How many times have we all said those words: I can’t. I don’t know about you but I do it all the time. I use those words constantly. About a lot of things. I am starting to realize the many facets of I can’t and what it is doing…

Stitching through the Sorrow

In times of great sorrow, we turn to many things in life to deal with that sorrow.  This weekend I dealt with the loss of two friends, one very close, the other was the husband of a close friend.  I am about at my breaking point this year.  There…

One foot in front of the other…

I see a lot of people post on social media these days about ‘adulting’.  While I abhor that word, I’m not even sure it really is a word, I completely comprehend the sentiment.  There is the list of things that I really want to be doing, and then there’s…

Starting Over

Well I think it was John Lennon who said “Life is what happens when we are busy making plans.” Boy he was not kidding. My whole existence got derailed by a major health issue. I am doing better now; not out of the woods completely but well enough that…

Slow and Steady Wins the Day

It’s both an old British saying, and the name of Tula Pink’s latest fabric line.  She has mentioned that part of the name refers to working steadily towards a goal, and that steady work will get you to the finish line eventually.

If you have been reading through the blog,…

Eating the Elephant One Bite at a Time

Hear that?  That ugly, groaning sound?  That’s the sound of my calendar sagging under the weight of my to-do list.  I’m a list maker.  I have lists of lists.  I use lists for a variety of purposes.  The obvious use is to actually function as a list.   The not…