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Friends, Family, and Food on Friday
(Because I'm All About Alliteration!)FRIENDS!Janet, Sally, and I had a flurry of fun texts this morning, beginning with what we were up to, when we would meet next, and the meaning of the word...
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The Silver Linings
A day of traveling drama:The TSA x-ray girl at PDX yelled, "PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" Ok, don't shoot.I spilled my entire chai latte right after buying it.Our Delta flight out of PDX was delayed. We...
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Ah, San Miguel!
Revisiting my old friend San Miguel de Allende.The lovely courtyard of Hotel Monteverde.the first day we got out and about, all manner of businesses were busy preparing for Days of the Dead with...
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Early Day of the Dead
The Days of the Dead begin tonight, but last night, being a festive Friday, San Miguel got an early start on the celebrating.An extra large catrina on display in one of San Miguel's elegant shops. At...
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Dancing in remembrance
Our ofrenda at Hotel Monteverde, San Miguel de Allende.Tonight is the night we welcome back our loved ones for a visit into this world. This is a long cherished tradition in Mexico and other parts of...
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The busy beehive of my mind - Los colores de México
I am back home from Mexico three/four days now. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday were filled with busy things to do, now I'm on my own time and inspired to go in too many directions at once, and at the same...
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Yesterday and then some
I was having one of those days yesterday:searching and searching for something, feeling stuck, blaming it on the cat, and then finding it where it was supposed to be all along.Finally I could get to...
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Jaral de Berrio
Onto more reminiscing about the trip to México:Our dear friend Jan, who now lives in San Miguel, took us to the ex-hacienda Jaral de Berrio, two or so hours north of San Miguel. Traces of its past...
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Rob's Quilt - finally finished!
The "family" quilt I started for Rob last year is finally finished! I gave the pieced top to him last Christmas, then got it quilted and finished just in time for our wedding anniversary this year!...
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Thread doodling
The snowy days around here have inspired some thread doodling!These doodles have in turn inspired some doodling samples to share with my students at Art & Soul. I'll be teaching Thread Doodling in...
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What I bought at Blick today
Waited and waited for the winter Back-to-School sale at Blick so that I could use my coupon! I've really been wanting to try absorbent ground for using watercolor and gouache, so I filled my little...
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This year's plan book
For the past few years I've been using those pre-printed plan books that you can buy at the office supply stores. I bought a mini binder to put the refill pages in. I liked using them - sort of....
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Snow dogs
I do so love my pups! Here is a journal page of Rattie's first time in the snow, a week or so ago.This page was smeared with layers of acrylic paints, scraped and scribbled into while the paint was...
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Distraction
Today was a powerful day and there is much to say but I can't take the time to say it just now. I will just say this:This is a distraction. It takes me nowhere near my deepest goals. Why am I doing...
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About that previous post: Apologies to my friends who read this and were worried that I might be going off the deep end. I'm not. Or maybe I am, but in a good way. Going off the deep end not to...
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Yvonne Porcella
This morning I learned that Yvonne Porcella had passed away on Saturday. Yvonne was a bona fide pioneer and legend in the art quilting world, and a big inspiration to me. Following are the journal...
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Making stuff, low-tech style
Over the past month I have been frustrated with technology, slowed down by a printer that needed to be replaced, then applications and software that randomly work improperly. Isn't technology supposed...
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Red Riding Hood
What better to make with a fabric collection called Lil Red, than a Storybook doll of Red Riding Hood?Sweet!This doll was truly inspired by the fabrics, so irresistible to me that I worked almost...
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Getting to the Heart of it: Pieces of Africa quilt
For all of the work that I make, there is work that goes more to the heart of what I want to do. It is work that is more personal, or more ambitious. Sometimes it wants to speak to a broader...
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Portland Art & Soul Part 1
Art & Soul 2016, PDX edition, took place last week. Hard to believe it's already Thursday the week after and I have been rushing from one need-to-do activity to the next, not having time to post...
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Art & Soul Portland, Part 2, and a Birthday
Another look at last week's art and soul classes. I taught Thread Doodling on Wednesday evening. Students did some practice with sketches I provided, then worked on their own compositions:I love how...
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The Adventures of Scared Girl, Episode 1
She came to me all at once in a daydream one day, about a month or so ago. An alter-ego, a means of expression. And so, without further ado, the debut...She'll be around every now and again. Until...
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Sweet Magnolia
LONG Story short: We are moving.Although the circumstances surrounding this move are far from wonderful, I am at peace with it, and even excited to move forward.As with any move, though, we will be...
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this and that
Mostly my life looks like this right now:PACKING! Taking apart the studio - which was just so recently refined in its organization! But, I am excited about the NEW SPACE we are moving to!!! I can't...
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Moving Day 1: Suddenly Sentimental
Feeling boxed in?Charlene found sanctuary in the midst of all this chaos:Yesterday we signed on the dotted line and got the keys to our NEW PLACE! SO EXCITING! We got busy right away moving 4 loads...
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