Category Archives: Thought

Creation

Here is the paradox: At the point in my life in which I find the least time to indulge or express it, I find the impulse, the need, to create is stronger than it has ever been. Now, don’t get … Continue reading

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Good morning

A good morning to you all.  And I mean it. I woke up this morning with a sense that the darkest clouds had passed.  I finished re-reading Rabbi Kushner’s book yesterday afternoon and sat down and had a good cry … Continue reading

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Today’s Thought

“Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.“  –  Oscar Wilde Today, I sit with my pointy sticks, taking stitch after stitch – the clicking is a blessed distraction and activity.  And I think of Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, and … Continue reading

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Mercurial Motion

I had a hunch, so I checked it out and, sure enough, I was right. Mercury went retrograde on January 11th and won’t stop the retrograde motion until February 1st, reaching a full return on February 14th.  Whew! I KNEW … Continue reading

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Minnesota Quilters 2008

I could just have easily titled this post “or How Boyd sought to get his mojo back” because that’s precisely what I’d hoped would happen. I’ve been quilting in fits and spurts since last year and haven’t just connected with … Continue reading

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What a week!

What a great week it has been since I got back from that quilt retreat! Just the best in every way. On Thursday night I realized I had spent more time in my sewing room over the past week than … Continue reading

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You know you’re a real Minnesotan when ….

It’s sometimes hard for me to believe my own self, given that I famously complained after leaving San Francisco to move back to South Florida that I would never live in a cold climate again, but I am as much … Continue reading

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Winter Beauty

If I could explain to you how wondrous the hoar frost looked this morning, I would try to tell you how it looked like a silent hand had passed over the landscape through the night, flocking each bare tree with … Continue reading

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Knitting quote du jour

I am one of those people that when I take up a new hobby, I like to read the “classics” in the field, both so I can get up to speed and so that I don’t appear completely ignorant when … Continue reading

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Four years in the making

  Who ever though that such a “little piece of paper” could have such enormous real and symbolic importance in one’s life? It took four years of serious hard work, from August, 2003 to June, 2007, to earn this degree … Continue reading

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