Red Cedar
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September promises…..
I know I’m the odd one out on this – but the late-summer always gets me down a little bit. The blowsiness of gardens spun out and seeding, the malaise of all new projects put off “until the fall”. I feel like a late-summer… Continue Reading “September promises…..”
When quitting is getting ahead.
I had a total sewing fail this week – wonky dress pattern with at least one wrong-sized piece from the manufacturer – and a plaid I didn’t have enough of to match up properly so the dress bodice came out looking strange. I never… Continue Reading “When quitting is getting ahead.”
Re-branding.
This just seems like such a weird topic for a personal blog – but I am thinking that after eight years of blogging (more than 1300 posts on this blog alone, plus two other blogs) – it might be time for some personal rebranding.… Continue Reading “Re-branding.”
Sunday Morning Sappho (1)
On first reading, I think the best possible way to encounter Sappho is lying abed on a lazy, late-summer morning and taking the fragments in with as much languor as the scene implies. So beautiful and brief. So desirous and ruined. One pictures Sappho… Continue Reading “Sunday Morning Sappho (1)”
Cramming it in.
You would think that being on holidays and all I would have lots of time for blog posts. But this is simply not the case. Since returning from Victoria we have thrown a dinner party, I finished sewing a dress, drove to Keremeos and… Continue Reading “Cramming it in.”
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