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Crafting Quality - Shopping for Materials at “Craft Stores”
I am a Maker. That is…I make things. From raw materials, I create jewelry, yarn, candles, herbal oils and lotions and incense ..stuff like that. And I care that what I create is made with attention to both quality of workmanship as well as materials. A LOT of materials available at ‘Craft Stores’ these days does NOT meet my ( Read more... ) -
Been A While
A whole buttload of things have happened and not happened and should have happened and some will resolve and some won't. A fucking LOT. This is a test post to see what kind of readership is still on LJ before I switch to something like Wordpress.
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A Pause for Appreciation
In taking a moment to review the year just passed, marked by Mother’s Day, I didn’t know that last year would be my last as a stepmother, last as a wife, last as a life partner, last as anything other than myself. I gave and it was not enough, some would say I gave too much, and they would be right. Others would never be satisfied, and I am ( Read more... ) -
Cognitive Dissonance...There Is More Than Just One Kind
All this crap about the Fox New segment that ‘pokes fun’ or just generally displays total ignorance about Wicca and Paganism, has me just shaking my head. In what world does getting them to issue an apology actually change anything? It’s not like you change THEIR minds. Those people, in spite of what they say, are NOT journalists; they’re not ( Read more... ) -
The "Unnamed Quilt Project"
Been awhile. Holiday décor necessitated all my sewing/quilting stuff be crammed into the closet upstairs to make room for the tree and the various other stuffs that accompany decorating for the season. I missed it. Bad. Now the holiday décor has been trunked and dragged back up to the attic for the year ( Read more... ) -
Creative Pay It Forward 2013
I am participating in the Creative Pay it Forward this year. Here are my first two. I used Waterfall by Lyon Homespun yarn:
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A Garden of Angels
When we see children playing, shrieking with joy, we smile. We see ourselves, younger, with our whole lives ahead of us, mostly untouched by evil and hardship. When we hug a child, we accept and reciprocate unconditional love at its purest.
When we see violence, we recoil from it. We do this BECAUSE somewhere in our minds and hearts we cannot ( Read more... ) -
I Hope the World DOES End on 12/21/12
I hope the world as we know it DOES end on 12/21/12. I hope the world that has war, greed, hatred, injustice, bigotry and oppression DIES a speedy, complete death and when we greet the Light of the New Day, we greet a world where PEOPLE matter, not wealth, not oil, not politics, but PEOPLE, their dreams, their hard work matter.
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Thanksgiving Made of Win....and Pie
Well, this Thanksgiving was epic! Normally we drive to Robb’s mom’s house in Morristown. A couple years ago we all met at his ex-wife Kelly’s house (Curtis and Zac’s Mom - the SANE one, not the inmate) and had an extended family Thanksgiving which was also nice.
This year, I decided to cook for everybody at my house. That started Monday. I did ( Read more... )