Musings of a Creative Mind
A Creative Strike I awoke with a start at 5:30 am. These words kept prodding at my brain, wanting to get out. I have had moments like this before, where […]
Archive / The Big Picture
RSS feed for this sectionTaking Big Leaps
I knew my partner’s death was inevitable. I, like everyone else, had no real knowledge of a timeline for that eventuality. But I was pretty confident we were not going […]
Grief and a Cat
The world of grief is a lonely place. I don’t like to visit it often, but I do know I have to go there at times. It’s a solitary journey […]
2019 Whatcha Got for Me?
Trigger Warning: This is some of my truth about grief What will 2019 hold for me? 2018 was challenging for sure. Some could say I would have every right to […]
A Tribute to my Mother
Finally Released From Alzheimer’s A Tribute to Kathleen O’Flaherty March 12, 1942-Nov 30, 2017 This is not one of my normal posts and has little to do directly with my […]
De-Stashing the Inherited Fabric – Part 2
I started with the books. Previously I wrote about my journey with my mother who has Alzheimer’s and inheriting her large fabric stash. I have spent many months working on […]
The Best Reason to Own Art
Why do we buy Art? When we consider the number of households in Canada and the number of rooms in a home, it adds up to millions of pieces decorating […]
Alzheimer’s, Loss, and Inherited Fabric: What do you do with it all? – Part 1
Alzheimer’s sucks, that’s the first thing I need to get off of my chest. I miss my mother. My mother was a huge part of my life. We were best […]
Fibreshed and How to Bring the 100-mile Diet to Fibre Arts
Earlier this month, I learned a new word: fibreshed. It happened when I took some time for professional development and attended a live webinar on Natural Dyeing in the Fibre […]
What was that judge thinking?
Scoping out how a judge determines the top quilt at a show. When we speak of inspiration, we don’t often think of attending lectures and professional development. It really it […]
