I feel like I have just run a marathon. My head is pounding, my arms are tight, and the adrenaline is waning. All of this was caused by drilling holes into ten little 4 mm pearls. For many years now I have strung pearls for a dear friend of mine in Tulsa. Granddaughter by granddaughter, [...]

I am two weeks away from a huge political crescendo in Wisconsin (see FC, but really only if you must) and all I can think of is sewing. I haven’t done any sewing for fun in a lot of years. My last pull-out-my-hair project was someone’s prom dress where we redesigned the bodice. It turned [...]

Here it is: I must say I had more trouble putting the pieces together than I expected. I finally settled on sewing them together with a brass wire. It seems sturdy enough, but I’ll confess I’ve been gluing rhinestones back in today. They weren’t pleased with all the extra handling.

It happens every season. One day you wake up in the middle of summer and think, “I want butternut squash soup.” Or you wake up in the middle of winter and demand, “I want to roll in basil now!” Today’s my day. I spent the entire weight lifting session telling my trainer about all the [...]