I have been meaning to tell you how much I love Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift From The Sea. I tried to read it once when I was in college by the sea, but never finished it. I put it to my ear and could not hear the ocean. This time, it seemed to roar. I...
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I ordered an image printed on a bamboo block for a client like these and I am officially hooked! They come in every size imaginable. When I get some time, I’m going to order several of the Cuppa images to sell in this small size featured in the video below.
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*”I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them–with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.” -Eudora Welty *Love this post from Poppytalk. Wooden wine boxes...
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I believe that God is love regardless of the name that appears on the door of our respective places of worship. I believe that things that are done out of hate are not of love, and not of God. I believe we are all so very similar under our skin. I wanted to include this...
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I’m already thinking about fun things to do when it’s cold and snowy. Wouldn’t it be fun to make some of these? This book and these dolls were featured today on Purl Soho’s blog Purl Bee. Hat tip to the lovely Purl Bee blog.
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On Sunday nights, I often feel a little depressed that I didn’t finish my completely unrealistic weekend to-do list. I know that it’s ambitious on Friday, but the promise of having two days without a suit and without being in my car is so exciting that I pile on the plans for all that I...
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We have a neighbor from Scotland. He’s in his 80′s and is the most lovely man. His is the first house in the neighborhood we go to on Halloween. My husband shovels his driveway when it snows. When his wife of 50 years passed a few years ago, we attended the funeral. My daughter was...
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I used to watch soap operas. The older people in the South call them My Stories or My Programs. I’ve started thinking of The Moth.org, Radiolab and StoryCorps as “my stories.” I listen to them late at night on my headphones while I edit and the rest of the house sleeps. This was my favorite...
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