A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Dec 2nd, 2011
“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.” – William F. Buckley, Jr. The problem with weaving is it can be very sedentary. I’m working on trying to get out for a […]
Posted in Our Life on Aug 21st, 2011
“When you live your life with an appreciation of coinci-dences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.” – William James Wow! What a couple of weeks I have had with all manner of things in life and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon! 0
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Jul 8th, 2011
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” – Flora Whittmore I haven’t had much to espouse about on the MM front, though that is not to say that a lot doesn’t continue to happen – good and bad. I enjoyed Sean Murray’s recent posting at The Beacon. Just to validate […]
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”- Thomas Merton Sorry I haven’t been posting lately! It has been a wonderfully busy time for me! I have been taking a weaving class from Robyn Lynde of Meridian Jacobs farm in Dixon, CA. The class, my friend Kathi and I took, […]
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams It’s been another busy week of exploring things. Sometimes I feel like I’ve gotten a lot done and other times I feel like there is just so much to do. I did four scarfs (one didn’t make […]
“Ask and you shall receive.” – Many spiritual teachings What a whirlwind week! But I can’t help but be over the top excited about how quickly things have come to pass. Imagine a simple, tiny, little thought, so many years ago, “Oh, I would like to do that,” has turned into a HUGE reality for […]
“Life can have challenges that seem to be trying to crush the soul. Art reminds us that it is simply impossible to destroy the essentials of who you are – an artist, a creator of beautiful things.” – Lori Puente Before Dave got sick, I still had some dreams I hoped to embark on. One […]
“Remember, you are an Essential Artist. Weaving is an essential art.” – Dena (our instructor) What she meant, essentially (ha ha couldn’t resist) is that there are some artistic endeavors that are essential to survival: clothing to wear, pottery to eat off of, etc. That we, as creative individuals are taking something we need and […]
