Mission Possible 2008: the stash exposed

A few years ago at the annual January sale at my LYS (Local Yarn Shop for non-knitters), I overheard one woman say to her friend, “If I die suddenly, make sure you get into that…

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someday coherence?

Reading Laurie Ricou’s Salal: Listening for the Northwest Understory, I find this quotation from poet and essayist Kim Stafford’s book The Muses Among Us: “coherence is born of random abundance” (31). Random abundance! I love…

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still thinking about paintings and life

Out for a run after posting about my paintingsyesterday, I started thinking about a couple of smaller marine paintings we bought years ago while living in Prince Rupert. We gave one as a wedding gift…

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some paintings in my life

I’m so enjoying the comments on my post about food memoriesthat I’m a bit reluctant to have something new here potentially shutting down that conversation. Please, if you haven’t commented there yet and have a…

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cooking up some memories

Apropos of wanting what I have, I am so enjoying the simplicity of steel-cut oats, brought to a boil and then simmered in salted water for 15 or 20 minutes, served with milk and a…

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