Creative Frugality, Continued: Granddaughter’s Ripped Jeans, Meet Sashiko Stitching. . .

Some of you may remember that I took a class in Sashiko Stitchinga few years ago and then a few months later played around with mending some sweaters using this technique.  Since then, I’ve become…

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Creative Frugality, of Mending and Making and Finding Joy

I was halfway through a post about the lead-up — the Advent — to this Christmas, this holiday season in which Covid-19 has toppled all our expectations. . .  I’d included some laments but moved…

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Too Early for a Christmas Tree? I Say, Bring on the Lights!

Yes, 2020 finally broke me. . . But not the way you might be thinking. . . It’s just that after a lifetime of refusing to bring a tree in the house before December 15th…

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Friday Becomes Saturday. . . of (Momentary) Sadness and Purpose and Simple Pleasures . . . and Aging. . .

Friday, I wrote this. . . after deleting two other half-hearted attempts that my very vocal inner critic deemed banal or overly self-indulgent. . .  Today is tough. No single reason, nor any serious one.…

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November Happiness — a Modest Achievement

AND. . . . it’s November. . . Big doings on the horizon, and let’s all hope they bring positive change to see the year out. . . The calendar’s turned a page; the clock’s…

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