Fish Photos

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I love how the more spiritually minded one is the more one is open to embrace all the good around them. This fish graced the space that held the conference on spirituality I attended, and set me to musing about how when we subjugate materiality in favor of spirituality, we see more of the radiance … Read more

Visiting Harvard and a Card Company

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This weekend I am in Boston for a yearly conference on spirituality. I’m staying on Harvard Square in the beautiful lace bedroom of friends I hadn’t met yet. Blog readers (thank you Erwin and Anne!) set me up to meet Helen Eddy (yes, a distant relative of Asa Eddy’s) who has been in the handmade … Read more

My Two New Mixed Media Paintings

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Ridgefield Guild of Artists (click here) has a fundraiser each year where artists create work around a common stencil, and then these are contributed as a fundraiser. Last year the theme was coffee cups, and this year it is the town fountain. Here are the two mixed media works I made yesterday for this purpose. … Read more

My Ecumenical Friends

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I have to say I am blessed with some wonderful ecumenical friends. I’ve had the privilege of representing my church on our town’s clergy association for many years now, even serving two years as president. All eighteen of these people are excellent. I love this photo which I took yesterday of our local Rabbi and … Read more

Happy Halloween

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Happy Halloween. Today my thirteen year old daughter was a skunk, my sixteen year old son was Jesus, and my eighteen year old daughter for the first time did not dress up, surprised to find it repugnant to be anything other than herself. Me? I wore the beloved orange. All but the top two of … Read more

My Orange Felted Bag

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I made this felted bag for my mother a few years ago, and this summer when I helped downsize their belongings and move them to smaller accommodations, I inherited it back. It is perfect for carrying in the months of October and November, and probably only then. Astute friends and blog readers have noticed it … Read more

Still Behind / James’ Food

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Well, I’ve been back for a month and the promises I made here have not come to fruition. I thought I’d catch up quickly on my return and that just hasn’t happened. It was taking me so long to edit my pictures from my month away that I then got behind on current content. So … Read more

Art by Others

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Last weekend, I went to two local art shows which I probably would have had art in if I hadn’t been away this fall. Last Friday night, my husband and I enjoyed the buffet reception at the SCAN art show, and then on Sunday, after a lovely lunch out just the two of us, we … Read more

Five Top Ribbons

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My sixteen year old son and thirteen year old daughter entered work in four different divisions at the 4H Fair yesterday and they won the Best in Division in all four. (This is for work over the previous year and the entries were anonymous.) My daughter also walked away with the Best in Show! See … Read more