Tangled Stitch

Instead of speaking about my work today I think I would rather talk about the planet and the universe. It seems like the world is falling apart at the seams. Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods. Add that to the wars and the absence of peace and I think maybe our planet is under the weather. I'm not really one who is knowledgeable about global warming but I am rather spiritual so I'm wondering if all these water related mishaps are the planet crying over the loss of humanity. As I've mentioned before I blog on a politics site to keep my opinions seperated from my work as to not offend.(everyone is offended both for and against it seems) but there are just some days when I see the connection of everything in the universe and today was one of those days. More death and destruction in Iraq, more tears, more excuses. IMO there are no excuses for this terrible war that has really upset the apple cart of the world. Too much unnecessary death. Now we come to the floods and the...

Sometimes it feels like forever. I was on vacation this week and I turned 48. Not handling the 48 very well for a couple of reasons. My mom died when she was 48, she's officially been gone half my life as I was 24 when she died so I guess you could say 48 is a cruel number in the nostalgia department. On the up side I'm healthier then she was at my age. Although after a week of vacation from my work, from my diet and from structure I don't feel very healthy. I think the reason why my birthday hits me in varying degrees of depression because it's at the end of summer, a couple of weeks and it's all over. And being in the beautiful upstate part of NY I can honestly say we've had maybe about 2 weeks of summer if you lump all the hot days together. We went to the track in Saratoga a couple of days. I didn't win but had a pretty good time anyway. We also went to Cooperstown to the Baseball Hall of Fame. I recommend it to anyone who reads my blog(the th...

Hi All, I have been on a creative roll but no pictures yet. Hopefully by tomorrow I will have some new ones for you. I am still working on my face, although I have finished a few purses and eyeglass cases to replace the ones that I sold last week in the coop. One of the purses came out very lovely. It is gold thread on white silk with bead flowers. I will take a picture. This is a very exciting time here in Saratoga County. The racetrack is open and there are tourists everywhere, I kind of like them as I was one myself not too long ago. Since the coop is very close to Saratoga I am hoping upon hope that some of the track patrons will come by our beautiful art coop. If you are in a hotel room somewhere it is in Ballston Spa and you can find out about it at the link. See you soon. Keep stitchin. I'll be back soon with some new pictures of my work and hopefully a little bit more about the process.

I am known for my doozies of a dream life. One of my previous dreams prompted me to give up everything I'd known for 10 years and move to my new home where I've never been happier. Syncronicity is my best friend too. Next time I have a lot of time I'll share the story of how and why I believe in my dreams so much. But for now suffice it to say that I had a doozie last night. Before I went to bed the verse your dreams are a wish your heart makes when you are first asleep popped into my head and wouldn't pop out, so I wrote it in my journal. Then I wrote that my dream was of being a successful artist, wife and mother. Then I wrote in my journal that it was time to stop giving up pieces of my life to my family that I love with all my heart but they are no longer with us. I don't think it is fair to our long departed love ones for us their loss loss from to keep us from our dreams. I'm a basically self saboteur from way back in my childhood. Not only do I ...

Hi All! Apologies to anybody who reads my blog and realizes I haven't been blogging very much lately. It's been very hot and very humid and I have fibromyalgia and a nasty case of the summertime blues. I was away a few days last week and I don't know if it is the heat or the humidity or the lack of sleep or all of the above but I've been very fatigued, achy and grumpy the last few days. Don't even feel like stitchin. I've been in puzzle mode mostly. Whenever I am troubled or not feeling well I break out the old Penny Press Variety Puzzles. I like the Places, Please and the Crostics puzzles the best. When I say I'm in puzzle mode I mean I can sit for hours upon hours doing puzzles. It keeps my mind busy but does very little for me otherwise. Something about the dog days of summer just brings out the worst in me. I have no idea now maybe its the looming of my birthday in the middle of the month. When your birthday falls in the middle of August it...