Tangled Stitch

Hi All!  It's holiday season and I have been working on ornaments and other things for a while so this piece has been sitting waiting for me.  Every once in a while I would look at it and it would beckon me.  Put whatever you are doing on the backburner and come back to me.  It seems to be a metaphor for my life and myself at the moment.  Put whatever you are doing on a backburner and figure out what direction you are going in. This piece brings me peace and joy when I work at it. It silences my mind and makes me believe I'm on a path, on the road.  The rest of my life fills me with questions?  What is my worth?    Will I always be alone?  Will I figure out a way to make money?  Will I finally figure out the road I am supposed to be traveling and where that road is?  I still don't have any answers so therefore anxiety.  The one thing I do know is that I want to fill my life with beauty, peace and love.  How I am...

It's that time of year when all good crafters minds go to Christmas ornaments and everything Christmas.  The Albany Shaker show is up and running until December 14, they are open Monday thru Saturday from 10 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon, closed on Sunday.  Once again there is a room full of wonderful crafts, Christmas decorations and gifts.  Come and give it a look. I am busy making ornaments for my other outlets and busy making scarves and bags for a new venue.  I'll let you know more when I am firmly ensconced. I'm also at the Barn in Burnt Hills this Saturday.  It's a lovely venue and if you would like directions let me know. I have reopened my Etsy shop and will be selling ornaments at the moment.  I have a couple of art shows coming up early next year.  I am so excited about them and have been busy trying to finish the Long And Winding Road in between everything else.  It is really coming along and almost finished.  More ...

Floating   She was floating in the middle of a lake, the most beautiful color of blue she had ever seen. The water was so still and serene.   The lake was surrounded by tiny white crystals of sand, the beautiful smooth feeling sand of the tropics not the coarse sand of the Northeast.     As she was floating she could see all way down to the bottom, seeing the reflection of the small pebbles on the bottom in the sun.   She was out there alone, immobile in peace.   She had nowhere to go, nobody to see, no responsibilities at the moment.   She was in complete peacefulness.   A beautiful serenity enveloped her.   She had such a beautiful time floating around aimlessly drinking in all the beauty.   She was floating far enough out there where nothing could reach her except a cool, gentle breeze.   She felt so safe and secure out there floating around.   It was as if nothing could reach her and she could just find a mo...

I Need You   I need you to be here to pick me up when I fall, I need you to be here when I hear the children cry, I need you to be here when I see the waters overflow the shoreline, I need you to tell me it will not start raining and never stop, I need you to kiss the back of my neck and remind me that I am loved, Unconditionally, totally. I need you here in body not just in spirit. I need you when I see the connections everywhere and do not understand what they mean, I need you to find me when I am lost. I need you to bring me to heaven on earth. I need you to remind me that everything will be all right while the world collapses around us. While children go hungry, while woman are victimized, when our brothers are angry and need comfort themselves. Show me you are real when I need to believe in something. We all need to believe in something. We are all one and when one of us is in chaos we are all in chaos. I need you when I look into the eye...

My internet is out of order and I am at Panera, so me and my cardinal friend are here to sing a pretty little bird song for you. No matter what is happening in your life, hang in there like an ornament on a Christmas tree filled with the promise of a happy new day.  Tomorrow or an hour from now is always a new beginning.

All attempts to get a "real" life are failing, so I am surrendering to the stitch.  This is the Long and Winding Road, I've been working on it for a couple of days trying desperately to get into ornament mode.  Resistance is futile.  Seriously all attempts at trying to find a real life are failing.  A man(online dating sucks), a job(just too many people with "real" experience looking for them), writing a novel(or a song, a poem or a to do list). Fail, fail, fail.  So I'm going to turn off my computer(good idea Deb) and hand embroider.  I'm surrendering to the big kahuna in the sky and praying that an answer will drop down and take hold soon but in the meantime I am doing my version of gone fishing.  Gone embroidering, see you soon. P.S. BTW the writing is sort of coming back I am able to make jokes about my plight so that is an improvement.

Lotus   Breathe in, breathe out The beauty of the petals Floating on the water peacefully.   Breathe in, breathe out Peacefulness, peacefulness In and Out Clarity   A simple little lotus Blossoming on the water Breathe in, breathe out Peace.