Suggestions Denis Morton, a favorite yoga instructor of mine on Peloton, begins each lesson with “I make suggestions. You make decisions.” What genius encapsulation of how my life feels. Although, I would conjecture that I both make the suggestions and the decisions about the suggestions. For example, how can I best use my time? I… Continue reading Week in Review 2026 – 01/23
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Week in Review 2026 – 01/16
In or Out Whether my work is in or out isn’t under my control. It is difficult not to get your ego involved when a juror accepts or declines work you have submitted to an exhibition. I have been applying to calls for entries for decades. My work is declined more often than it is… Continue reading Week in Review 2026 – 01/16
Week in Review 2025 – 11/21
Learning I grew up in an academic family where learning is what we did. However, academia is not my thing and learning takes work. It takes bravery to tackle new things. Why? Clearly, there is the possibility of failing or simply being bad. So, why even try? I try because there can also be success.… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 11/21
Week in Review 2025 – 11/14
Waste Not “We don’t waste food in this house. Think of all the starving children in Africa.” Did you ever hear something similar to this when eating lima beans, liver or other food which didn’t appeal to you as a child? When I was a young, I might have said, “well send it to those… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 11/14
Week in Review 2025 – 11/07
Layering Layering season is here, at least where we live just outside of Boston. Today is the first morning that I awoke to freezing temperatures. We keep our home cool in order to do our small bit against global warming. I cope by doning a minimum of four layers and sometimes as many as six.… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 11/07
Week in Review 2025 – 10/31
Show Time It’s show time. Tomorrow is the first day of Cohasset Open Studios. I feel as though I am immersed in a noir mystery. In this case it would begin with “It’s a dark and stormy morning.” Fortunately, the predication for tomorrow is sunny. Hopefully, this will be an incentive for people to take… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 10/31
Week in Review 2025 – 10/17
Clean The phrase, “clean up in aisle 3” keeps running through my head. Why? I’m in cleaning mode. If you were to ask my son our home is always guest ready. Cleaning is not my forte, or more precisely I prefer to do just about anything else. This is in direct conflict with my need… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 10/17
Week in Review 2025 – 10/10
Sharing Sharing does and doesn’t come naturally to me. Writing a weekly blog post, for example, is one way I share. This past Sunday, I went to, much to my son’s amusement, an afternoon event billed by Jocelyn, a fellow artisan, as a Goddess Gathering. She brought together women from all parts of her life,… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 10/10
Week in Review 2025 – 10/03
Lessons How many lessons am I destined to learn? I consider myself a life long learner. However, that can be exhausting. There are times when I just want to coast. Even my fallow periods seem peppered with lessons. Bernina 990 Progress So it goes with the Bernina 990. Everyday I use it, I learn something… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 10/03
Week in Review 2025 – 09/26
Time Crunch I’m in a time crunch this week. So what else is new? Two out of my three days set aside for studio days were completely booked, along with the rest of the week. Sometimes I can use those other days to sneak a few hours of sewing in, not this week. The good… Continue reading Week in Review 2025 – 09/26