. That quilt kept me toasty warm, except for my nose. Being kept warm by the clothes of previous generations was comforting in a way that is difficult to describe. For me, there was a palpable continuity from previous times and peoples through this bedding.
Creating, and Breaking, Life Patterns
by Su Swanne A few years back, as I was growing up emotionally, I read the book Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman. This book provided so much understanding about how my mother was shaped by the lack of a mother, and therefore, how my own life was influenced by her losses. March 2016 is Women’s […]
Resolutions You Can Live With
Last January I wrote a post about the “word” meme that swept across social media posts. My word was infrastructure. I succeeded in imposing some order upon my life. But at the same time I became reacquainted the impermanence of everything. Life’s genie is a trickster and reminds us that all is perspective. Framing 2014 served to reinforce my understanding […]
Japanese Designs from 1860, Animals
While looking for some Victorian line drawings and patterns I stumbled over a book from 1860 that is filled with dozens of prints of mid-19th Century Japanese printed and patterned fabrics. Copyrights have expired for both United States and Japanese copyrights according to the research I did. I have attached titles to the works that […]
The Lithics of Litha
Huh? Well first let me make one or two things perfectly clear. I am not an archaeologist nor am I a Pagan. But I am a woman, so I pay attention to cycles and circles. My iCal app popped up today, reminding me it is Litha, the Summer Solstice. I set the calendar reminder to […]