I have two new Grandpigs: Luna, the fluffy one, and Phoebus, the orange and white one. The world seems to be going to hell in a hand basket, but these little faces fill my heart with love, hope, and joy. I will look for those things wherever I can.

In December we held a wedding reception for my son and his wife, who eloped in May. I made the dress for her and this is my favorite photo from 2024.

The second piece in my For the World show was “Harmonization of the World.” Using all natural dyes, raw silk, walnut dyed silk, wool with felted wool decorations, and reeds that I picked and bent into a circle, she represents the time when we lived with the land and the animals around us.

Ten years ago I had a one woman show entitled “For the World.” I used women I knew from the Grand Rapids Women’s Chorus as my models. Everything is made out of silk that I dyed and stitched into place. This piece is the “Beginning of the World.” I’ll be sharing a piece every day.

Guinea pigs make the world a better place.