I have to admit, I doubted whether or not I’d find things about catching influenza A that fit into my “there always something that makes me happy” philosophy, but even as I’m still in the throes of th...

When I started to write again it was with the intention of reminding myself, and others, to look for the things that make us happy. These days it’s easy to run across things that make us angry, sad, ...

I’ve only made a few memory quilts, and they are both my favorite and least favorite quilts to make. Knit material is not fun to me, it requires extra steps and attention, lots can go wrong. And whe...

I love to put things in jars. I spent a lot of time this weekend rearranging my cabinets, taking inventory of all the food we’ve put up. Much of it we’ve grown ourselves, like the tomatoes, carrots, ...

I love to put things in jars. I spent a lot of time this weekend rearranging my cabinets, taking inventory of all the food we’ve put up. Much of it we’ve grown ourselves, like the tomatoes, carrots, ...

Wednesday was a powerful day for me. I wasn’t on vacation, didn’t go anywhere special. Meetings during the day were productive, but not groundbreaking. The dogs didn’t do any worthy of starting their...

I hate it when that happens! I spend hours, days, sometimes weeks preparing for a project. The pieces are all laid out, iron is hot, I’m buzzing along. Sew…press…sew…press…sew…why does it look like that? Yep, that’s wrong. So now what. In quilting the stitch ripper is your friend. Not because any