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Knit For Yourself Tonight

The post office has put their foot down! Nothing I send will arrive before Christmas, not if shipped now. It’s alright. No need to panic. I got my orders out on time, today being the last day that anyone wanting a teddy bear would have him by Christmas. I didn’t pressure myself this year. I […]

Put Down Your Phone And Pick Up Pennies

So, Phillip and I decided to try something new this year. And when I say THIS year, I mean we started plotting on day one. January 1st. We’ve been blessed this year. Very blessed. Phillip got a massive promotion and people are buying my books and bears. We live beneath our means, so we have […]

All The Poison is Gone

Well….I haven’t written in a while. There has been a part of me that just wanted to be quiet. The monk in me just wanted to trudge. But, you’re probably wanting to know what my life is like now. After all, that’s why you came here to read this. You want to know what my […]

Little Christmas Treasures

Phillip could have waited to gift me this on Christmas Day, but he and I spend this whole season gifting little treasures to each other at whim, not waiting for that final day when gifts are ripped open….then Christmas is gone by mid afternoon. Just in conversation, I told him how much I’ve always wanted […]

She Knows Me More Than Anyone

I’m supposed to be sharing with you. I’m supposed to be keeping you up to date on my life, my journeys, my pains and my pleasures. I understand. Now, I’ll ask a bit of understanding from you, if I may. I’ve spent the last ten years willing to tell you enormous bits and pieces of […]

Walk Through That Door, Gregory

So, I’ve sat here rehearsing in my head what I would say at my first AA meeting…. I guess it’s time to confess that I’ve had a problem with alcohol. I’ve always been a sipper of whiskey, or a guzzler of beer. Of late, the problem has become substantial, a lot more entwined in the […]

It’s About The Process, Isn’t It?

I have two weeks to learn how to sew. I’ve ordered a few yards of some of my own fabrics to see what they would look like as garments. I kept seeing some of my prints and thinking how awesome they would look as vintage wear, using a vintage pattern that a friend of mine […]

“Gregory….HUSH!”

I’m learning a lot about patience lately. In order to sell my designs on Spoonflower, I have to order a sample, wait 9 days for it to arrive, then approve. Then I can sell it. If I had hair, I’d be pulling it all out by now. So long! But, these are the rules, and […]

It Wasn’t Supposed to Last Forever

So, I’m pacing around this little room of mine, the last to be decorated at Honeychurch. I’ll be using it as a showroom for my fabrics. But, what would my first design be? To begin with, I moved my drafting table in there so I could play with the colors while I sketched. From little […]

My First Decorating Gig

So, I had an idea….Eureka in the bathtub! I have been having the best time playing around with prints and patterns on fabrics. I haven’t approved my first print yet with Spoonflower, so give me a little time to get everything up and going. If you’ve seen my social media you’ve seen that I’ve been […]