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you know you're home when you have dog spit on your glasses
A moment ago, while waiting for my tea to steep, I ate the last handful of travel gorp. It was delicious—sunflower seeds and peanuts all mixed up in…
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follow that light
it's where it's at
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sticks in waiting
How do retired pencils fill their days? Do they fret over ancient moments of hovering uncertainty? Or do they revel in the lines they ultimately drew…
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book binding, lilac logging and word weaving
apparently an alliterative week...
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once in a very blue room
So what about a blue— that is not indigo? A blue you inadvertently conjure by mixing strong samples from the paint store (where dogs are allowed to help…
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the letter a and the color blue
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risky behavior
in which Sarah and Beryl are ever surprised by how things unfold
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yarn and blackberries
and the old familiar brand new
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swath of summer
a study in light and shadow
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playing with time
a tale of three projects
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of mosquitoes, mice and milkweed
in which beryl and sarah take a jaunt to montana and learn a thing or two (again)
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to weave a letter (or four)
Strong wool warp, a funky, functional plastic loom, a word that wants to be woven— and a sweet dog who seems to agree that spending the day in the shade…
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summer sunday nap knitting by the pond
a quiet meander
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old friend came a-courtin'
uh-huh
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The Gusset
The Gusset
Field research in the expanse between the tactile and the intangible; noticing yarn, light, line, things that want to be made, and the luminous joy of working with the materials at hand.
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