Oh but not cheating at all! Embroidered letters are glorious. Indeed, if my hands keep flipping out, I may go back to just that. I actually did a whole series of tapestries in 2016 (https://www.afieldguidetoneedlework.com/2016-part-one.html) where I wove super simple tapestries and then embroidered on top. It was a BLAST
Elk indeed! It was what we had to eat at the time... Esp. curious as I was a vegetarian before I moved there, and have since returned to my plant-centric ways. But then -- well otherwise, if I didn't grow it , the food all had to come in on the back of a mule or in a very expensive very tiny airplane. So, elk it was. I was not the actual hunter though. Never could do that part somehow.
Caused a smile here, thanks! I get the idea you might read NYTIMES - their Wednesday food section is a big help here, including 1 dish meals. Especially Melissa Clark recipes.
Great suggestion. The recipes look fabulous. And even plenty of vegetarian ones for my plant-loving self (see comment above about the days of the elk being over).
Hi there! I'm new to weaving but completely smitten with it. It is how I found you and your first blog and now here. I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your posts. Also, as a multi-passionate artist, you give me hope that I can still get it all done. Or some of it. Not at the same time but maybe in some sequence that makes sense. Thank you!
It's a thing isn't it -- that weird sense the one should choose one thing and one thing only. Not that I haven't had intense focus on one thing at various times, which is glorious -- but then it always seems that that thing leads me to explore some aspect more deeply, which leads somewhere else and references another thing and then... Golly, a person turned out to be multi-faceted! Who knew?
Thanks Bonnie. As you well know, figuring out how to look after yourself on your own is a slow process, and I do feel grateful to have been smitten by the lure of the kitchen. Had to paint it first though!
OH gosh thank you! Tapestry has been an astonishing medium for me in so many ways -- whether in the realm of imagery or material or technique -- ever a new and compelling aspect to explore. And yes! I'm glad I didn't stay with academics too--even as it has been, at times and in certain arenas, a culturally odd path.
Sarah, you are such an inspiration! Your thought process does not say “no” or “I can’t”! You just seem to say, “Why not?” And plunge ahead. I am taking notes to not be so timid about what I am going to weave! Thank you!
Timidity -- how to befriend it so it can actually be a companion, keeping a gal from falling off cliffs but not holding her back from putting one foot in front of the other... Its a thing to be sure, and I"m excited for where you can go together...
I have so missed you and am glad you are back. I love your weekly letter to see what you are up to and you have inspired me so much over the years with your creativity and artistry. I love cooking food and experimenting with new things both in food and yarn. Thank you for being you!
So here I am again today, wandering around angry, then sad, over all the things that keep happening in our world today and broken-hearted over all the hate, bitterness and inability to change anything. And here you appear in my emails again like magic, weaving words that calm me down and lift me up........thank you, Sarah
OH it's hard sometimes isn't it? A culture seemingly bent on increasing worry and fear and mistrust? Not that the pain and bitterness is not there-- but how to help shift it slightly, to combat it, not with more bitterness and fear, but with a kind of absurd hope that most of us are inherently kind and open and really do want beauty and connection of all kinds. Thank you for sharing this.
Those crackers are incredible!!! He found over time that his favorite way to roll them out was to crank them through a pasta roller, on progressively thin settings. He then didn't even bother to cut them -- just baked the long narrow flattened strips. Incredible.
Once again, I feel such a connection. When my husband and I first moved in together in our 50’s there were lots of lifestyle adjustments. I was a self employed artist, and he had been working for the state for thirty five years. He took early retirement with full benefits at 55, and as someone who had created my own agenda and momentum, because, bills had to be paid, I was frankly aghast that he had no plan for what to do next…. After a while, I said, you have to be in the physical world, you can’t just read food blogs and cookbooks all day. YOU are going to do the cooking. Long story short, like you say, the kitchen is now his studio. He is a much more elaborate cook than I ever was. (I never roasted and ground my own spices!) But there are still things I make, and when I am in the kitchen he hovers…I have to shoe him out, so that I can have a bliss state while I am cooking. When I was single I loved my kitchen and bringing home astonishing produce from the farm market, and I miss that, but he needs his kitchen studio. And what he brings to the table is his love language.
What a fabulous tale of collaboration, adjustment, and possibility! Sounds like you gave him exactly the nudge he needed -- and gracefully stepped away to make room, both for him and now, I assume, for your work. And Love language -- that is it exactly. For all the fun of cooking myself now, I do miss that culinary love.
Arne't they gorgeous? They were in the produce section one day one day and I couldn't resist. Glad I didn't either, cuz they were gone next time I went shopping. I do adore carrots in all forms, but have never been so compelled to photograph one.....
Your letters are always so perfect! I’d be “cheating” and embroidering mine on top.
Oh but not cheating at all! Embroidered letters are glorious. Indeed, if my hands keep flipping out, I may go back to just that. I actually did a whole series of tapestries in 2016 (https://www.afieldguidetoneedlework.com/2016-part-one.html) where I wove super simple tapestries and then embroidered on top. It was a BLAST
Nice!
One word. Elk.
Elk indeed! It was what we had to eat at the time... Esp. curious as I was a vegetarian before I moved there, and have since returned to my plant-centric ways. But then -- well otherwise, if I didn't grow it , the food all had to come in on the back of a mule or in a very expensive very tiny airplane. So, elk it was. I was not the actual hunter though. Never could do that part somehow.
Caused a smile here, thanks! I get the idea you might read NYTIMES - their Wednesday food section is a big help here, including 1 dish meals. Especially Melissa Clark recipes.
Great suggestion. The recipes look fabulous. And even plenty of vegetarian ones for my plant-loving self (see comment above about the days of the elk being over).
There are so many vegetarian and vegan blogs out there with such interesting recipes! I am a vegetarian also.
Hi there! I'm new to weaving but completely smitten with it. It is how I found you and your first blog and now here. I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your posts. Also, as a multi-passionate artist, you give me hope that I can still get it all done. Or some of it. Not at the same time but maybe in some sequence that makes sense. Thank you!
It's a thing isn't it -- that weird sense the one should choose one thing and one thing only. Not that I haven't had intense focus on one thing at various times, which is glorious -- but then it always seems that that thing leads me to explore some aspect more deeply, which leads somewhere else and references another thing and then... Golly, a person turned out to be multi-faceted! Who knew?
Such a delight to find you in my inbox each week. I'm so glad you are reconnecting with the kitchen again...and taking good care of yourself. 😉
Thanks Bonnie. As you well know, figuring out how to look after yourself on your own is a slow process, and I do feel grateful to have been smitten by the lure of the kitchen. Had to paint it first though!
Your tapestries are some of the most amazing things I've ever seen...glad you didn't stay with the academics!
OH gosh thank you! Tapestry has been an astonishing medium for me in so many ways -- whether in the realm of imagery or material or technique -- ever a new and compelling aspect to explore. And yes! I'm glad I didn't stay with academics too--even as it has been, at times and in certain arenas, a culturally odd path.
Sarah, you are such an inspiration! Your thought process does not say “no” or “I can’t”! You just seem to say, “Why not?” And plunge ahead. I am taking notes to not be so timid about what I am going to weave! Thank you!
Timidity -- how to befriend it so it can actually be a companion, keeping a gal from falling off cliffs but not holding her back from putting one foot in front of the other... Its a thing to be sure, and I"m excited for where you can go together...
Thank you Sarah! 😊
I’m so happy you are back. Reading your blog in all it’s honesty brings me such a sweet bit of joy in my world right now. Thank you for being you.
Gosh thank you. I so appreciate your words.
I have so missed you and am glad you are back. I love your weekly letter to see what you are up to and you have inspired me so much over the years with your creativity and artistry. I love cooking food and experimenting with new things both in food and yarn. Thank you for being you!
Food and yarn -- what joy and possibly in those two words. Worthy of devotion on so many levels, eh? Lets do it!
You never cease to amaze me, lift me, tickle me and encourage me to expand as you are.
Rise like the dough, girlfriend!
Likewise to be sure Sarah. Your work and ideas and way of being in the world is ever compelling to me.
Oh Sarah,,, thank YOU for letting me/us come along for the ride with you on this journey of yours!
And thank YOU for coming along. It's more fun together, eh?
So here I am again today, wandering around angry, then sad, over all the things that keep happening in our world today and broken-hearted over all the hate, bitterness and inability to change anything. And here you appear in my emails again like magic, weaving words that calm me down and lift me up........thank you, Sarah
OH it's hard sometimes isn't it? A culture seemingly bent on increasing worry and fear and mistrust? Not that the pain and bitterness is not there-- but how to help shift it slightly, to combat it, not with more bitterness and fear, but with a kind of absurd hope that most of us are inherently kind and open and really do want beauty and connection of all kinds. Thank you for sharing this.
I love Dan for measuring things in grams. That cracker recipe will see some action over here.
Those crackers are incredible!!! He found over time that his favorite way to roll them out was to crank them through a pasta roller, on progressively thin settings. He then didn't even bother to cut them -- just baked the long narrow flattened strips. Incredible.
Once again, I feel such a connection. When my husband and I first moved in together in our 50’s there were lots of lifestyle adjustments. I was a self employed artist, and he had been working for the state for thirty five years. He took early retirement with full benefits at 55, and as someone who had created my own agenda and momentum, because, bills had to be paid, I was frankly aghast that he had no plan for what to do next…. After a while, I said, you have to be in the physical world, you can’t just read food blogs and cookbooks all day. YOU are going to do the cooking. Long story short, like you say, the kitchen is now his studio. He is a much more elaborate cook than I ever was. (I never roasted and ground my own spices!) But there are still things I make, and when I am in the kitchen he hovers…I have to shoe him out, so that I can have a bliss state while I am cooking. When I was single I loved my kitchen and bringing home astonishing produce from the farm market, and I miss that, but he needs his kitchen studio. And what he brings to the table is his love language.
What a fabulous tale of collaboration, adjustment, and possibility! Sounds like you gave him exactly the nudge he needed -- and gracefully stepped away to make room, both for him and now, I assume, for your work. And Love language -- that is it exactly. For all the fun of cooking myself now, I do miss that culinary love.
Thanks for the good meal.
You are so very welcome! mmmmm.
And where the heck did you find a red carrot Sarah?
Arne't they gorgeous? They were in the produce section one day one day and I couldn't resist. Glad I didn't either, cuz they were gone next time I went shopping. I do adore carrots in all forms, but have never been so compelled to photograph one.....
It's the most beautiful carrot I've ever seen, so glad you took that pix. I had no idea they even existed in that color!