The fall flew by. December is always so busy. Even January had enough deadline and events to buzz past. But this month, February, finally ground to a crawl. Every December, I look forward to the deep winter. January, February, and March are just less demanding. I did the math, and on a very good week … More February 2024 Round-Up: Deep Slow Winter
Happy New Year everyone! It’s the first day of a new year, but I’m not quite done looking back yet. You’ve maybe heard of a “Make 9” – an Instagram grid of 9 projects that you plan to make. I didn’t make one of those last year. But looking backwards instead of forwards, I decided … More Made 9 2023
I had one (1) goal for December this year: Keep Christmas simple enough that I could actually enjoy it. For me, I succeeded. There was stress, there was yelling, but much less than usual. There were coping mechanisms, there were screens, but there was not as much angst about it. We prepared the way for … More December 2023 Round-Up: Christmas Blast
Merry Christmas, dear friends! I feel like I’ve been in a haze of work and anticipation since… August maybe. It hasn’t been bad, it’s just been a lot. Fall and early winter is a juggernaut of family, work, and community events that builds and builds until Christmas day pops the balloon. Boxing day felt like … More The Catching Up Coat
I keep expecting some part of this fall to drag, and it keeps not happening. I can’t believe it’s December already. It honestly doesn’t feel like much of anything is happening all month; I stay at home most of the time and the days start to blur together. So let me take a moment to … More November 2023 Round-Up: Suddenly Winter
In late 2020, when I was just starting to get deep into quilting, I had a vision. Yesterday, I saw it come true. All three of my girls had, at that point, said blue was their favourite colour. They still all love blue, though their favourites have evolved over time. So I went on Connecting … More Starry Path Quilt
June was all about spending as much time as possible out on this beautiful land. Jared was traveling the first half of the month. This might be the longest he’s been away from all of us. The female contingent of our family did pretty well while he was gone, and a big part of our … More June 2023 Round-Up: This Land Tho
This month, Instagram has offered a sort of order to my life that has really helped. Yeah, it’s a little neurotic, a little fictional in the relationship department. But I think, for this season, it has helped. Me Made May Me made may is an Instagram hashtag, a chance for makers to practice wearing the … More May 2023 Round-Up: Me-Made
I wanted to thank each of you who reached out after my last round-up post. Some of you just thanked me for being transparent, and some of you offered a digital hug or an ear if I needed. Thank you so much for reaching out to check on me. This weekend our family got out … More Grief, Healing, Cabin
March…. oh my word, March. I esplain. … no, is too much. I sum up. Lots of things happened, many of which will get their own blog post later. But I’ll sum up for you, so you know I’m ok, and that… yeah… a new month is about to start… and I’m alive. Sheesh! Teaching … More March 2023 Round-Up: I Mean, Life
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