Theological Essays, Devotionals, and Spiritual Naval-Gazing
After the summation of yesterday’s post, I like to give myself a fresh start of plans and dreams. So yesterday I did a great big stash toss, moved a few things around, and set some priorities for 2026. At the end of the year I’ll look back at this post and laugh. I sure did … More 2026 Vision Board
Hi and welcome, everyone, to the last day of 2025! Welcome especially to our newest subscribers, who may have migrated over here from Kate Davies’ blog, where she kindly posted her foreword for Migraineur. If you’re new to this blog, and you’d like to know a little more about me, let me direct you to … More 2025 In Review
This week before Christmas has felt strange – some of our plans have fallen through, there’s been lots of sickness in town, and I feel more aware than usual that many people in our community are struggling this Christmas. I feel the pressure like anyone else to make Christmas beautiful, festive, and special. But when … More Christmas 2025
Here, just after the winter solstice, two days before Christmas, we come to the last pattern reveal of Migraineur. What a journey it’s been! I’m concluding with one final shawl, Fragile. With this shawl, I’m once again chasing that idea of meltwater in diagonal channels, but this time they extend into long seams and one … More To Break and Heal
Links to each pattern’s post: FernheadFernhandsWavesToastToastheadToasthandsSpikeSpikehandsHemisphereFragileFragilehandsFragilehead Welcome to all new and existing subscribers to my blog! WordPress, and the world of online writing, has changed a fair bit in the 15+ years I’ve been here, and I’m finally catching up. Chances are good that you’re reading this from the comfort of your email inbox, and … More Why Migraines?
Hi, Blog. It’s been a minute since I’ve posted an update about our lives, and it’s been a challenge to find a few minutes to sit down and do so! But it’s time, so I’ll give ‘er a go. Two Weeks in Edmonton Jared and I had work to do in Edmonton, and our work … More June 2025 Round-Up – Things Change in Edmonton
I haven’t done this for the last couple of years. I don’t like to put pressure on myself in a new year; if I have goals, I prefer to start them early or late, just to take the perfectionism out of it! But this year, as I looked back at what I’d done, I was … More Predictions 2025
Hi folks. It’s that time again, where I take some time to look back on my making this year. As I churn through one project after another, I don’t always appreciate the time and energy I’m expending, so this benchmark ends up being a huge exercise in appreciating myself, which is another form of self-compassion. … More 2024 in Review
I had to take a break from these posts because, um, it takes a lot out of you to wrangle yourself and your family and two months of souvenirs across an ocean. And then to connect with your family again, go to a reunion eight hours away, and then wrangle everyone back into another country. … More Tour de Ireland Part 3: St. Patrick’s Way
During our time in Scotland, the big treat for me was a solo trip out to Kintyre. Kintyre is a peninsula in the west of Scotland, one of several. It’s rather remote and hard to get to by vehicle, so much so that it’s called “Scotland’s only Mainland island.” Indeed, it’s easier in some ways … More Kintyre and the Particular
Osborn Fiber Studio 