Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • Lately I’ve been looking for additional strategies to help me achieve my goals. Over the past 18 months I’ve made two changes, shedding one bad habit and embracing one good habit, thanks in part to author Katy Milkman, who wrote “How to Change.” What I’ve learned over the past 18 months is that being consistent…

  • That moment when you decide to try stretcher bars after four years of embroidery using the classic hoop. Should have migrated years ago. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get the fabric for the owl project, and many others, sufficiently tight in the hoop. For me, the big challenge with thread painting embroidery is…

  • In yesterday’s blog I mentioned E.M. Forster’s book “Aspects of the Novel.” An early 20th-century novelist, Forster’s book on writing has been on my desk for a couple of decades. It is taken from a series of lectures he gave on the subject and has a fine spoken feel, in addition to being true, and…