the tragic is beautiful with love and imagination a cardboard box adorned in shades of blue wallpapered with scrap fabric and some Elmer’s glue Scissors Cut Misshaped Holes creating imperfect windows my castle my mansion my palace a little girl’s dream of a perfect life a handsome husband the docile wife a sleeping baby in…
Hayes Well Spring in front with Geyser Island Spouter in the distance. Natural Springs Don’t Freeze February 6, 2017 – I’m fairly certain that the springs in Saratoga Springs, NY are a constant 55°F. When I left my house to explore the different springs in Saratoga Spa State Park today, the weather said it…
I originally wrote this in November of 2015. I had ambitiously thought I could maintain two blogs, but I can’t. This is the only post I ever did in my sewing blog. I am moving it here so it’s not lost forever and maybe, just maybe, more people will get some use out of it.…
I was enthralled with everything in Ireland, including the details on buildings. National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology February 27, 2016 There are so many things I want to share about my visit to Ireland, and I’ve had a real difficult time knowing where to begin. I’ve decided to start with some slightly macabre history…
I went to so many appointments in preparation for jaw surgery to correct my bite… Dentist Periodontist Orthodontist Oral Surgeon Plastic Surgeon and Physical Therapy. My surgery is finally happening in a few days so I wanted to share a small bit of my year now. I spent a lot of time sewing Playing with…
I wrote this years ago. Writing has always been cathartic for me. Lately, I feel it’s okay for me to share some of my sorrow. I know I’m not the only person who has dealt with the loss of a loved one. So, here is a little story I wrote based on a dream I…
Me and Nathan in Bergen, Norway with Bryggen in the background. This is one of my very favorite pictures of Nathan and I. Looking back I was so caught up in seeing Bergenhus Festning I didn’t realize what a treasure I was overlooking along the waterfront. February 15, 2016 The first night Nathan and…
Messe des Morts A festival I genuinely look forward to every year. If you know me at all you know I dislike being in a crowd. It isn’t bad though when the crowd is made up of friends. Fourteen of us (me and my friends) planned our trip to Canada for months. Where we’d eat,…
Yaddo Mansion September 29, 2016 A History of Yaddo The property on which Yaddo stands originally housed a farm, grist-mill, and tavern operated by Jacobus Barhyte, a Revolutionary War veteran who fought at the Battle of Saratoga. Many well-known writers of the 1830s and 1840s dined at Barhyte’s tavern, among them Edgar Allan Poe.…
Tallulah, the forgotten “leaping water” tucked away, just slightly out of view, from those who pass her by. I had searched for her a few times. I had walked past her numerous times. never knowing she was patiently waiting… on the hillside for me to find her. On some Saratoga Spa State Park maps there is…