Confessions of a crafter

So, I made this thing at the library. It’s a witch’s broom. For Halloween, not intended for every day use. The instructions were simple: Choose a stick. Grab a handful of grass. Bend it in two and zip tie it to the end of the stick. Add whatever...
Health update: Notice. Take note. Ask.

Health update: Notice. Take note. Ask.

Thank you to everyone who has noticed something a little “off” about me in the past couple of weeks. I didn’t know it showed. “Is everything all right?”“You just seem, I don’t know, kind of tired?”“You seem quiet lately.”The unspoken questions: Are you all right? Is...
A small thing for cookbooks

A small thing for cookbooks

It could be said that I have a “thing” for cookbooks, a bit of a collection, perhaps. Possibly, an obsession. Thus, I find treasure in the most unlikely of places. While out for a bike ride last weekend, I popped into a garage sale. One block over. I was about to...
The moose dishes

The moose dishes

Last summer was stressful for one reason and other. It was one of those high-speed, loopty-loop roller coaster rides where you think you’re travelling in one direction, then flip, you’re dizzy and back where you started. But we managed to get ourselves into the...