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Candlelight Dinner

Candlelight Dinner

This week’s time change brought darkness to our dinners.  Considering that we are only at the beginning of our dark evenings, I decided to be proactive and bring candle light to our tablescape. These are handmade beeswax candles – rolled by me – from a 

Leaf Art: Paper Cutouts

Leaf Art: Paper Cutouts

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways that leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can trace a leaf onto paper and cut them out.  I used 

Leaf Art: Painting ON Leaves

Leaf Art: Painting ON Leaves

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways that leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can paint directly onto leaves!  What to paint? Try patterns like dots 

Leaf Art: Cyanotype

Leaf Art: Cyanotype

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways that leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can make sun prints or cyanotype prints using leaves and cyanotype paper! 

Full Moon in Democracy

Full Moon in Democracy

It’s a Full Moon in Democracy! This moon says to vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, vote, 

Leaf Art: Halos or Ghost Images

Leaf Art: Halos or Ghost Images

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can make art from the “ghost” images left behind on scratch paper that 

Leaf Art: Printing

Leaf Art: Printing

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can actually print with your leaf.  In this case, I painted the leaves 

Latest Episode of the Woolgathering Podcast

Latest Episode of the Woolgathering Podcast

November 2022: Beatriz Chapters 29 In this episode, Beatriz plays a key part in the plan to capture Professor Brenton, but will the plan be thwarted by an unexpected visitor? 

An Open Letter

An Open Letter

This letter was originally published in the 2022 Fall Issue of Woolgathering: Dearest Spring Bird, Let it be known that on this day and this day forward, I pledge allegiance to your land and to all who grow, inhabit, dwell, live, thrive and worship there, 

Leaf Art: Rubbing

Leaf Art: Rubbing

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can make subtle leaf rubbings that reveal their delicate veins. That’s what I 

Leaf Art: Tracing

Leaf Art: Tracing

It’s fun to creatively engage with Fall leaves! Beyond marveling at their beauty or collecting them for inside adornment, there are more simple ways leaves can inspire beautiful creations. For instance, you can choose a leaf that is interesting to you, and then trace its 

Fierce Cat Painted Tote Bag

Fierce Cat Painted Tote Bag

Hand adorned Up-Cycled Tote Bag ! I created this bag as a mechanism to cut through a messy, stuck situation, and I think it worked. You can use it to carry important things like library books, farmers market treats, or beloved knitting projects. The bag 

Forever Stuck on Stickers

Forever Stuck on Stickers

I have thoroughly delighted in making stickers for each edition of the Woolgathering Magazine.  Each season, I get to design a sticker that resonates with that particular issue.  This creative process satisfies my inner child, who had a sticker collection which she solemnly preserved in 

Loving The Etruscans Who Loved Life

Loving The Etruscans Who Loved Life

Many moons ago, I made some sketchbook studies of Etruscan tombs and art in preparation for painting the greenhouse murals.  Actually dozens and dozens of moons ago, I visited Etruscan tombs while studying in Italy and was so taken by their zest for life depicted 

Listen to the Latest Woolgathering Podcast

Listen to the Latest Woolgathering Podcast

Listen to the latest episode of the Woolgathering Podcast! In this episode, I read from my novel, Beatriz: Chapters 26, 27, and 28 This time, Grandma tells Gloria about Beatriz being alone in the woods (with a cat and a crow), Beatriz and the witches