Archive for the 'Crafts' Category



The edge of the Earth is near

Published on August 24, 2009

Or so it’s felt like.  One odd step, and I’ll be off the edge of it all.   (My mother used to live way, way out – she said she could see the end of the Earth and there were serpents swimming just down the road – remember those old maps that showed the earth as flat, and then […]


Sewing notion

Published on July 12, 2009

For years, I’ve been using a “mouse” pincushion that was my mother’s.  As her eyes failed and she could no longer see to use her sewing things, she gave many of them to me. And last week, the local store had “sewing notions” all 50% off!!   And I thought of that sad old mouse.  And […]


Me and Miranda are friends!!

Published on June 28, 2009

When I want to sew, I go to the JoAnn’s Fabric chain store just down the highway. They usually have the sort of fabric I’m looking for, and all the notions, tools and such that I’ll need. And they send me coupons! 50% off coupons! And I know how to use them.  I don’t buy 2 yards of […]