Statement on the Events of 11/5/24
I wrote this for my weekly craft salon, and wanted to share it here as well. Statement on the Events of 11/5/24 I know we’ve seen the news by now, and that the results are not what we wanted. I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Essays
Fallow Periods and Thawing
So it’s like this: one day in April, 2017, I was abducted by aliens and then… No. That’s not it. Let’s see. Once upon a time, there was a summer, and that summer morphed into a tree, and the tree… … Continue reading →
Sunday Box Talk – Creating a Reading List
What do you want to study? Maybe you just want to read the Great Books, or the history of Ireland, or about the conflict going on in the Middle East. Other than asking the internet and getting some pithy … Continue reading →
Sunday Box Talk – Be a Lifelong Student
So let’s say you’ve decided to become a student again. You want to learn new things, develop new skills, maybe have some fun. Now what? Well, first thing is to learn to be a novice again. Let yourself be bad … Continue reading →
Sunday Box Talk – How To Take a Sabbatical
I’ve taken sabbaticals a couple times in my life. While it’s scary to buck the accepted norm, doing so can teach you a lot about yourself and why you’re on this planet. The first time, I was twenty-five. I decided … Continue reading →
Sunday Box Talk – The Purpose of Education
What’s the purpose of education? Nowadays, increasingly, it’s to get a job. It’s more about technical training than it is about educating the mind. And yet, with the proliferation of smartphones, always-on internet connectivity, and ever expanding inflow of information … Continue reading →
Join Me At ChiWriMo!
It’s November, the time of the keyboards singing and the turkey tryptophaning and the avoidance of the holiday madness until after Black Friday, thankyouverymuch. It’s National Novel Writing Month, Dear Reader, and yours truly is one of the volunteer Municipal … Continue reading →
Sunday Box Talk – How To Unblock. With Rats.
Ordinarily, I talk about my garden on my craft blog, Knoontime Knitting. But I learned something this summer and it clarified itself yesterday. The boxes of our lives are created as we live them, and if we don’t question them … Continue reading →
Saturday: The End of the Week
This week has been a doozie. I had two clients die, one get diagnosed with cancer, my coworker’s father-in-law in the ICU with heart failure, and JaneGate. I need a drink. I wanted to say a bit about lying, in … Continue reading →
Sunday Box Talk
I get asked, “Why do you do all that?” The person asking is usually looking at my crafts or my writing when they ask the question, and I answer with some variant of, “This is my passion and I make … Continue reading →