My vision to bring our tattered world back into alignment with what’s real I had an experience when I was 15 years old that changed my life. I don’t remember how it happened, but I was asked to be a camp counselor for a group of inner city kids for just one day. That morning,…
This morning, the horses got out. Someone banged on the door and the dogs went crazy and I went and opened it and the lady told me the horses were out. Great. I pulled on my boots and ran down to the barn for lead ropes and cookies. That’s when I noticed the gate was…
Sometimes life is busy. Sometimes deadlines are overwhelming. And you get a little lost in it all. You forget to look for the magic. And other days this happens: And when it does, you remember that life is abundance. You breathe in and see it’s one big circle. You breathe out and remember we’re all…
Welcome to the dark side of making things. These size 1 needles are so tiny. And what do I do with this stupid cable? And why does my work have a big bare string of yarn in it? I’ve watched 16 YouTube videos called “Getting Started with Magic Loop!” and it’s 11 pm and I…
You guys. I thought it looked good the first time: First attempt Second attempt I don’t think my active dry yeast is very active. The quick rise yeast is a lot more fun. Am I cheating? Discuss.
John’s scarf is really coming along, as you can see in the following video: t/w motion sickness It’s getting loooooong So we skipped green. Just cut that right out of the middle of the first skein. Luckily there was only one section that was green. I took this video right before I started on the…
After the horror that was Strom-pizza, John suggested that I try again with instant yeast, so I did. And woo-eeeee! The dough turned out great! The recipe I used said it makes 4 dough balls. We used two for making our pizzas and froze the other two. Once we tried it, we thought maybe we…
After all the things I’ve made, making friends is still my favorite. My amazing son Samson took this photo of our sweet boy Jack
And all this time, the garden has been doing its thing. Gardening might be my favorite kind of magic because you do all the work up front. Then, one day, you go outside to enjoy the nice weather and surprise! You have veggies. It’s been raining a lot where we are, and the weather turned…
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Our beautiful disaster. I give you the strom-pizza: The horror It started this morning with a cheery, “Let’s make pizza for lunch!” John looked dubious, but I was already measuring the flour. I had a funny feeling that I interpreted as, “I used the wrong yeast.” But…