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Some Things Are Meant To Be (February 1942- Part II)
As you know, I’ve been trying to get in touch with Larry & Joy’s daughter since early December. I’ve had such mixed feelings about going forward with this project if I could not make that connection and receive the family’s blessing. Despite my internet sleuthing, I don’t think my initial messages were reaching anyone, and…
Read MoreFebruary 1942- Part I
February 1942 The state of Kentucky was heavily involved in supporting WWII war efforts, mobilized as so many were by the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Plants and factories in Louisville (and across the state) rapidly adapted to the production of Jeeps, synthetic rubber, coal, steel, TNT, vacuum tubes for radios, and…
Read MoreLove Letters Lost & Found
There’s a great little flea market/ antique store near my home in Kentucky called the Copper Awning. The building has had a few different lives, and once housed a grocery store, but has long since traded fruit & veg for great old furniture, dishes, knickknacks, linens, and décor. Dozens of local vendors fill booths with…
Read Morecre.ate: verb, “to bring into being”
How do you begin to make something? How do you bring something into being that’s never existed before? Where does it start? With an idea? A clear vision of something to be translated from the internal world to the external? Maybe with a song, or a sky, a conversation, or something you read in a…
Read MoreI’ve Been Asking Myself the Wrong Questions…
April 20th 2023 I recently joined a fiber and textile arts group in my city. The membership consists of mainly female, experienced, professional and semi-professional artists. Mature women who take their work seriously and offer their skills and perspective to others. After only two meetings I’m already having a blast meeting new, creative people and…
Read MoreLiriodendron tulipifera
Back in college I took a dendrology course, studying the forms and prevalence of trees all across North America. I happily poured over textbooks full of scientific names, taxonomies, and learned tree identification skills in the mountains of Colorado. Now, nearly 25 years later I’ve forgotten so many of those details, but I’ve never forgotten…
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