Quilting on the Edge

Wednesday Haiku: After the Rain

This week's haiku is called After the Rain.

After the rain stopped,

Droplets decorated leaves.

Wildlife came to drink.  

DailyGood: When Nothing Works, by Peter Bregman

I'd had tendinitis in my elbow for over a year. Even something as gentle as twisting a doorknob made me wince in pain. I went to see my brother, Bertie, who also happens to be my doctor.

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This is a good reminder for me!! Chris

Weaving progress on outdoor loom

So far I have woven about a third of the way up the warp threads on my outdoor loom. I've been able to sit while weaving, but soon I will have to stand to reach the warp comfortably. I have a few mistakes I find as I go but so far the birds haven't complained. I am thinking about joining the three sections after they are woven. Perhaps using yarn in a diagonal pattern creating a latticework of sorts. I guess I'll see how it goes when I get there. So far there is no damage to my weaving from the weather or nosy outdoor creatures, although I have seen a young deer and raccoons wandering in the wooded area where my weaving is located. And of course the neighborhood cats. Maybe I'll be safe since there is no food involved. I don't expect this to last forever but it would be nice if it could last through the fall and winter for me to observe it as the seasons change. And perhaps add some seedheads for the birds to eat. This is all a learning experience for me so I will learn as I go.

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What Will You Be Doing for the Next Ten Years?

What will you be doing the next ten years?

If you are like me, you may not think about that question very much if at all.  I decided to today, though, after I read the paper and saw the obituary of a former

acquaintance.  I'm glad more photos are included now with obituaries, as that's how I recognized her.   I think we worked together at one time as nursing

faculty back in the day.  She  died from complications of Alzheimer's......reading further, I discovered she died at home after a 10 year battle with this disease.

That's where the idea of my question came.  I know what she was doing for the past ten years. When her journey began, she was nearly  the same age as I am today.

This fact caused me to think a little more about how I'm living my life right now......and what we all know is true, how we are not able to know what awaits us in the

next ten years.  For me, it isn't about what I plan to do or go to or see or experience in the next ten years.  We probably will never get to all the places we think we may want to go....and you know what?  in the end, that will be okay.  More than okay, it will be fine.  It will be how our life unfolds for our own unique set of circumstances.

For me, it is more about how I will actually live my life amid all the routines, dailiness, and sunrises and sunsets I am given.  Amid the meals prepared and dishes washed.

Amid the housecleaning and laundry, grocery shopping.  Amid the books I read and those I cast aside.  Amid the fabric I use and pieces left languishing in the closet. Amid the ipad, iphone, and computer. Amid the holidays and everydays.   Amidst it ALL, there's a life to be lived, that starts with your attitude and perspective. 

So, what will I be 'being' in the next ten years while I do all those other things?  Today's a good day for me to figure that out. Now you may expect to start reading all those

cliches and other blah, blah, blah.  You know, you can read it all a million times and never take action.  After all, there are groceries to buy and that pesky laundry thing.

But I'm afraid those cliches hold truths perhaps that maybe I should be paying more attention to in the next ten years. Or even today.   I have begun this process already, trying to live more in the present, practice gratitude, and take silence as a chance to reconnect with the spiritual.   But today I got another nudge from  the elbow of the universe to start living a more genuine life amidst all the stuff that keeps me busy. And now I'm nudging you. I'm going for a walk!

 

 

Wednesday Haiku: Broken Heart 5/23/2012

My haiku this week is called Broken Heart.

To mend a torn heart,

use tape, glue, and maybe wire.

Or strong three ply twine.  

 

Another version:

To mend a torn heart,

forgive the one who caused it.

Them the heart will mend. 

Time to Get Out the Scrap Boxes

Staring at my blank design wall got to be too much for me yesterday so I resorted to my
often used strategy. Out came my scrap boxes. I have four boxes labelled brights, lights, mediums and darks. These boxes hold scraps of my favorite fabrics, so it is exciting to see them again as I rustle through the bits and pieces. I put some music on and just create for the sake of creating. I am designing to the size of my wall frame for my quilts that hangs in my sunroom, just in case a keeper emerges while I design. So here is my developing art quilt. I noticed I am choosing fabrics with organic lines and the hues of summer. There will be a lot of shifting and moving of pieces and places, but for a while yesterday I got a bit of creative energy going. If nothing else, the blank design wall is now alive with color! And that may wake up the sleeping muse somewhere in my studio!

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The Little Guide to Contentedn... (zenhabits.net)

I found this article refreshing and a good way to start a new week! Chris. 

The Little Guide to Contentedness

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Something I Saw On Facebook

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Help Others.org: A Cab Ride I'll Never Forget -- A Kindness Story

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You won' t forget this cab ride either! Chris

Wednesday Haiku: A Simple Life

This week's haiku is called A Simple Life

Life can be simple.

Breathe, eat, read, work, rest, love, think.

Give thanks at days' end.