here and there

Yesterday, I got this text message from my brother Nelson, "In LA. Just picked up Oscar tickets! X". Can you imagine? We used to sit on the floor in our pajamas, playing with legos together. You can bet I will have my eyes on the red carpet tonight! Nelson in a tux? I want photos!

Batman and Lindsey and 7 of her pals from Boston are up at "a bit of earth" this weekend, for the annual  tree pruning party. They've also done some forestry work, and added firewood to the woodshed. According to Batman, the place looks like it survived the wild storms last week. Still lots of snow, but warm temperatures and bright sunshine. Even some maple taps in the neighborhood. And the mud season road signs are up. Wish I could be there...but I had a board meeting at Wooster School, and that was worth my time and energy, too.

I will be doing a bit of freshening up here at sewandsowlife, in preparation for a new chapter. Some things will change as I try to simplify the look of my blog over the next few days. At long last, several different parts of my life are aligning. I look forward to sharing them with you soon.  My little mantra,"an empty nest is full of possibilities", has guided me well.

Enjoy the day!

this afternoon...

...they took my breath away,

and i had to swallow a lump in my throat.

gretta is 19!

happy birthday, margretta elaine!

hope you have a fun day, way out there in illinois.
you are such a college girl, now...

the youngest of four, 

the exclamation point at the end of the family,

the littlest chickadee.

we love you, gretsky!
(we'll get you that "e" tattoo over spring break)

P.S. i found this later today.... get out your hankies and read this.

better, thank you

this morning i was mired in technology exasperation...

it all looked like a repeat of yesterday.

but then i found the perfect backing fabric for a cradle quilt.

there were two (!) pieces of fun snail mail in my mailbox
(thank you paula and cathleen).

then batman and i sat at the bar and ate french fries
with our dinner out tonight.

sometimes you just have to mix things up.

sigh...

i came home in the dark and realized what a disjointed day it had been.

i am looking forward to turning off the lights, going up to bed 

and crawling under the flannel sheets.

tomorrow is another day.

coincidence?

detail, "good bye" 2003

after i wrote yesterday's post, i popped over to my friend jane's blog.

YIKES!
do you suppose this is a coincidence????
she is offering a brand new online class,
jump start you art career.
i have taken many classes with jane, and
she was kind enough to include some of my work in the gallery section
 in two of her books, written with elin waterston.
Art Quilts at Play
and
Art Quilt Workbook
i am very curious about taking a class online,
and since i know jane is a gem of a teacher, i've signed up!
might you consider joining us?

Our lives are often touched by chance,
are they not? I call it magic, the crossing
of our paths with the paths of others.
How quickly, how completely, these
magic meetings can turn us into direc-
tions we never dreamed of.
-Dee Brown

(ya, potts, the coincidences are staggering xoxoxo)

the quickening

i can feel it.

all the ideas and yearnings and callings i've been working with

these last few years are becoming irresistible.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy,

a quickening that is translated through you

into action and because there is only one 

of you in all of time, this expression is 

unique. And if you block it, it will never

exist through any other medium and

be lost.

-Martha Graham

bring it on, march!