You all know I adore a good book. And there is no better time for putting one's feet up and sitting back with a good novel and a cold...

I don't know why I've had a hard time blogging lately. Too much to say, and too little, if you know what I mean. So here are so...

During my second year of law school, I rented an apartment over the garage in a home occupied by a lovely older woman named Mrs. Christie....

Today is a reveal date in our Twelve by Twelve challenge, where the current theme is "Identity." Head on over to the Twelve by...

I had a good lesson in attitude adjustment yesterday. Here's yet another fact I'm learning about our new unschool world: I feel ...

My mornings always seem to disappear. How does that happen? I get up, shower, have coffee, and make my plan. I'll get some laundry...

One of the things that I love about photography is that it makes me see the world differently. Even when I don't have my camera with...

Every once in a while, a shopping experience makes me so mad that I decide to take action.   Over the weekend, I decided to order a pair of ...

When I went to Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York (more years ago now than I'd like to think), I was a vegetarian. And handily en...

We are entering Week 3 of home-schooling (which around here we call Unschool), and we are adjusting to the schedule. Or lack of schedule....

As long as we're talking about quilting (!) , here's another small quilt I made a few weeks ago. Our assignment in Practical Desi...

In my last post, I mentioned the Practical Design workshop I've participated in for the last few years. I recently got my hands on th...

I've mentioned the monthly Practical Design workshop I attend -- or try to attend! -- and lately I've been working on catching up ...

The bad news: I was up way too late last night working, and I will be spending today and tonight putting in a lot of hours to finish a big ...

At our ranch retreat, we presented the quilts from our Second Annual Quilt Challenge. Last April, a couple of intrepid fabric shoppers sele...

Oh my! I've had all sorts of goings-on over the last two weeks, so I have a lot of blogging to catch up. Before we headed off to San ...

So, we made a break from our real lives (get it, "spring break?!"), headed south, and have found ourselves in beautiful San Diego....

Thank goodness for deadlines. Sometimes they push me to do something I wouldn't do ... and this month, the Twelve by 12 April 1 deadli...

I know I keep saying this, but we are going through a sort of funny time in our household. Every day is a mix of good things and challeng...

I was so excited to get my hands on the newest book by Jane Davila and Elin Waterston, Art Quilts at Play (C&T Publishing, 2009.) I...