Museum of Me | October 2022
I am convinced that most people do not grow up... We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter This, my friends, was a very...
Mirror, mirror…
This week the topic for Think Write Thursday is to tell us what your mirror would say if it could talk. Oh, boy… Really? Can I just say for starters that I am unbelievably glad that my mirror cannot talk! Exceedingly glad – and then some! Ha! However, perhaps if it...
Escapism Knitting and Reading
"Escapism is survival to me. – Johnny Depp Yes. Yes, it is. And, in these trying days – it is one thing that is helping keep my sanity (even if it is just hanging on by a thread) Knitting on Rock the Lobster has resumed – I am into sleeve two decreases and it is...
Filling the Creative Well
"You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt Last year I had high hopes of creating these incredible stitching projects – yet when it came right down to it, I was my own worst enemy. I did not like what I was creating. I had high...
The Resistance Community
We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community. – Dorothy Day Friday was a low day – I felt bleak, without hope, and fearful. I attempted to avoid the as much of the news of the day that I could manage. I did not watch the...
The Avoidance of Friday
Friday generally is the best day of the week – the doorway to the weekend. But, today it seems to be the Monday-est Friday ever. Almost as if all the Monday's of all time have been rolled into this one day. Painful times infinity. Today will be a day of avoidance for...
With Presidential Thoughts
This week's Think Write Thursday topic is to write about 3 things I would do if I were the President of the United States. (Carole adds this bit of confidence to the topic: "I'm very certain that any one of us could do a fantastic job!") Well…. that certainly inspires...
Recurring themes:
