Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and the official beginning of Lent. For me, Lent is like New Year’s, but better! The beginning of a period of mourning and preparation for something new. I’m always thinking cocoon, then butterfly. Like that Camilla Franks caftan Oprah bought (?) and sported – and that I have on as I’m [...]
By March The first time we did Swapmania I’d wrung my hands for weeks prior, came up with eleventy-jillion rules, and figured maybe nine people would show up and play. By the end we had more than 1,200 comments, and when we did it again last summer I think we had something like 900 comments. [...]
First, winners from last week of the Caron L’Accord 119 – mary and cheesegan. Click on the Contact Us over there on the left, give me your address and remind me what you’ve won, and I’ll get it mailed out to you! The last half of this year has brought on some of the worst [...]
First, winners of the de Profundis samples – MaureenC and Homura-chan. Just click on the Contact Us over on the left, send me your address, remind me of what you’ve won. Make sure I give you a quick response so you know you didn’t drop into my spam filter thingie. I loved the discussion on [...]
I’ll admit, I’ve made a whole pile of mistakes over the past few years, the most galling of which has been trusting a certain individual to have my back during a very difficult period. Without wearing that one down to a nub, I do claim responsibility for it and all the others. However, I did [...]