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I am really bad at time management out here in the studio.  I always start my day trying to work on my various administrative duties - weight and t...

I have such a wonderful nostalgic feeling about winter.  Growing up in the Chicago area meant we had lots of snow in the winter.  I fondly remember...

I just signed up for a knit-along.  I've never done that before.  I'm not sure what it is about knit-alongs that I find so off putting.  I have lot...

I hate inventory.  I really, really, really hate inventory.  This is the one and only time of the year that a business has to count everything.  It...

Feeling rich has taken on many different meanings over the years.  I'm not talking about feeling fortunate - like I feel fortunate that I live clos...

I have an area of grass out in front of my studio.  It is surrounded by trees - pecan and others - and every year it gets planted with wildflowers....

When I sat down to write this I realized I hadn't posted anything for the last month.  No, I didn't quite fall off the face of the earth but it has...

I looked back at all my blogs and discovered that I have told you about our interactions with skunks five times in the last seven years.  Today mak...

All of us as spinners learn to spin with fiber of some sort.  As we get more consistent and more confident we usually broaden our view and look for...

I have talked before, raved really, about the wonderful chairs and benches that Walt Turpening makes.  I had a spinning chair and a weaving bench b...

I hope everyone was warm for Thanksgiving!  We had a small pre-Thanksgiving get together yesterday with my son and his family.  My daughter and her...

This is the best time to shop for Christmas!  Starting on Friday morning, Nov 23rd through Monday night Nov. 26th most everything we have on the we...