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Back about 10 years ago, I mapped out an area between some trees that includes the drain field for the studio septic system.  Those drain lines are...

We started this spring behind in rainfall.  As I recall it was about 5" short of where we should be. May and now into June have changed everything....

We have had 12 inches of rain so far in May. That’s not a record-breaking number but it is significant. If we still lived in our old house in Simon...

Over the past month or so I've received quite a few calls from people who have looms they want to rehome. In each case, I have explained how to rea...

Every so often, probably once a year or so, I get the itch to move furniture around.  Interestingly, it almost always happens in the studio and alm...

I have decided it's finally time to take down my Christmas wreath.  Of course, bowing to the pressure from my wonderful husband, all the wreaths on...

Per Merriam-Webster, the definition of overthink is to think too much about something, to put too much time into thinking about or analyzing somet...

Yes! We just received our latest order of fine Swedish flax roving.  I love this stuff. Here is the background.  Flax grows to be a tall straight p...

Hemp is a fiber, like linen, with a very long history. Traces of hemp fibers and fabric have been found all across the world including in China, Eg...

I have had a lot of trouble this past month writing much of anything. I don't know if it's the residual angst and upset of the past year or the big...

We have a small copse of trees up the pasture next to our riding arena. It includes a single moderate sized hackberry tree and a cluster of small t...

We have two dogs that I love dearly. They are messy and noisy and always want to wrestle in the living room during the evening news. In a moment of...