Indigo dyeing
Dyeing with indigo has always been mysterious. I’d love to have a little vat at home that I could understand and work with. But it’s intimidating. There seem to be so many options and...
Author: Catherine
Reading spring
I’ve made up a game to help get through March. It’s a game with myself to identify the earliest signs of spring, even when there seem to be no signs. The main one I’ve...
Blustery
A good day to stay in and work on my projects. The third crewel piece is coming along. It’s not turning out the way I planned, because I started to free-style with the colors....
March morning
This tree is in the willow grove – or the Immanent Grove as I call it, after a location in Ursula LeGuin’s The Wizard of Earthsea. I walk past it occasionally on my daily...
March blows in
A couple of Sam’s cousins, his sister, Sam and me – we’ve been making a fivesome a few weekends now for hiking and a meal out somewhere along the coast. Snack, brunch, lunch, whatever...
La Ciudad de México (CDMX)
This is my last travelogue post for our Mexico trip. I’m kind of hankering to get back to the present. But first I have to cover our three days in Mexico City. This was...
Mirador el Cerro de la Cruz
Another journey in Puerto Vallarta – our traditional climb to the overlook called Mirador el Cerro de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross Viewpoint). Sam and I have climbed to this site three times...