Many years ago, I read Shakti Gawain's book, " Creative Visualization" and it has long since stayed with me. Visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life. There is nothing at all
I have used medicine cards from time to time in the last number of years. Lately, I have been sorting through a lot in my life and have been consulting the cards more regularly. This divination system is based
Working with Handmade Buttons
I love buttons. They can make a beautiful piece of clothing or a knitted sweater just pop or maybe to give new life to an old piece. So many things are made by machines or in faraway places. If it
Monday signals a return to school and for me a return to work. The first week of my daughter’s winter holidays, we had no snow. In the last week or so, we did get enough to toboggan and snowshoe.
So here we are on the last day of 2011. In my part of Central Ontario, it seems as though winter has just arrived and I for one am thankful for that. If you don’t make friends with snow, it
I love autumn and watching the weather change. All the leaves are changing on the trees and the dying away is immenent. For those of us who live in this four season landscape, it is a time for pulling and
I have been continuing to work on pendants pieces for my extra shop. I wanted to use put images on these pieces that are meaningful to me. One of icons that spoke to me in Canadian culture is the Inukshuk. Inukshuk
I don't know about where you live but here in Ontario, in the last couple of weeks we have been roasting without much relief. I have been busy getting ready for a week long jewellery course that I will be
Planting Day
A few weeks ago, it finally warmed up enough to get our garden planted. Over the winter, I read a couple of good gardening books. The first one was “Carrots Love Tomatoes” which was suggested to me by Erin Chapelle
The Making of a Green Thumb
I have always wanted to love dirt the way that I love clay, so this year I have put myself right in the middle of learning the gardening process. Even though it has been cool and rainy for the last