happy stuff.

i just got back from a fantastic concert.  the wailin’ jennys sang at the very intimate and acoustically wonderful stoughton opera house.  hearing them live brought tears to my eyes and a full feeling to my heart more than once.  laughing along with them and the rest of the audience as the fire siren went [...]

so the short story behind this quilt is that after 4+ years of trying various methods to start our family, we are thrilled to be anticipating a domestic open newborn adoption possibly sometime in the next 5 weeks or so.  there’s a whole lot of weighty words in that sentence, so feel free to read [...]

i’ve been waiting to show you my next quilt for a very long time, but i wanted to wait until it was finished.  here’s a sneak peek.  can you guess what kind of quilt it is?  (people who’ve already seen it in real life or who’ve heard me talk about it are exempt from guessing!)

i went swimming (indoors) today after work and whenever i do that i always come home starving.  so when i was scrambling to find something to eat and noticed a recipe i’d gotten out of the october issue of martha stewart for “cheese flautas with cilantro pesto” my gut instinct was, “no!  takes too long!” [...]

i have had the best weekends lately!  this past weekend beans drove down to visit.  it was the weekend of the wisconsin film festival and they were going to show handmade nation and we both wanted to see it, so we planned a whole weekend of fun together. on friday night, we enjoyed dinner at [...]

oh readers, dear readers, i am in aural heaven.  i just got back from a bobby mcferrin concert and my ears are so very, very happy.  also, my voice.  and my heart.  i dearly love to hear this man perform.  i dearly love to be in his audiences because he lets us be an integral [...]

to bring you a special report about a new craft love of mine. this is actually the second new craft love for me in the span of about 3 short weeks, so my brain is buzzing with possibilities, but i’ll tell you about the first of the two in another post. i just have to [...]

last weekend was the annual women’s retreat for our church.  as always, it was a time to reconnect with friends and take the time and space to just breathe.  i napped.  i went for a run.  i made some beautiful cards.  i ate some cheesecake.  i stayed up until 2 a.m.  ahhhh….. thank goodness for [...]

i love surprise gifts.  (who doesn’t?)  so imagine my delight when i received a small, heavy box in the mail last week that contained this beautiful, robin’s egg blue glassybaby from a dear friend accompanied by a very thoughtful note.  it’s a vase!  it’s a candleholder!  it’s a drinking glass! i’m leaning towards the last [...]

ahhh… i needed that. so many beautiful bits this last weekend. first, this weekend was the annual local festival that culminates in an aerial dance performance suspended from the trees by a troupe called cycropia. i’ve blogged about them before and they’re probably my favorite local entertainers. their act is just so unique! a friend [...]