A brief interlude to entertain you while I slam away at finishing a quilt. Entries are due Thursday….and it’s not half quilted. EEEK! Anyway, for all you Whovians, I spotted this on Gloria Hansen’s blog (here):
The artwork is just wonderful–I’d love to teach myself and practice enough to have that level of fluidity and spontaneity in my drawings.
Hopefully I’ll be back soon with more quilts from Houston and a sneak peek at what I’ve been doing…..
So every year or thereabouts, the QuiltArt list has a discussion as we approach and dive into the new year. What will your word be for the coming new year? I could remember my word for 2011—-the worst of the years from hell: breathe, and a more apt word I never picked! But I couldn’t remember what word I chose for 2013. It appears I forgot to pick one. So here’s what I wrote to the QA list:
for 2010: simplify
for 2011: breathe
for 2012: refresh
for 2013: I missed it this year!
for 2014: hmmmmm….
(and it’s a good thing I keep emails and can use the search function on my laptop…the only one I remembered was “breathe” for the year Mom died, our oldest hit the bottom of his pit–luckily not a deep one–and other insanity.)
Actually, maybe “hmmmm” **should** be my word for the year. Musing. I’ve been thinking things like “re-assess,” “re-evaluate,” and so on. New avenues? or Pathways? Meanderings? Explorations isn’t quite right. Walking (not in the literal sense). Trails? Review isn’t quite right either.
Maybe I should just toss my cares to the wind and say “fudge” (yes, the chocolate, edible kind!)! Oh, why limit myself, how about “Dessert!” I think I need some whimsy! Command decision made: Dessert it is!
I’ll close with a favorite t-shirt quote:
Cheers, Sarah
PS: yes, art can be the dessert!
So there you go: Dessert if my word for 2014! Makes me giggle! WOOT!
And in that vein, I’m planning on (decaf) Kahlua Coffee with whipped cream for tonight (since we have Kahlua and no Irish Mist), so here is one last song for the year: James Taylor singing For Auld Lang Syne–love this! The older I get, the more the song brings tears to my eyes as I remember those whom I have loved and are gone, those whom I love now, one of whom I fear may not be with us this time next year (send her healing power to southern Texas that she be among the three percent that survives this cancer), and the beauty of life. Indeed,
“so here’s a hand my trusted friend
and give me a hand o’ thine,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne.”
Thank you for visiting me here in 2013. Here’s to a healthy, loving, joyful, artful 2014 for all of us. Hugs, Sarah
This morning let’s celebrate the arrival of that little baby boy so many years ago. No matter what your faith, it’s indisputable that the child grew into a man whose teachings and influence have lasted the millenia. Here’s to peace and tolerance and understanding and shared joy that no matter what your faith or or your path, we can love each other and celebrate in the joy of life!
Merry Christmas!
I have loved the velvet in Tracy Chapman’s voice from the first time I heard it, when I was in graduate school and she was getting her start in nearby Cambridge, Mass. I never got to hear her in person, but boy I wish I had! I love this version, again, true to the original song, with just the simplicity of the lyrics and the melody and her voice:
Now it’s time to tuck into bed and wait for Santa and the mice to come do their thing!
No Christmas is complete without watching White Christmas with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Allen. I can pretty much recite most of the dialogue of the entire movie! So for Christmas Eve, I leave you with the Crooner, the classic (and one and only) version of this song:
(And just ignore the dubbed in German at the end! what a hoot!)
May this evening find your surrounded by love and joy. Whether you are on your own or surrounded by a happy horde (or the usual squabbly family horde), thank you for sharing the holidays with me.
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