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Canning Therapy

May 19, 2013 – 11:02 am

Bill is in Portland at Quilt Market and I decided to invite one of Sophie’s friends over for a special Saturday Girls’ Night dinner out and a sleepover. While the girls were playing cards and racing around the house having fun, I thought about Kathreen and Rob and their kids. In the midst of sadness […]

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Missing the Super Do-ers

May 17, 2013 – 12:37 am

Periodically when Bill and I are discussing someone we admire one of us says, “She’s a do-er.” or He’s a do-er.” It is high praise to us as it describes someone who makes things happen. Do-ers don’t wait for a paycheck or permission or someone else to blaze the trail for them. They live their […]

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lucky charm

April 13, 2013 – 2:25 am

I’ve often bristled when people tell me that I’m “lucky” to have had a great  professional opportunity. Lucky to be born in a free country? Yes. Lucky to have met my husband? Yes. But I’ve often thought that work opportunities were more a result of hard work and preparation than luck. However, every now and […]

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we hope you like jammin’ too

April 9, 2013 – 1:19 am

Long, long ago, on the 20th floor of a Chicago high-rise on a Monday morning, an Iowa farm girl turned architect handed me a jar of homemade strawberry jam. I was a landscape architect in this firm of 300 people and I was amazed that she had canned a jar of strawberry jam. When I […]

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Craftsy sale this weekend only!

April 5, 2013 – 4:42 pm

Craftsy is having a special sale this weekend!

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