Squares Up: Personal Fulfillment
"Do more than just exist." ~ Unknown The feature today on Sow the Heart is about a ninety-four year old man who has found painting quilt designs as his "saving grace." His words square up with what many people say…
Color Your World
"Our world is full of beauty...take a moment to live your life and take in all the colours of our world." ~ Unknown I walked into a "dynamic lifestyle community" recently with my brother and my two parents . We were rewarded…
Feed the Soul
"When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life. " – Jean Shinoda Bolen We've all heard expressions like "we can't take care of…
Alchemy for the New Year
A few weeks ago I stopped into Black Sheep Yarn Shop to look into one of their fiber arts workshops called Fixing Your Mistakes. "Sign me up!" I said. In all honesty what I was thinking was I need a…
Illuminosity
An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending....where heaven and earth rejoice as at the moment of creation. ~ Abraham Isaac Kook When was the last time you had an "aha moment?"…
Brain Fixes
" ...writing was a far more powerful tool for healing than anyone had ever imagined.” ~ James W Pennebaker My mother, father and I sat outside in the sunshine. I watched my mother deeply inhale the beauty of the day…
Underlying Threads
Last week at our Delectible Mountain Quilters Guild monthly meeting, a special presentation Voices of the Past: Quilts and Soddies was presented. A storyteller from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, dressed in period clothing, gave a very interesting overview about pioneer…
Sowing Satisfying Results
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." ~ Ben Franklin "Oh, look! This is wonderful!" I said to my husband grinning widely, "they even attached a critique form. Now I can see what I could have done better." When I…
Prized Friendships
Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” ~ Henry Van Dyke It can hardly be called a work of fine art, but that's not the point of…
Simple Summer Pleasures
"It strikes my heart strings that the county fair, which is prevalent at the end of summer in many rural communities, is one of the last bastions of a simple life." ~ Sue Batton Leonard I was ushering as a volunteer at a…