I did a LOT of sewing in 2025, all of it clothing. After gaining weight with menopause, I needed to rebuild most of my wardrobe. Not only did I replace all my pants, I made several jumpsuits and dresses. My favorite pattern company at the moment is Style Arc out of Australia. The patterns are classics and the size 8 fits me well without any adjustments. The two Style Arc dress patterns I made were…
A quick post for today. I went with several family members to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis yesterday. It was a free children’s day, so there were multiple activities set up for kids throughout the museum. We started out with one of the museum’s current exhibits, Love Language by Dyani White Hawk. The artist’s ancestry is Lakota and European American and her multidisciplinary work is a mesmerizing blend of cultures, with her Native heritage…
Forewarning: I touch on politics in this post, so if that isn’t your thing, go ahead and skip this. Author John Scalzi, whose work I’ve read a lot of this year, recently wrote a blog post called “Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)” in response to people searching for a new creative person to look up to after several allegations of sexual assault surfaced against author Neil Gaiman. If you have a tendency to…