PLANTING HOPE

To the garden we wander,                             the soil moist with dew.                               We come this spring with open hearts renewed.   All heartaches forgiven, all winter’s travails absolved.  Spring becomes for us a channel from which to...

NEW BLUE NIGHTIES

For Christmas I made two flannel nightgowns for my four year old.  One was for her, and a matching one was for her rag doll, Charlotte.  Brilliant, I thought, when I came up with the idea.  Sofia has had mostly two piece pajamas all her life.   She deserves a...

PAPER MACHE LUNA

This year for Halloween my 4 year old daughter said she wanted to be “La Luna” (the moon!).    Since she was able to talk, she has always called the moon “La Luna, My Friend”.  She has had a loving relationship with Her Friend and always looks...
THE OLD HOMESTEAD

THE OLD HOMESTEAD

My great grandmother, Thelma Muskrat Lee, was born and raised in Oklahoma on what is now called the Grand Lake of the Cherokees.  This is where my great grandmother and great grandfather met and lived out their lives.  They lived on this land before there was a lake. ...

SOFIA’S LOVE QUILT

Almost 4 years after passing out blank quilt squares to family and friends, my daughter’s “baby” quilt is finally finished. Before the birth of my first daughter, I decided that I wanted her to have a community quilt.  I wanted her to have a tangible...
A DREAM OF A LIFE

A DREAM OF A LIFE

Arriving in the dark night in Rincon, Puerto Rico, I was greeted by the silhouette of two sand palms standing majestically side by side.  My skin soaking up the moist tropical air, I took in a very deep breath.   The night was anything but quiet, abuzz with the...

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