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It is a strange thing when a place you know intimately becomes part of a skewed national narrative, so sideways from the city you know well. By now the current situation in Portland, Oregon is daily news. Portland happens to be where I spent my most formative years, a city that really helped me grow… Continue reading Coming Up Roses
Greetings and welcome to Knitunes, a blog about my love of music and knitting. Kidding! This is still the old familiar Quiltunes, with a little detour to my love of knitting. In the busted sewer pipe that is our current news cycle, you may have missed a big story this spring (to crafters, at least):… Continue reading In Bloom
When you have a deep love for a hobby, you are often asked for an origin story. What sparked your interest? How did you get involved in that? This especially happens when there are misconceptions about your hobby, ahem, primarily that it is for a certain group of people and you, perhaps, do not fit… Continue reading All Is Full of Love
How is everyone doing out there with the constant madness in the world? Are you holding strong and finding ways to connect despite the chaos? Have you found daily glimmers (aka the opposite of triggers) to hold on to when you need some light? If you too are feeling that the state of the world… Continue reading No One’s Gonna Love You
A quick scan of the current news chock full of stories about tariffs, inflation, extreme inequality, human displacement and war can really bring a person down. Not to mention that we used to ingest our news in a slower more digestible manner, meaning perusing a newspaper over coffee versus scrolling a whole site’s headlines in… Continue reading Winds Change
This post is dedicated to two people who left an indelible impact on my life (and thousands of others’ too) with their generous spirits and kindness - my high school History teacher (and early mentor) and my grandfather in law. Both men were exemplary people, and coincidentally also teachers, who gave graciously with their daily… Continue reading Turtle (and flower) power!
Hello dear readers. How are you holding up? Are you doing okay right now in these challenging times? As Jon Batiste says, “I love you even if I don’t know you”. I feel the same and am sending love out to all the good people right now. My wish is that you have found helpful… Continue reading Fins
Well it’s the end of 2024 and whew, what a ride. I will not sugarcoat it, this year was challenging for me and a lot of my loved ones too. As a reflective person, there is a tendency (and one might argue cultural pressure) to use these final calendar days to recall and compile all… Continue reading Motivational Speaker
Eons ago, technologically speaking, when the blogosphere emerged as a newfangled form of communication, I wrote a blog about the dictionary. Proud nerd here! The premise of my long defunct project was to randomly open a page in my giant dictionary and point at a definition, then write about that word and its relation to… Continue reading Don’t Stop Believin’
Wowza the seasons sure have changed quickly at the Quiltunes headquarters! The days are short and the mornings are extra dark. The furnace is running, the duvet is on the bed and the sandals have been swapped for boots. The leaves are showing off a riot of beautiful colors, which unfortunately in my neighborhood, also… Continue reading Gold in the Air of Summer
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