Love

Over the past year I've been powerfully influenced by the truth that nothing can overcome the fruits of the spirit...... Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control. So, I woke up this morning with a strong desire to write something on Mother's Day in this blog - after all, this is a blog …

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Where did I come from?

I came from a long line of knitters............and.............my people also were up-cyclers before there was a word for it.  🙂 I have been laughing this winter about making slipper moccasins, hats, mittens, earbands, pin cushions and the best potholders you could imagine out of a ruined wool sweater........ Marketing, marketing.........I shouldn't say ruined sweater, I should …

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Make yourself useful……as well as Ornamental.

Watching people work can be very interesting, but Mum thought it was better to be part of the worker group most of the time. She believed that it was only in rare times when being ornamental would be the preferred modus operandi.......... If I happened to be looking particularly lazy, I often heard this comment, …

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