Maybe because it is winter... but drinking tea has become very important around here... our shelf of tea is toppling over with cardboard boxes of herbal sachets and greens and blacks of all sorts. We also have loose teas that swell in their tea infusers... Every mug in the house is washed after soggy bags of tea are pinched out and thrown into the compost. Coffee has all but disappeared, except the other day when I boiled some grounds to make 2 tablespoons for a brownie recipe. Something about tea is soothing, coffee can make me jittery, but a cuppa tea hits the spot!
"If you are cold, tea will warm you; If you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you." ~William E. Gladstone
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed)
drawing by Rick Beerhorst
“Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two.”
― Dorothea Brande
I have a new used book, titled Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande. I read a recommendation for this book from Julia Cameron, the author of The Artisits' Way... (an awesome book by the way.) I am looking forward to reading Becoming a Writer -- the snippets I have read seem really good!
What an encouraging thing, to see someone elses interpretation of a design of mine! Above is one of the bird motifs in my rug pattern "Expect Good Things". This was done by Debra Lloyd of Cadillac, Michigan. I love her colors!
-- P.S. I invite you to send photos of your finished rugs (or in progress) of the patterns I have designed... I'd love it! and it really can make my day :) ♥Brenda -- bbmarie@gmail.com
Rose is the oldest of our 6 children - she is the Big sister. She takes this role very seriously especially with the two youngest girls, Grace and Rain.
They have a Sister to visit, in her own home! With occasional sleep overs and knitting lessons. What a sweet and wonderful thing....
"She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child."
~ Barbara Alpert
I like that last line! Because sisters can really fight sometimes, but the love is strong!
all photos by Pearl Beerhorst, another awesome big sister!
