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Simplify with One In – One Out

Simplify with One In – One Out

Balance everything that you bring in to your life with something that you let go. M.E. O'Toole Balance Acquisitions For everything something 'new', let go of something 'old' One of the recurring themes in this challenge is that simplifying your life requires you to be...

Getting outside during lockdown

On March 22, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen MacNeil declared a provincial State of Emergency.  These measures included the closure of many public spaces including parks, beaches and trails.N.S. declares state of emergency in response to COVID-19 This has caused...

Uncharted territory: Pandemic declared

Uncharted territory: Pandemic declared

Social Distancing.  Finding Community. Coming together by staying home. In the past two weeks, there have been significant and frightening changes in our communities and around the world.  It is difficult to even know where to start or what to write. As we...

The Plymouth Tapestry: Stitching 400 years

Many people are familiar with the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings through an embroidered cloth almost 230 M  Long. Learn more in this short film: The Bayeux Tapestry - Seven Ages of Britain from BBC One...

A new tactic

Sometimes you have to move on For many years, I have wanted to restore an old trunk.  Several years ago, I picked up one that had be thrown out with the trash.  It was in decent shape and I took it home with the best of intentions to either restore it to a...

Magna Carta as a stitching collaboration

This morning, I received my weekly Inspirations: All Stitched Up newsletter  in my mailbox.  (Issue 222, FEB 21, 2020).  Reading this is always a welcome way to start my day with creative ideas.  If you do – or admire – hand work, you can sign-up...

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