Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I love taking a flat piece of fabric and giving it form. Â To me this bag represents the lava flow, island sunsets, the abundance of flowers, graceful hula dancers, and the vivacity that is so very much the islands. Â Despite all that glory, this bag is still totally laid back [...]
Once again, it’s been awhile since I last posted. Â Let’s see if we can remedy that. First, let me catch you up on my life. I live in Hawai’i. Â I’m a substitute teacher. I love to sew. Since it is summer and I am not teaching, I have been sewing. [...]
Once again I have been given licence (and a license) to educate children.  I love to make kids think. Sometimes my methods are a little unorthodox, but they are usually fun. Today I was in a special needs classroom with 3 hearing impaired kids and their aid, Ms. Ash.  Cognitively there is [...]
Anybody out there? Â This is a vast wasteland of “I’m not even sure how this thing works anymore.” Â I was just futzing around on the backside and I am clueless. Â There are bells and whistles I’ve never seen before, and I can’t remember how to use some of my formerly [...]
Nowhere for Christmas, by Heather Gray is a laugh-out-loud story. Â I found myself chuckling often, totally captivated and delighted by the main characters. Â Avery, a newspaper reporter who has a shot at national syndication, her teenage son, Eli, and, Gavin, a photojournalist find themselves traveling to Nowhere, Oklahoma to capture [...]