My children are still young, but are now beyond the age of reading Alphabet books.  I was thinking last night about all of the alphabet books we read while they were little.  There were a lot of them! ... VIEW POST

I haven't done one of these in awhile -- I meant to do it weekly, but I think I missed last week.  Or not.  I'm having trouble remembering.  I could probably go find out easily enough, but it would require moving my hands from the keyboard over to the mouse, and I'm not sure I have ... VIEW POST

My sister left me a comment on my original post about things that start with the letter C.  I think I'm in big trouble.  Aunt Suzy forgot the most important one of all! My darling nephew Colin! Sorry, Colin, don't know how I could possibly have forgotten about you! (Our family gave ... VIEW POST

You may have noticed a slight obsession with the alphabet here on my blog.  It's a little bit like I'm back in kindergarten learning my ABCs.  My decision to try to use the alphabet to guide what I'm blogging about and working on was born out of my need to find something to help me ... VIEW POST

Dear Stuff: All right everybody.  Listen up.  I'm talking to all of you -- fabric, thread, buttons, beads, paints, inks, colored pencils, stickers, paper, ephemera, scraps, trims -- this is your only warning.  This is your year.  All of you -- I'm not kidding.  It's time ... VIEW POST