Weekly Newsletters

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Circuitous Pathways

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It’s a beautiful, interesting yarn, but from looking at it, you’d never guess all the twists and turns that went into the making of it.
Colorful building blocks

Finding Leverage

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Have you noticed recently how heavy your head is? If you’re lying down, how much effort is it to come up to sitting or standing?
Muslin scraps in front of a sewing machine.

Getting It Right—Or Close Enough

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Sometimes, in Awareness Through Movement lessons, Moshe Feldenrkais would encourage his students to do the movement poorly. Don’t even try to do it well. It’s an interesting strategy.
Marilyn and her dog Bluebell

May Her Memory Be for a Blessing

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She had that amazing quality of making people feel special. Whatever she was doing, she found ways to enjoy, and perhaps more importantly, to share love and joy with those around her.
Five-year-old girl climbing a rock wall.

Going to Camp

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When I read the part about bringing a sleeping bag or sheets to fit a twin-sized bed, I wondered, “What was I thinking?”
Woman turning her head to look at her hand

Pain Is Complicated

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I’m more and more convinced of the importance of movement. Moving all the parts of ourselves. Moving in little ways and big ways, easily and gently, quickly and powerfully.
Materials for drafting a sewing pattern—paper, pencil, eraser,...

Approximations

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I have a little sewing project going. The first step is making a moulage—creating a paper pattern that closely follows a person’s measurements. Which means that the beginning phase of this sewing project is actually pattern drafting.
Younce Creek in the winter.

All Over Again

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I always think I’m going to procrastinate less this year. And get more done. And somehow be more perfecter.
Christmas tree with white lights and red candles.

Traditions

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I was blissfully ignorant of all that. My parents never seemed reckless to me, so I assumed this was safe.
Chris Thiele, Bela Fleck, and 10 other musicians on stage.

Quickly

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Their hands were moving almost like hummingbird wings. So fast! But they didn’t go far—just up and down within a range of a few inches.
Bundles of wool roving

Advent Wool

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The picture was on paper that was translucent, so the calendar was hung in a window to let the light through. It was simple and beautiful, and we were always eager to see what today’s picture would be.
Open road with a question mark at the horizon.

Changing My Mind

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What would you like to change? Are there any big—or little—assumptions and shenanigans that are getting in your way?