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Sew40 – Sewing by Machine or Hand for 40 days Summer ’23
Sewing whilst watching a Netflix “soap” at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. As a response to some harsh treatment by church leadership, I felt I needed a “40 days” but Advent and Lent were too far away. I wondered what would change in me if I sewed every day for 40 days. No restrictions, my…
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The Underside View of a Hummingbird
I sat on the top step of my front porch for the first time. Three years of living in an old farmhouse and I never sat there. I heard a hummingbird and looked up in time to see its underside, the light being captured by its white tail feathers.
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Dancing in the kitchen on Saturday night
In the 1950s and 60s my parents went out to card parties, often three times a week. My dad had a band well into his eighties so many Saturday nights he was gone. My mother hated the music but tolerated it and often hosted tea, sandwiches, and fresh donuts. But many a time, if he…
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