Pearl the Squirrel

I managed to fill the last couple of weeks with a big ol' project that put blogging, sewing, knitting, etc. on hold. However, one o...

Martin Melchor & Melinda Ortega wrap toucan carving I learned so much on my trip to Oaxaca, and was given so much to think about. S...

The daughter of some friends recently underwent surgery for a brain tumor. She's a college student, 20 years old, and it was a frighteni...

Back from some additional travels—we went East to watch my nephew Karl receive his diploma in Virginia. It was a great family gathering that...

In my previous post I mentioned a three-hour drive to Decorah, and it was to visit Seed Savers for today's post on Etsy . I'd been t...

Iowa is the land of cicadas. There are some nights in mid-summer when their drone nearly drowns out conversation. Their carcasses litter sid...

So, let's hear it for Kate and William, who must not only experience the jitters that plague every couple about to make a life-long comm...

Thought you might enjoy seeing a few more of the sock monkey photos I shot for this week's Etsy pos t. These are from the collection of ...