by StaceyW | Dec 19, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Nature
Like so many people I know, I’ve spent a large part of the last week in bed with proper flu. It’s left a lingering chesty cough and I was a little concerned about how I would cope with playing tenor sax for the Trent River Big Band who were performing...
by StaceyW | Dec 5, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel
Our recent snow days have given quite a few people a few moral dilemmas to work through… I’m lucky – I don’t have far to go to get to work (and I love my work!!), only having a few steps from my house to my studio – so I don’t have...
by StaceyW | Dec 1, 2010 | Life, Nature, Publications, Weaving
This morning we awoke to the most snow anyone in this area can remember for around 20 years! It is sooo beautiful! I am so lucky that I work from a studio next to the house, so I only had a short passage to clear to the workshop door, and the woodburning stove had...
by StaceyW | Nov 28, 2010 | Life
I was watching Sweeney Todd, the film version, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (with Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall) last night, and I was amazed at the musical talent these normally drama-oriented actors showed. I know from playing the show that the...
by StaceyW | Nov 24, 2010 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Publications, Teaching, Weaving
Wow, I’ve been amazed at the wonderful response to Woven Shibori for Textural Effects! Thank you so much for your warm comments and orders!! Typically, there have been a few technical glitches, notably with a Paypal button for the US postage that kept showing...
by StaceyW | Nov 21, 2010 | Life, Nature
Only a few are left with any clothes on now. It’s amazing how fast it’s happened! It’s amazing how you don’t notice things until there’s a sudden change in conditions, isn’t it? One minute everywhere was green, then a cold snap,...
