Combining fibre with a hackle

Kit Fisher recently gave a workshop, at Guelph Handweavers and Spinners Guild, on combining fibre with a hackle. Creating yarn this way has…

Morning tea ritual provides a creative framework

I bought the teapot last May at the Potters’ Market, an annual Guelph craft festival, in hope of revitalizing a morning routine. I…

For some people spirituality has nothing to do with nature. For others, it is God’s creation. For still others, it is their religion….

I have started itching to get my hands in the soil. It starts this way every year about the same time, just as…

Winter uncovers not only physical textures of the landscape, but also underlying sounds. Whereas in summer we are distracted by showy bird songs…

The amaryllis is a popular indoor bulb providing exotic colour for the winter household. My mother always had amaryllis blooming at Christmas time,…

Call it a New Year’s resolution if you will. I prefer to think in terms of strategies, and my strategy is to make…

This magical night shot was actually taken at the cottage last month. I saved it to share as a special holiday greeting to…

I was raised in a home of frustrated creatives who valued art but did not appreciate entrepreneurship. For success as a writer or…

Over a year ago during one of my last visits to my childhood home, I took three cuttings from a Christmas cactus that…