Spirit Cloth

Late August Patchwork

Acorns have been falling.

Mostly encouraged by squirrels.

I've been thinking about my folks. It always comes in between seasons. The two acorns reminded me of them. Together. Through whatever was.

Yes it's been a bit cooler. But this week will be hotter still. And humid. I always remember the late heat that often coincided with going back to school. The hot un-airconditioned classrooms. The difficulty concentrating. How Dad would be home waiting to whisk us off to the beach for a late swim. Like a little bit extra summer vacation.

 

I stitched a moon cabin. Because I am preparing for my Patchwork in Perspective. I'm looking back fondly at  my patched past. Gathering. Documenting. Reconsidering its use to give it wholeness. There's a bit of Mom's wedding dress in there. The silk velvet. Dyed blue like the old sky. She gave it to me and said make something out of it, make it useful. I could have altered it and made it into a dress. But I don't much wear dresses. I like it better like this. Holding the late August moon. For all of us. Part of the bigger basket.

 

Loving Another April

April is warm enough.

I love the back and forth of it. The first greens.

I'll clear away some of the leaves today. The ones that fell during winter. Some hang on a bit longer than expected. And fall with the early spring rains.  Just those close to the house will go. To discourage ticks too close for comfort. There is already a warning out here.

There is no need to plant to have a garden in this place we call home for now. Gathering dandelion greens for salad today. And some blooms for the Dyepo(e)t.

The studio needs one more day of straightening. I'll do that later when it gets cooler. Maybe burn some of the twigs from the clean up. Build one of the last fires of the season.

A few things added to the list for keeping with me, travelling companions...

 

Soul-o,

the dyepo(e)t,

a little dandelion cloth

and the memory of leaves that hang on a little longer than expected.

A list is like a poem sometimes. Might my list grow into one?

As it turns out

So A is for April first off.

It will take me a while to get started with the Index. For A is also for As it turns out.

As it turns out, I have a bladder infection. No comment on that, just Aargh. That woke me yesterday and I still feel like crap but a bit better, apple cider vinegar fasting day 2... A little set back and a lot of bitching.

And A new stray. A real one, shows up yesterday.

Hello.

A is also for Art. That's a big one right? And even though I avoid the word, it needs to be there. Maybe some of you might shed some light on it instead.

John Dewey's Art as Experience was my first read on the subject. I don't read that much but I have read this one twice since this post. I have not changed my feelings about it.  I find myself illustrating it at this point. Especially in this go around. I'll pack this one when it comes time. This will go along with me. Somewhere.

So A is for many things... I started somewhere (Doesn't matter where really).

Just gathering  initially from the categories here. And I will adding as I review old posts and materials, loose pages. Things that pop into my head.  I decided to use the blog format to organize the material first. And then to transfer that information to a more reliable format. It will be a mishmosh in the beginning, just a collection of words and terms that serve me. I can point to them later to give them context.  I think it might be best, to compare how they are defined already with how I have reconsidered them. Anyway, this is all probably too much to say, but I'm saying. Interesting that Alphabet is in there already. And Audio, audio will actually be a big part of all this because I hate typing so much. So let me charge that thing.