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Hello sew-friends! Today, I'm very pleased to share that my annual printable calendar is back for 2023. I think we can all agree that one of the best things about the start of the new year, is getting to start a fresh calendar. Possibilities are endless and everything feels packed with fresh potential. I’ve been making a version of this free printable calendar for a number of years now (maybe over ten years now!?!). This year, I had fun playing around with some new fonts. The decorative font I used is called Acier Bat. (If you have Adobe CC and...

Stressed about a wedding to-do list? First of all, take a deep breath—you just got engaged, which means you’ve just agreed to spend the rest of your life with the person you love, and you have so much to look forward to. But with an engagement comes wedding planning, which can be a highly stressful time, to say the least. With the decisions of when, where, and what flowers looming over your head, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by what’s to come instead of enjoying the engagement, but this should be one of the happiest times of your...

If I talk about emergency preparedness, how prepared are you is the logical question? I have asked a few people how they feel about preparedness. Some of my questions to friends were like “do you store water?” Other questions have been “how do you feel about food storage” or “how long could your family survive on the food you have stored?” Well, as you may imagine, the answers were all over the board. Here’s the deal, I really try not to be on a soapbox screaming from the rooftops to tell everyone to get prepared. But, it’s something I feel...

December 27, 2022 Jump to Recipe A quick and easy sauce for any pasta you make with it. Tomato & Mascarpone Sauce takes pasta night to a new level with crushed & diced tomatoes, onions, garlic, and Italian spices, then transforms them into a delicate, tangy yet creamy sauce with the addition of mascarpone. One of my favorite pasta sauces of all time! I remember seeing a jar of tomato mascarpone sauce on the shelves of Whole Foods Market. I figured I would try it, and I absolutely loved it. I tried to recreate it, and I feel I did...

I have been keeping a journal, off and on, since my teens, and as a dedicated daily practice for nearly 40 years. My first entry every day is usually a dream report, sometimes many of them. I like to go back to old journals, open one at random, and see what pops up. This simple act of bibliomancy produces intriguing results. Sometimes I notice that an incident I dreamed long ago is just starting go play out in ordinary reality.A favorite example: I was hurrying to get into my car and drive to a retreat center 90 minutes from my...