Growing and Harvesting Your Homegrown NW Sweet Grass. 9-3-2024 Melinda West Not everyone is fortunate to have there own land to cultivate, or even a place to call home, but perhaps you have a balcony on your apartment, or a friend with space in their garden, or access to a public Pea Patch? That’s all you need besides a large pot without holes … [Read more...]
Lissa Hunter’s Take Two Online Workshop
Yes, this is an advertisement for a fun workshop with Lissa Hunter, a fantastic fiber artist and teacher. Since she lives on the other side of this broad country, we may never have had the chance to meet. I’ve admired her work from afar through fiberart and craft magazines, so when Take Two provided the opportunity for me to learn from her last … [Read more...]
Ernestine Hayes – “Here We Are Together – Our Only Future Is a Future Together. As Humans.”
To listen to Earnestine Hayes in this beautiful short profile is a gift to any heart that aches for the ills in the world today. I’m so grateful that she found her gift of writing. I hope you enjoy! “I believe that the things that we learn about balance and about sharing and kinship and survival and dependence are not strictly Indigenous values … [Read more...]
Healing Words – Human Values
I apologize for this blog entry, as it may seem political, but I have never been more ashamed in my life to live in the United States. This president, in 2024, came into office with only 31% of the 245 million citizens eligible to vote. That is 77 million votes for trump and 168 million voters who did NOT vote for his corrupt regime. I think of … [Read more...]
Greetings – It’s 2026!
Hello. I hope each of you are finding healthy ways to embrace life each day. I am coping by working with my hands, digging in the soil, planting seeds, weaving baskets, and preparing materials for the very special students who have already filled my April 2026 workshop at BARN, Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network. I know there is a large waitlist, … [Read more...]
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