Hello - Are you still there? My blogs have been sparse these past several years. My explanation is simple. The late Upper Skagit Elder, Vi Hilbert, many times said that her elders told her: “If you’re talking, you’re not listening!” Let’s just say I’ve been doing my best to be listening, and reading, and listening, and reflecting, and … [Read more...]
Gathering Cattail
I love how a person can take a humble leaf, or a handful of stems or grasses, and learn to manipulate them into vastly useful elements, or objects. Recently, when two beautiful, handmade cherry wood frames arrived from New York state, in a large box at my door, I had an opportunity to become what in the British Isles is termed a “rusher”. A … [Read more...]
