Fall Update
It has been a while since I wrote you an update. I am squarely in transition over here straddling the mostly solo work of the blouse project and early efforts…
Trust Yourself
Friday I present a textile strategy I developed in collaboration with a wonderful team at Coalfield Development, a West Virginia -based workforce development organization. The aim of this strategy is…
Reflections on Community
I have been marveling at the healing power of community over the last few weeks. Something happened during the pandemic. Of the many realizations people had, we saw that at…
Year 3 in Small Town America
This month, my partner and I celebrate 3 years living in West Virginia. In the last few months something has shifted with our lives in our small town, Princeton, in…
Starting with Self Love
As I come to the last phase of the Founder’s Circle project and wonder what’s next I find myself uncertain about the future. I know it will involve writing, it…
Our dreams and the messiness
This week I write with a message I’ve been holding onto since last week – a message that has been helping me get through it all. That message is about…
August Update
A brief note before I start in – I am posting the below update a few weeks late. I am committed to continuing these weekly letters but am finding myself…
July Update
Though I’ve titled this the July update – I have to jump to last week – when the first 5 final Founder’s Blouses arrived! See the photo below. The sewing…
Mom wisdom from a bookmark
It can be so easy to take life too seriously right now. The hottest June followed by the hottest July, extreme fire pollution. A consulting job taking a hard look…