A Resolution of Sorts . . .

Happy New Year . . .

a few days late.

I'm not one to make resolutions,

I always feel I'm setting myself up for failure.

If it's something I want to do or change,

I should just do it right?  No matter what day of the year it is.

So this year I decided that I am going to finish the tops that I have knocking around.

There are six or seven, and I have decided that I will try to

finish one top for every new project I start.

It sounds confining at first, but really it's about balance.

So here is the first top I have finished this year!

Ha!  I love when  you can say that 6 days into the year.

I started this quilt 6 years ago and lost steam

pretty quickly.

Then a friend gave me this great fabric.

She was cleaning out and gave me lots of great fabric actually.

So this is the first of many of her cast offs you will see.

Seeing this fabric inspired me to finish this quilt.

Also, I have the perfect person to give it to.

He is someone who has helped me greatly over the past year,

and I want him to know how much I appreciate it.

Yesterday, I was in the city for a quilty event.

I got to see lots of lovely women, we laughed, we hugged,

we enjoyed each other's company imensely!

My friend Chris showed some blocks she was working on.

Orange, yellow and navy blues.  

I loved the way the colors worked together.

It reminded me of a "Goldfish" quilt I wanted to make,

and have been collecting fabrics for for the last few years.

So when I went to the City Quilter and saw

this blue lobster in a fat quarter pack, I just knew I had to have it.

And so maybe this will be my "new project"

before my next "old" top.

The other fabrics just jumped in my arms.

You know how that goes . . . 

So are you a resolution maker or not?

2011 Here I come!

I went for a really nice walk yesterday.

Contemplating the turn of the calendar.

I don't feel any differently today than I did yesterday,

but I think this time of year causes us to reflect.

It has been a tumultuous couple of years for me.

Life sometimes changes in quarter inch segments,

and sometimes it hits you in the face like a brick.

I got hit with the brick and since then

the quarter inches have been piling up.

I am grateful that I am ending the year in a better

place than I began it.

I think I have finally found my footing again.

So it is with great reflection that I have decided to

embrace all the "good" and the "bad" things that

happened in my life.

I now know that all of the events of my life have lead me to this point.

I think I can now accept them all lovingly, even the painful ones.

This is one of our beaches.
Something you may not know about me is . . .
I am a Justice of the Peace.


In Connecticut we are blessed to be able to have same sex marriages.

Two weeks ago at this beach, in the freezing, windy cold,
I married two couples, one both men, the other both women.

The joy of the day was overwhelming.
And so was the temperature!

What I took away from that day was the the pure love
these couples had for each other.
They were embracing something they had wanted for a long time,
but were not permitted to have.

It really made me start to think about all I have that I take for granted.




So for today, and hopefully all the days that follow,
I am going to look at everything with clear attention . . .
with presence of mind.
With gratefulness for everything in my life.

My friends. Old and new!

My daughter


My family.


My community.


My fabric. no just kidding, well maybe not.

I think I better sign off, it's getting alittle deep around here.