heart ache and delight, both are gifts

everything that occurs is actually the path itself

the best I can do, the most and the least

walking barefoot in my house

grounding myself, keeping my energy balanced

and my vulnerable innerness

I am past menopause now and children have flown, but that does not mean that I have stopped my deep and powerful inner life

In fact, my inner life is immense

it is a cloud, a beautiful cloud

I am an emotional thinker

blessed and lucky to be  given time to

pour my love into these cloths

it is all a gift

the glittering water, the bird song, the trees

you can scream into your journals

I am making simpler and simpler quilts

I am enjoying the process more and more

we know nothing
even about ourselves

(virginia woolf)

quilts are the strongest art form to express intimacy

I become part of the cloth as I stitch

and then I cover you with me

nothing extra

just dedication

there is a horizon between reality and our ability to imagine

i want to be loved

i am here

use everything that happens as a means for waking up

wake up

the sun is available always

it shines on everyone with no discrimination

(pema chodron)