We don’t usually get to experience snow here in the Deep South, but it is still fun to make paper snowflakes.  I love the way a snowflake surprises you with what it looks like once it’s unfolded.   Snowflakes – Here is a short tutorial on how to fold a snowflake with scratch paper:  …

(Shhh….because of course we won’t really have absolutely no presents this year!) Despite what anyone who is selling something says, you don’t have to buy something to make a present for someone.  Thrift, a virtue I have come to appreciate more and more, is the near-magical talent of seeing what you already have, adding a…

This year I decided to volunteer for Rose’s ballet school.  I sewed beautiful table runners for the Sugar Plum Tea, which helps raise money for Pofahl Studios, an excellent local dance school that does a lot to support the young dancers in the community. They say that giving to others makes us happier than when…

The darkness fills the corners more and more as we lean towards the solstice.    The short days, early dusk, and long nights give ample opportunity for reading  a good wintertime tale.  Stories, in fact, have shaped the way we celebrate this season.  Here is an interesting article about it. How sweet and cozy it…