Like many of you, this holiday season found us at home and making the hard decision to not gather with our families to be safe for everyone during the pandemic. We really missed everyone but knew we were making the best decision for everyone. I hope that all of you were able to have safe and peaceful holiday. I had a huge moment of...

Today, I voted for my sons, my nieces, my nephews, and for every human that I believe deserves to be treated with equity, kindness, and respect. I believe in the power of symbolism. I wore white for the suffragists, blue as a proud democrat, and my purple cowl was a new piece that I finished just this morning as part of the an craftivism...

Vacation time has looked much different this summer than what we had anticipated earlier this year.  We had originally planned on taking a trip to San Francisco with the boys this summer before Jasper started college in the fall.  But like so many things we realized that this too was going to be different.  We opted instead kayak on some of our local...

Listening, witnessing, learning.  A friend of mine shared this quote and I also saw it at our community Black Lives Matter protest march.  "I understand that I will never understand. But I stand." It captures the place of accepting and learning about my white privilege.  I stand with my community, I stand for learning about myself and how I can be a better human...

This week our state started loosening the shelter in place restrictions.  My county and city have a higher level of restrictions.  I worked on another set of masks today for a co-worker.  I know that there is much debate about whether to wear mask or not.  My family has worn masks for our few trips that we have taken out.  Most of our...

Wing nut, helicopter, whirlybird, whirligig, polynose, and spinning ginny.  These are all different names the samara seed is known by.  It is essentially a tree seed with a papery fiber that develops around the ovary wall.  This simple tree seed is so evocative of childhood; the pure joy of seeing these little seeds twirl down from the trees in the breeze.  A completely...

The newest feature of "love local" is Snow Pond Studios.  My husband and I first met Katie years ago in a craft studio sharing a love of pottery.  Katie and my husband are much better potters than I ever turned out to be, but I am so glad for the friendships that were found amongst the clay, pottery wheels, slab rollers, and glaze...

This past weekend I celebrated my son's 15th birthday during the pandemic.  In fact mine was a few days prior and it will certainly be a year to remember for us Aries.  We found ways to celebrate while sheltering in place and remembering this place in time.  I was also able to finish my full moon shawl knitting which actually ended up being...

Hi all, I wanted to do a first feature of love local; a way to share some local makers and businesses that I am supporting during this time.  With my mama's b-day coming up soon I usually start to look for a birthday card for her.  Often I find myself getting a 1canoe2 card from local shop Poppy.  The owner of 1canoe2 has...

As I shared in the chat the other day I was going to go back in the archives from the mamaroots days of old when I created tutorials for ideas of things to make for use on a story table.  It was called "Once Upon a Table"  I thought now would be a good time to share the a little something that you...

New video chat is up; sharing how we are doing during the SIP (Shelter In Place) a rainbow of natural dye, and a photo challenge.  Will you join me in posting a photo of yourself at home with your knitting?  I was inspired by sharing a favorite book from my stash People Knitting by Barbara Levine. Wish I had thought of it on...

We are at the end of the first week of this new normal.  As I shared earlier I am writing in my paper journal every day.  At first I was writing at night but actually found more of a routine of writing in the morning with my toast and coffee before I start my work day.  I thought I would start writing and...