in words

 Sometimes it is easier to tell our story in words and not in sentences or paragraphs.

New Notes

A couple of pages I made last night, it feels very good.

Found this quote and thought it was perfect for beginning a new year.

And what does January hold? Clean account books. Bare diaries. Three hundred and sixty-five new days, neatly parceled into weeks, months, and seasons. A chunk of time, of life...those few first notes like an orchestra tuning up before the play begins.

-Phyllis Nicholson

Country Bouquet (1947)

Made this from a scrap piece of yarn...so much fun to wear. I love it!

Emerging...

The New Year has me hoping more... longing to emerge from that dark place I have been for too long. I promised myself that "I" would force myself to get back into my hobby room and start working on my visual journal. And, that maybe, just maybe, it would be my ladder to climb out of the dungeon. Yesterday was my first day back to journaling - it felt good. Sometimes I find it hard to write things down, to be real with myself - as if I am afraid that writing it on paper makes the fear and pain even more real. Maybe I am afraid someone will actually read it someday? And frankly, it felt a little awkward and I know I really held back, but with time, I want to shed the fear and allow myself to "walk on water" so to speak. There was a time when I wrote a lot, and wrote a lot of poetry - not afraid of the words and thoughts or, putting them on paper. Maybe this will help to find my way back the feeling the way I used to feel, alive.

You can purchase this beautiful Seashell Crochet Scarf at my Etsy shop.

 

Also worked on a crochet project and finished it, trying to get my handmade Etsy shop going. Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this scarf!!! I'm finding it hard to list it, but I MUST. :) It is so soft and cozy, long, and the color is delicious!