Carol Wiebe

No matter how long and arduous the journey, a place to rest offers recovery and renewal ~ sustenance for the body and spirit. Finding a place to rest is a great boon. Being able to offer one? Priceless. A Place to Rest It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest. ……….~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher #rest #sustenance #recovery

Now is the time to groan, because I have titled this post with a pun. If you, like me, ENJOY puns, then you can forget the groan and have a giggle. I took a photo of this grate because I liked the color, the shape, the way the lines moved, the rusty colours, and the energetic way the leaves had blown onto the surface in a haphazard way. This grate pic is full of good stuff, despite its humble origins: hence, the post title (much better than “How Grate Thou Art”). Grate Full H

There’s no need for me to say anything, today. Julianne has said it for me. She is an oil painter and I use acrylics. She is an art teacher, and I am “life taught.” (This seems more accurate than “self taught.”) But that feeling she describes of “just being” and an enveloping sense of oneness? I know that. Go to her site and read about how hard she is working towards her dream of becoming a full time artist. She emphasizes the term “working,” and describes those palpable symp

Rosalie Dace taught Art and English at the high school, college and university levels in South Africa, before becoming a full time quilt maker and teacher. I first became aware of her phenomenal work in Quilting Arts Magazine, Issue 23, Fall 2006. Rosalie describes her teaching approach this way: My classes are for class participants to have fun while they are learning, and to go beyond where they thought possible. In a non-threatening and respectful environment, I guide stu