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1"x 1.5",  glass Why is it that we always talk bout downward spirals and not about upward spirals?  I understand the physics of it, but emotionally, I think I'm ready to notice some upward spirals.  It seems like the summer workload is slowing down a bit, and there's...

1"x 2", glass and steel One of the things I love about my plasma cutter is the sputter it makes as the steel melts and bubbles before being blown away. These little treasures are cut-offs from a lantern that I'm making. You can see the metal that bubbled and dripped...

1"x 2", glass If you read my post last week, you know that I was thinking about all the small gaps in knowledge that young kids have, and how those fill, or don't fill, over time.  This week I've been spending a lot of time with my grandmother, who is struggling with...

1" x 1", glass We were talking recently about mysogyny, which comes up sadly frequently when we listen to the news, and someone jokingly piped up that it means someone giving massages. It made me remember the kids' mistaken belief when they were very young that...

1" x .75", found objects I was going to make another pendant in the series "balance" since I'm still on a quest to find the perfect balance of time, jobs, energy and interests. But this week is special. It's the week that 988 rolls out across the U.S. I worked for...

1" x .75", found objects Someone told me today that if I was strapped for time, she'd be happy to take something off my list. It was such a lovely offer, and so respectful of what feels like a never-ending list of things to do. But the idea of being strapped for time...

1"x1.5", found objects Every yearn we spend a week at Taconic state park, exploring the woods, building campfires and swimming in the ore pit. I usually collect beautiful blue slag remnants from the smelting that happened here for decades, but this trip I've had my...

.5"x 2", glass I still fall into the trap of thinking that in the summer things will calm down. There will be less to do and I'll be able to swing in the hammock while sipping lemonade. But logistics get complicated in the summer, with camps changing every week, and...

1" x 1.5", glass I sat with a friend last night and talked about the sciences. She's a chemistry girl, and I've always loved biology. She explained that once you can place something on the periodic table, you know how it'll act. I think I love biology for exactly the...

1"x1.25", found objects It's been a Harry Potter-filled couple of months here. It's hard to leave for school in the morning because my son is scribbling down lists of spells, and it's hard to turn out the light at night because he's so absorbed in the stories....