Wishing you all a peaceful transition...
How lucky we are.
This site has reopened. A few behind the scenes things have been repaired. A few things may still move around and change with the New Year. We are unexpectedly home for the holidays. Bruno and family have Covid and well, still, how lucky we all are.
There is no snow but I am imagining.
Warm wishes as the holidays come closer to closure. I was catch up reading many of the jewels of writers, hence you, another taking the word of Peace in her 2024.
It’s here I come for peace, quietly holding your words within often alone, trying to experiment with all your gifts of stitch too. You’re a gift always. Thxu.
Lastly I really came here to paste something I read in Kathryn Leroy’s newsletter immediately thinking of you. I’ll leave it and send warmest of wishes of PEACE to you Jude. Carla
Look at the silver lining, they say.
But what if, instead,
I pluck it off
and use that tensile strand to bind
myself to those things I do not
want to lose sight of.
Families knit together by evening walks,
board games, laughter.
The filament fixing us to friends
no matter the distance apart.
A braid of gratitude for small kindnesses.
The thin gauge wire of loss.
Let me twist that lining
around my finger,
its silvery glint a reminder
of just how quickly life can change.
I will remember to love more.
I will remember to give more.
I will remember to be still.
I will knot the string tightly.
So it won’t slip away.
So I won’t forget.
NOTIONS
—Paula Gordon Lepp
💞
I recently finished Katherine May’s new book “Enchanted: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age.” Some parts resonated more than others but what meant the most was something she said about “community” as a podcast guest:
…when we’re talking about enchantment, I think that that magic can only be woven between people because otherwise it dissipates so fast. And you need other people to hold it for you in the moments when it’s floating away for you and you can anchor it other times. But there’s, you know, there’s so much beauty and complexity. And communities are complex and they put us in the way of complex people with complex views.
While the specific community she was referring to in the conversation was a church congregation, I immediately thought of the blogging community I have discovered through Jude. I could post this on quite a few additional blogs but since you are all here…I won’t be repetitive.
This is the community that has sustained me and my belief in wonder and the possibility of magic in the everydayness of life over the past many years. I read your posts and the comments more than I respond but that doesn’t lessen how much I value you all and what you have added to my life.
So thank you Jude for creating this community – thank you all for sharing your lives, thoughts and beautiful work and thus keeping enchantment alive for so many.
Wishing you all an enchanting new year!
what she said
A Peaceful Transition to you too! Thanks for all you do here,, stay healthy and safe!
So very lucky! Peace and joy to you.
Love and peace to you in this transitional time of the year!
Very, very, fortunate and grateful to be here. Regrouping and rearranging are in progress.
Peace and good health to you and family, Jude. Thank you for all the beauty you share.
Lots of love, peace and snow to you from Iceland.
You and your work mean so much to me.
Hi Gudrun! Nice to see you here.
Health
Peace and always
enough yarn and cloth
hello, Jude
I hope your loved ones soon feel better Jude. Covid is everywhere! At my grandson’s small school nine out of sixteen people caught it, including him and then his mum, dad and sisters. We three also caught it. My husband was to blame, because of his Santa shenanigans! I’m feeling tired and cooped up, but also fortunate.
Praying for speedy recovery for Bruno and his parents. Blessings to you, and those whom you love.
We are…we really are. Much love…hope Bruno and family feel better soon.
Peace to you and yours, Jude (hope the family recovers from covid soon !) And if at all possible peace to the rest of the world too !
Yours December strays are gorgeous !
The beauty that you share all year round. Wishing you and your family Peace, Comfort and Joy!
Peace to you and yours.
Wishing you peace and good health. Thank you for all the beauty you so generously share. A special pet for Soul-o.
And peace to you.
Hope your family recover quickly. Happy Christmas to you, The Man and Solo. As others have said, a big thank you for all you share with us throughout the year. 🌲❤️
Aw, so sorry to hear that the family has covid. May the have easy cases and heal quickly and well. Love to you in the quiet of the season.
Wishing peace to you & your family, Jude! Thank you SO much for being here, and for all that you share with us. No snow on the high desert of central Oregon, either, but it’s cold here . . . looking forward to the New Year & the return of the light.
Peace, comfort, and joy to you and yours, Jude. So glad you are on the planet and sharing your making and wonder/ing with all of us.
Big love to you Jude and get well wishes to your family.
Hearing from you on this day is a gift in itself! Despite the glitches (hoping your family is well soon), it is a glorious day!!!!
Merry Christmas, Jude🎄🌲❤️❄️…
May you and your family have a peaceful and happy holiday season and that nasty spoil sport covid gets kicked out the window.
Merry Christmas! Thanks for all your sharing. I learned a lot.
A blessed Christmas to you and yours. A perfect time to reflect on our gifts and giving. Thank you Jude for sharing yours.
So lucky.
Hoping your family recover very soon.
Hoping too that you and The Man are having a peaceful day. 🎄❤️
Rough for the little guy and his parents. May their Covid be mild and soon over because Nana needs to tell more stories in cloth and in words to little Bruno cause a whole new year is coming…. Quiet joys to you Jude, and the man.
Thank for the beauty and often peace you bring into my day.
lucky indeed. happy and merry, dear jude.
Blessings to you and family Dear Jude ❤️🙏🏻
Thank you Jude for all your creative sharings .. it means so much to us x
May the Spirit of all that is good be with you and the man as the Light returns! A speedy recovery to your family!!
Santa brought me new needles!! What a gift!
Much Love!!!
Bright blessings to you Jude! ✨
Winter blessings❤️
Merry Christmas Jude and many thanks for another year full of thoughts, words and creations that I treasure. Love to you and your family with hopes that the recovery from Covid will be swift and you’ll be together soon.
❤️〰️Suzanna 🕯️
Very lucky to have love, friends, shelter, warmth. I’m feeling like your Spring Snowwoman…almost shorts weather here in Pittsburgh. Wishing the best of health to you and your family, Jude. A Peaceful Christmas to you.
Hope little Bruno and parents recover soon 💙
Oh, Jude, I’m skrry that your family have Covid. I hope they make a good recovery and that you can see them soon. Merry Christmas to you and The Man, and to all who gather here. x
Yes very lucky! Wishing you a great day ☀️
Jude…do hope the family are in recovery mode.
….So very lucky, we are for sure! The Spirit of Spring in Winter…just love that spirit.
Wishing you and your loved ones… the quiet Peace of each day …