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Every year I set out to do something like this, and every year I get pulled away by some shiny thing and I chase it down a rabbit hole, emerging on January 8th to realize it’s too late to do a year in review kind of thing. This year, I’ve been collecting ideas and such … Read more

Welcome to the world of tomorrow! It’s mostly like the world of yesterday except it has a “1” at the end, but it’s still cause for celebration when the celestial odometer rolls over, eh? Welcome to the first day of the first month of the year that we’ll best this horrible virus and be allowed … Read more

EDITED TO ADD: It’s been claimed!  Free packaging alert to local folks! As you might know, we normally run a free youth crafting program – Rated T for Teen – but given we probably won’t be able to start up again until late 2021, I desperately need to clear my storage and craft room as … Read more

Wow, is it really Christmas? Raymond, little Sasja, and I want to thank you all so much for your kindness and support of the blog and our family this year! 2020 has been an absolutely mind-bogglingly bad year with the pandemic and fires and murder hornets and brain-eating amoebas and everything else that’s happened, so we’re … Read more

Welcome to December: My favourite month of the year! Little Sasja’s adoption day, our 27th (dating) anniversary, my birthday, Christmas, my adoption day, and New Year’s Eve – all of these fall between December 16th and 31st, giving me more than two weeks of celebratory fun as the year draws to a close. It’s a … Read more