Sew Loving Life

My adventures in "making" – mostly sewing & quilting – and in traveling.

Monthly Archives: March 2018


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Housecleaning

An Expression of Joyous Anticipation

So everyone out there who hates housecleaning — is there anyone out there who does not hate housecleaning? In any case, for all those who do hate housecleaning, I am not saying that I like it. I don’t. What a phenomenal black hole of time and energy it is! You are never really done with it; there is always something that could be cleaner or neater, and even if there weren’t, it only takes 5 minutes for the clean to become dirty again. One could houseclean endlessly, if one really cared. Continue reading →


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Make 9 in 2018

History suggests that I am not by nature a social media junky. Oh sure, I have a Facebook account, as well as one on Instagram, and Twitter and Pinterest. But having accounts doesn’t mean much. There is the issue of behavior: am I really being “social”, or am I “lurking”. A quick check of my posts in any of these accounts shows that I am not really being social. In fact, I’m not even a good “lurker”. I actually read my Facebook feed once a week or so, and post once a month or so. Instagram is even less well used, although it is great for the spur of the moment “pic post” to Facebook. As for Twitter – I don’t even look at any of my Twitter readers. Given that evidence, it’s probably not a surprise that I haven’t written a blog post since we got back from Alaska.

I am going to try again, though, and the topic that has inspired me to post is #2018MakeNine Challenge.
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