Its been raining most of the day, its almost 9 pm and time to relax. The wind is gusting around my windows and then it relaxes with a sigh, only to whip up again. The door rattles and the leaves skip around on the path outside the windows.I don’t know why but I  feel like I’m…

Begin the day with a spot of creativity.

Its 9.00 pm and I admit to not staying for the lecture tonight. In fact it’s the first time I’ve missed a lecture at an event ever, but I wanted to go over my class notes and presentations and I’m still working on a couple of papers that need to be…

Toot that horn! February 19th, 2014 by Morna Do you toot your own horn? Or are you like many women – yes, it’s mostly women – who are reluctant to talk about their successes and talents? You probably don’t have any problem talking about the success of your loved ones. Why is it that we…

Las Colcheras Quilt Guild Show - Under the Sun We were greeted by friendly faces  selling raffle tickets, programs and giving out the viewers choice tickets. There were rows of interesting booths and exhibits. Lots of  viewers examining the quilts. It was a great show, I enjoyed  the hours that we spent wandering and visiting.Well done…

Holiday monday today and I’m catching up  on a few weeks of ’emails to answer’  Tomorrow I will  focus on a few quilts I loved at the Quilt Show we went to yesterday in Las Cruses, but today I wanted to share the Kantha quilts I purchased recently. It was so nice, we began the…

This is a quilt made of feed sacks that I bought yesterday. Its never been used and is in pristine condition. I’ve always loved quilts made from feed sacks. I have about 10 in all and this green, now known as ‘candy’ green features in most of…

I’m back in the place I love most in the USA, my home away from home in New Mexico.I have a  little time to wind down, relax, catch up with friends and to be honest, I just love this place. Its pure magic to me. This is the view from the…

Learning to design is learning to see,  an adventure that gets more and more captivating the further you go. Our mind is not a camera. Seeing is not a passive act. We see what we expect to see, or, as Anaïs Nin put it so beautifully: “We don’t see things as they are, we see them…

My hotel affords me a wonderful view over a rainy San Francisco. I spent the afternoon walking in the rain, observing interesting characters and I enjoyed a delicious Indian lunch at Amber Restaurant. It was a great find and I highly recommend it.Some of the dishes are new to me and I…