I'm signed up for a weekly e-mail from The Spacialist, one of many organizations that offer advice (and want your business) on getting your stuff organized and out of the way. Many of these groups say things like, buy file folders, and never get to the...
Toddler brings shoes and jacket to grandmother.
Grandmother: "We're not going anywhere." Puts shoes on toddler anyway because it's cold.
Toddler stomps purposefully from dining room to kitchen to front hallway, jabbering away.
Grandmother: "What's...
Well, others are giving concerts, texting donations, and raising money for the enormous work that needs to be done in Haiti following the earthquake.
Me, I knit a washcloth. The ends need trimming.
It will be part of one of the baby-care kits...
"Red cabbage? Those are purple."
"Hot dog! I need hot dog!"
"That is chicken. We eat chicken tonight."
"I see chocolate!"
"That one: 'run, run, as fast as you can.' ..."
"We have yogurt?"
Eyeing candy: "We don't get that."
"I see dog! That is food...
That was my first and second reaction to two Christmas gifts this year. The first was from Liz Ging, who works with me at Crossroads Trade. A fabric artist in her own right, with an Etsy store of hand-dyed silk scarves and dresses, Liz gave me some of...
