by Stephanie | Jun 2, 2023 | Newsletter
Earrings by VK recent grad of Warren Wilson! Recently I went to the doctor for my annual physical. Doctors are required to ask people receiving Medicare a series of questions including “Are you anxious or depressed?” I answered, “Of course I am! If you aren’t, you are...
by Stephanie | May 19, 2023 | Newsletter
Mom deserves a crown for putting up with you This morning I was catching up on news in the Times, but skipped over anything devastating, such as war, famine, and politics. All that was left were a series of articles and editorials about motherhood which I read with...
by Stephanie | May 5, 2023 | Newsletter
Al won the title of fastest skier in her age group in the West Abby and I are getting excited about our upcoming trip to Flagstaff for my grandchild’s high school graduation. Aliza, who now goes by Al as she has come out as nonbinary, is the apple of my eye. They are...
by Stephanie | Mar 31, 2023 | Newsletter
Flowery penii I can get in a funk when I start listing my problems, but given a moment to think about these, I realize that they are not only First World problems, but they are First World/United States/ Western North Carolina specific problems. Some of them can be...
by Stephanie | Mar 24, 2023 | Newsletter
I am wearing my Trade Cloth skirt today in the first day of warm weather so far this year I have to stop reading books about WWII in Europe. I am having vivid dreams of hiding and being hunted by Nazis, or in the case of my latest nightmare, chased by Chinese Youth...
by Stephanie | Mar 17, 2023 | Newsletter
Painted Old Wood Bowl I watched the film Women Talking the other night and thoughts about it are swirling in my head. In a strict, conservative religious community, women are being regularly drugged and raped, but they are assured that in spite of their bruises and...