Braid Mission
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Rebecca Edwards
Distilling Our Craft
This weekend I learned a lot about how alcohol is made. Chris and I and our spouses went on a tour and tasting St. George’s Spirits in...
Back to School
My social media feeds this week have been full of back-to-school pictures. Nieces, nephews, and friends’ kids are all smiling on their front porches, backpacks strapped on,...
Town Meetings
As I wrote about a couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to visit with an old high school friend who now lives in Connecticut. As...
Taking Time to Play
With three kittens in my house, I have been reminded lately of the importance of play. (Yeah, those foster kittens I wrote about a couple months ago...
Across the Miles
This week I received a letter from an old friend. This is not really an unusual occurrence: Alison and I have been trading letters since we first...
Behind the Scenes
When I learned how to cross-stitch many years ago, I was told that the back side of a canvas should look almost as beautiful as the front...
Taking Care
Last weekend my husband and I took in four foster kittens at our house. It has been almost six months now since our old, beloved cats both...
The Hard Work of Hatching
This week I got to see a baby bird hatching out of an egg for the first time, thanks to a video a friend posted on Instagram....
Finding Beauty in Data
Over the past several weeks, I have been spending a lot of time working on the less glamorous aspects of Braid. Braid has grown enough that we...
Louder Than Words
I spent most of last week in almost complete silence. I was on retreat for five days at New Calmaldoli Hermitage, just south of Big Sur. In...