This angel is going to be the centerpiece of a quilt.   There is an organization that organizes quilts to be made for needy children, and they coordinate stitchers with quilters.   I worked on this with a fellow member of the EGA (Embroider’s Guild of America). …

One Voice, Please by Sam McBratney Favorite Read-Aloud Stories This collection is prefaced by Sam recalling a night in an Irish pub where somebody called “One Voice, Please” and storytelling commenced. It brings back feelings of a simpler time before TV, when oral storytelling was…

Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids by Bonnie Harris 8 Principles for Raising Kids You’ll Love to Live With Every parenting book has something to teach. I don’t believe one book or one method will work for your child, each child is so different. I like the…

Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts by Regena Thomashauer This book is pink. You must start with the assumption “Female Power” and go from there. It’s a very fun read and women could get a lot out of this book, as well as some open…

Yogurt Pecan Waffles 1 cup unbleached flour
 1 cup whole wheat flour
 3 tablespoons light brown sugar 
2 teaspoons baking soda 
1 teaspoon cinnamon
 1/2 teaspoon salt
 2 eggs, lightly beaten
 1 teaspoon vanilla
 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
 1 cup vanilla yogurt, lowfat
 1…

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies 3/4 cup margarine, room temp 1/2 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/4 cups flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking soda 2 3/4 cup oats, preferably whole oats, not quick oats 1 cup raisins,…

This is another stitching piece designed by Diane Hermann, who also designed Mayan Lightning.  It is a piece that uses a Bargello curve to follow the mathematical approximation of a wave washing up on shore:  f(x) = 5 sin x + 4 cos (2x +…