i think i would like to dye    String.  any kind.

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and keep better record of the experience of this Cloth Community,  it's doings, including my own.

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24 responses to “more thoughts for a new year”

  1. Sandy Avatar

    I am excited for the new year. As I travel around to different blogs, I am feeling a different type of energy. I believe 2011 was the year of connections and I am so grateful for that. This coming year, 2012, is about our finding our own- For me anyway. A year to help define “self”. It’s been a long journey and I am excited to see what 2012 unfolds. XOXO

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    self within the larger context of community????????

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  3. Nancy Avatar

    Sweet Grace…what nice plans…Sandy, bringing this idea forth…self & community…lovely – empowering – important.
    Grace, I too was touched by Michelle’s words…I too have thought I need to write more down – there is so much information, so many worthy places, people, comments. I have considered continuing on in my big black book of blank pages.
    Thank you so much for this lovely post Grace. So little says so much 🙂

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  4. jude Avatar

    the art of community. this is a big thing. holding one’s own while being held. and holding it together by holding it dear. like a big ball of string. a useful thing.

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  5. Deb G Avatar

    String is pretty important stuff. 🙂 Yes, documenting, pulling it all together, it’s so easy to lose small things without some kind of record.

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  6. Eva Ucgatwork Avatar

    Hi Grace,
    great idea! Keeping a journal is a wonderful idea! I started one last Christmas – I drew my sketches, scribbled down notes…it’s nice to look at it.
    Have a wonderful 2012,
    eva

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  7. Suzanna Avatar

    Yes, just took a long walk to find a new pocket calendar for keeping track of things…and now it is time to review the old one and to remember this year. Good wishes and peace to you Grace, during this turnover time, xoxo, S.

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  8. Doris Avatar
    Doris

    As this year was a year of big changes I hope the next will give me time to stabilize. I have no plan beside to let life happen and be open … a journal is a good thing for collecting experiences ..
    I wish you a very inspiring new year.

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  9. Els Avatar

    Happy new year to you Grace, with lots of creative ideas!

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  10. velma Avatar

    grace, maybe you should make some string? wishing you string and words that trace your path and help you remember what you need.

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  11. deanna7trees Avatar

    just stopping by to wish you more wondrous discoveries and glorious stitching in the new year.

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  12. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    and here we are, New Year’s Eve and both thoughts have
    held.

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  13. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    Holding one’s own while being held.
    i will write that in the book.

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  14. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    it’s the small things that i want to make note of

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  15. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    well…it’s not really a journal. i kept journals for
    years and subsequently burned almost all of them.
    Literally hundreds of pounds of writing.
    this is just a little notebook of little things. a
    single image someone’s words cause for me, a few
    words someone says…like that.

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  16. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    Yup. the Ritual.

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  17. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    Doris…i think having no plan beside letting life
    happen is a totally excellent plan

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  18. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    and to you, Els. here we go again….

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  19. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    oh velma, you made my heart pound…MAKE? string? what
    a totally beautiful thought!!!!! but…hmmmm. maybe, but
    i think i need to keep close to clothmaking. there are
    string makers who keep close to making string. maybe i
    can dye their string?

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  20. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    deanna, and oh, yes, to you too. aren’t we Lucky.

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  21. jude Avatar

    hard to imagine sometimes but if you can picture it, real fine.

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  22. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    yes. and i think it’s where we’re headed this year?

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  23. Drucilla Pettibone Avatar

    there’s a bit in Second Skin about how to make string!! although i had to have Cindy help me sort it out. i agree, such a lovely thought!!
    i was here for a while last night with you but my phone wasn’t letting me comment. i love it here. happiest of new years to you, dear grace.

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  24. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    i am glad you can sit a while. if i know how to make
    little seats, i would. and i would leave tea or
    whatever out.
    it’s a good thought, isn’t it.
    looking forward to this year in your company…

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