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About Cynthia

I am a textile artist, embroiderer, wood burner, costumer, painter, and weaver who sees magic and change in the chain stitch and a well done Palestrina knot. I wish I had more control over the ways of the human world but alas, all I can control are my actions and my attitude in life and the consistency of my stitches. And sometimes even that doesn’t pan out as hoped and I must rip rip rip.

I”m on Vacation

A brief but much needed vacation.  I turn 49 on the 4th and celebrate 13 years of sobriety tomorrow.  I take as much of this week as possible to do some puttering, some nesting, some reflection, and in the case of this past year and a half, perhaps the only vacation I’ve had that hasn’t had a crisis around it, knock on wood.  Then back to work for only 14 working days before I’m on my own and hunting up fun work.

I’ve dealing with recidual breakup crap and really hope this is the last bit.  This is the only relationship ending where I am not friends with the man besides my ex-husband in 1984.  I’ve been friends with all the rest, very amiable. But none of them betrayed my like this either.  And if they had they could have admitted it instead of trying to make their betrayal something they had to do because I’m me.  So you can imagine when it cropped up again a few weeks ago, I still had some emotions tied up with that.

Combine that with the work drama and I’ve been a little sad that this crap has made it difficult for me to be fully present for this momentous new time in my life.

I hope to take these 5 days and re-group, cleanse, do some healing, some rejuvenation, and to get my focus back on track.

Woohoo!

July Is Going To Be One Busy Month

I spent today getting a laptop case that I will have to return.  My laptop is just about 1.25″ too wide for all the 17″ cases out there.  So I must make one.  I’ll be the only person with a teal faux suede with embroidery and sequins any where in the world.

I also spent part of the afternoon uploading software and configuring things.  What is really truly awesome is that I’m on the internet right now.  Wireless.  With a free connection. I live near a very busy business district (you coudn’t tell that from my garden photos could you) and there are tons of free wireless connections here.

I was also signing a contract for a website redesign and being given the important facts and contact information for another new website.  I spent this evening putting together, and sending, a proposal.  There are no excuses this month because I’m working full time.  Too bad, so sad.  If that second proposal is accepted, oh pretty pretty please, perhaps I can put aside enough to basically pay for all my opening expenses and take some of August off and be a lady of recuperating leisure.

I got my business cards printed and cut too.  All this and it was 88 degrees today. 

Off  to water the garden as it is completely wilted…  That angelica just doesn’t take as much heat and dryness as anything else in the garden.  It looks sad twice a week easily.

I got a fortune cookie today and it said: Your Labor will Bear Many Rewards.  Now that’s a good omen.  On the altar it goes tonight for a little bit of good job juju.

LIfe is Good and Very Good.

Blessed Be.

 

Chamonix – Adventures in France ~ part 2

part one | part two | part three

So, yes the tram. The tram in Chamonix that takes you a good way closer to the top of Mont Blanc is the longest unsupported tram in the world. It climbs almost straight up in some places because it is climbing the Aiguille de Midi. Aiguille means Needle. Do a google image search and you’ll see all kinds of photos that will take your breath away… But this one really shows it in my mind…

The whole family was going to ride up this thing. I was going to stay down in Chamonix and be a tourist. I was scared out my mind. My brother wasn’t impressed. I knew that they would come home that evening and be talking of nothing else. I decided that my fear wasn’t based on anything other than primate instinct and that I wanted to share this memory with my family. I will overcome my fears and be a stronger better person for it.

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