by StaceyHB | Jan 9, 2011 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Teaching, Weaving
Wow! I nearly fell off my chair when I picked up the latest edition of Crafts magazine from the Crafts Council. There was a 4 page excerpt from the coalition government’s minister of state for further education, skills and lifelong learning, John Hayes,...
by StaceyHB | Jan 2, 2011 | Art, Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Weaving
I’m very excited about 2011. Not about the financial and political situation we find ourselves in – we don’t have much control over the bigger picture there – but about things that we do have control over – our choices and how we choose...
by StaceyHB | Dec 26, 2010 | Education, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
OK. So how many of us woke up this morning wondering why we ate so much yesterday and promising ourselves that we will get back to our pre-Christmas weight in January? And how many of us woke up wishing we hadn’t drunk quite so much Christmas tipple, promising...
by StaceyHB | Dec 19, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Nature
Like so many people I know, I’ve spent a large part of the last week in bed with proper flu. It’s left a lingering chesty cough and I was a little concerned about how I would cope with playing tenor sax for the Trent River Big Band who were performing...
by StaceyHB | Dec 5, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel
Our recent snow days have given quite a few people a few moral dilemmas to work through… I’m lucky – I don’t have far to go to get to work (and I love my work!!), only having a few steps from my house to my studio – so I don’t have...
by StaceyHB | Dec 1, 2010 | Life, Nature, Publications, Weaving
This morning we awoke to the most snow anyone in this area can remember for around 20 years! It is sooo beautiful! I am so lucky that I work from a studio next to the house, so I only had a short passage to clear to the workshop door, and the woodburning stove had...
