by StaceyHB | Jan 2, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Travel, Weaving
I’ve written this blog several times now. The first time round I was reflecting on Christmas, then I decided that what I’d written was probably too controversial! The second time, I was talking about change but felt that was also too provocative! ...
by StaceyHB | Dec 23, 2009 | Art, Education, Life, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
Just recently, I woke up and looked out of the bedroom window onto a beautiful morning – low winter sun shining on the willow tree forming a tracery of orange against the clear blue sky…. Orange?! Look again – yes! Orange! Bright, vivid, ineffably orange....
by StaceyHB | Dec 14, 2009 | Life
This week my thoughts turned to a wonderful lady I knew as a child. Until I was 10, we lived in a small, quiet, backwater village in Kent, in the middle of the hop-gardens and apple orchards of The Garden of England. One of the village characters, although one of...
by StaceyHB | Dec 5, 2009 | Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Weaving
Sorry to republish this, but I was asked by Dusan from Arahne to make it clear that Arahne did not charge for my phone calls, but that I was referring to my telecoms provider. I am more than happy to clarify that, with my apologies if anyone read it that way. I also...
by StaceyHB | Nov 8, 2009 | Jacquard weaving, Life
I’ve been lacing jacquards cards to make my woven Xmas cards today and whilst doing so, I listened to several CDs, including Jamie Cullum’s Catching Tales, and one song really pushed a button with me. “When I look back on my ordinary, ordinary life,...
by StaceyHB | Oct 31, 2009 | Life, Weaving
Yesterday, in an odd half hour between finishing one job and going for my lunch, I started on some of the backlog of shredding of my accounts from ten years ago. Yes, that’s right – 1999! It felt like a time warp. Suddenly I was back in 1999,...
