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 My most recent rug is finally off the loom.   It is my first attempt at the outline weave.   There are some mistakes but all in all I am pleased.  It is taboo to disparage your own weaving so I will display it proudly and take what I have learned from this project and move on to the next.It is the same way with my writing.  When I finish a project I must send it off into the publishing world.  Hope I have done my best and hope my best is good [...]

Photography literally means writing with light. Thousands of people come to Antelope Canyon outside of Page Arizona each year to capture the light that filters into the canyon and writes it's story on sandstone.The light etches itself into cracks and crevices.  It flows in waves.Light colors the spaces and gives us shadow.It reveals the the story of alluvial formations and aeolian erosion that continues through the ages in this sacred Navajo landscape.Light sets the mood and changes with the day, the season, the time.It sets the stage.Light illuminates the important, give us our [...]

1.  I wish I had one when I was in school.  I think I would have published sooner.2.  I sign lots of books and feel like a diva for a day.3.  I get to share my stories and my galimotos and artifacts from around the world.4. And answer questions:  How old are you?  Answer:  I published my first book when I was 35, I began writing when I was 12.  Do the research on line, solve the math problem.  🙂 What is your favorite book that you wrote?  Answer:  My books are like [...]

I have been looking for someone to make me a pair of moccasins since I arrived on the Navajo Reservation.   You can buy them pre-made in some of the shops here but they are stiff and ...well...not handmade.  I have also seen some moccasins where the craftsmanship is not up to speed.Then I met Deborah Teller.  She took a class at the Dine College in the art and craft of moccasin making.   Believe me it is NOT just a matter of tracing your foot.  It is an art that must be [...]

Emily Malone and the Spider Rock Girls needed a place to hold their Navajo weaving class.  I was honored to have them in my home for 4 days.  It was lovely to sit and write with the soft beat of the battens in the next room planting the warp into the weft.  All that color and energy and creativity inspired too. Inspired me to finally get to work on that last inch or so on my loom. Emily set up my warp so I will be ready for my next project.  Finally I plan to [...]

I have written several blogs about places I go "to get away from it all"  and write.  I have also written about a few best kept secrets if you live or travel in the four corners area.   La Posada Pintada proved to combine  both of these themes and so; Ten Steps to a Writing Retreat:1.  Find an out of the way place that is comfortable and charming in a setting that is unusual and takes you out of your everyday surroundings.  La Posada Pintada(http://www.laposadapintada.com) in Bluff, UT about and hour and a [...]