by Debbie Schaefer | Nov 4, 2015 | DIY Projects
Once upon a time I worked in research for a large healthcare organization. I wore a suit and analyzed data. One of my first assignments was a Driving Miss Daisy mission. I was selected to drive a visiting PhD from NYC to a dozen hospitals as he conducted one-on-one...
by Debbie Schaefer | Oct 12, 2015 | Seasonal
Please examine this pumpkin stem and tell me what you find. Don’t you love finding magic in unexpected places? In the cracks and hiding in negative spaces. When I was a young (maybe 8?) my dad’s sunset photo was featured on the local news. The...
by Debbie Schaefer | Sep 30, 2015 | Creative in Giving Back
If you reading this on September 30th* you still have time today to Go Gold. It is a verb. A call to action. Paint your heart gold and honor September for its noble place on the calendar. There is still time to fill the final box on the September grid. Let me...
by Debbie Schaefer | Sep 24, 2015 | Textile
According to Oscar Wilde, “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” I have seen a few autumn leaves fall like summer tears. But, if it looks like summer and it feels like summer, then let’s just call it what it is. At least for today. I...
by Debbie Schaefer | Aug 8, 2015 | Photography
James Bond* famously asked for his martinis “shaken, not stirred.” To shake or stir? That is the question. Or so I hear. When it comes to making hand-crafted cocktails I understand there are rules that apply to layering the liquids. But I don’t...
by Debbie Schaefer | Jul 11, 2015 | Textile
Life is the lyrics. Last month I sat at a graduation ceremony as students unleashed a heartfelt version of The Head and the Hearts’ Rivers & Roads. This one song was like a trigger firing off tears. A year from now we’ll all be gone All our friends...
by Debbie Schaefer | Jun 5, 2015 | Furniture
I saw a tail last week in a pile of carpet samples… and I screamed (think Carrie but not quite The Exorcist). The long brown tail initially disappeared and then re-emerged, whipping in an endless circular loop below me revealing the official origin of said...
by Debbie Schaefer | May 22, 2015 | Creativity
For four years I have been spinning a web of words here. This is my creative anchor but I still haven’t cracked the code on a real breakthrough. I believe it is all about the practice: day by day (or let’s be realistic hour by hour). The routine is...
by Debbie Schaefer | Apr 20, 2015 | Photography
It was a rainy Monday in my corner of Wisconsin. During my morning commute I saw several drenched cows. The rain fine-tuned their colors, painting the fields with shiny black and vivid chestnut. It also transitioned the grassy fields from umber to green. And, I...
by Debbie Schaefer | Apr 1, 2015 | Seasonal
Here we are 25% into 2015: the year in which I named joy as my companion for this trip around the sun. The challenge so far has been connecting these three simple letters and reconciling how to honor life with a joyful heart… when some terrible situations have...
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