by Debbie Schaefer | Mar 25, 2016 | Creativity
Find the bridge to laughter, awaken the chid within and honor its role & rhythm. Allow laughter to carry you, and to renovate the tender heart spaces with its uplifting wings. My friends rallied to celebrate my birthday recently. Their planning was genius and we...
by Debbie Schaefer | Jan 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
I have one tool that snaps me into the present moment like nothing else: my camera. Its my passport to living in the “now.” As author and photographer Jan Phillips wrote so eloquently in God is at Eye Level: “We heal ourselves in the act of...
by Debbie Schaefer | Jan 21, 2016 | Creative in Giving Back
I hope you’ve had the blessing of spending the holidays and the New Year surrounded by friends and family; in the space where life begins and love never ever ends. You might have read about my belief in the power of one tiny little word* and the practice of...
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...
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