Prickles and Distractions

Suffering from reentry blahs. Though the "to do" list is large, the will is weak.

So, to preceed the day's work, I took a windy walk down one of the neighborhood's caliche roads. This hillside of sotol caught my attention -- and provided a walking stick for the steep parts of the climb. Growing fluently on the rock, spread, no doubt, from one survivor, now we have a whole family of graceful attendants. I love this Chihuahan desert plant with its symmetry and spiny leaves, its perfect stalks, its adaptation to its world. Sometimes a walk is just what it takes.

Comments

[Shirley Goodwin]

Lovely sculptural plants! Nature is always a help when you feel creatively blah.

I know what you mean about Houston - I felt like that when I taught at the NZ Quilting Symposium last year - my first time teaching and I was rubbing shoulders with professional quilt teachers from other parts of the world.

[Ruthie Powers]

Susie, I want to tell you that I enjoyed your presentation at the Mixed Media Miscellany. Your goal mapping talk was great. It pulled in people who were looking for a nudge in the right direction. I liked your visuals (the map that you wrote on), the index card that we wrote on (a take-home reminder), your good eye contact with the group, and telling the group what they could expect from your talk right at the start. I was very excited to see you at festival.