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Category: Create + Inspire

As a multi-crafter, I love to create things! From crochet projects to embroidery, illustrations to creative journaling, poetry to collage, creativity feeds my spirit in ways little else does (except maybe reading)!

In a world on fire, hope and inspiration go a long way. I believe that sharing the people, places, and things that inspire me might just inspire you, too.

Eggs (Laughing Along With a Limerick)

Posted on February 11, 2025April 15, 2026 by Melissa

The old lady harvests eggs each day While her hens at seed peck away. In hand right now, only four (?!) With hopes tomorrow they’ll lay more, While the goats watch on, munching hay. I’m not sure I’ve ever written a limerick before, despite my decades of reading and writing poetry. However, when I stumbled…

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Slow Sundays – Carving out some time for Hobbies

Posted on February 9, 2025April 15, 2026 by Melissa

Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time? I have a confession to make… I have a lot of hobbies. Like, a lot a lot of hobbies. And I don’t believe I’ve ever outgrown or lost interest in any of them. Except for maybe the habit of social media,…

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Removing Pennies from Dirty Pockets

Posted on February 1, 2025April 16, 2026 by Melissa

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how the technologies that have made our lives easier have also tangled us within their webs… How we’ve been their willing (and often happy) participants… How photos, captions, comments and DMs have, in many cases, replaced face to face interaction, creating virtual communities built around shared interests and…

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Dreams of Construction Paper Mosaics

Posted on January 6, 2025April 16, 2026 by Melissa

A few nights ago I had a dream about pieces of blue construction paper floating down from the sky. I watched them slowly drift down from a grey sky through the slightest breeze and land in a small pile on the soil at my feet. As is sometimes the pure magic of the dreamscape, none…

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On New Beginnings and a Third Space

Posted on December 29, 2024April 15, 2026 by Melissa

Hello and welcome to what I hope will become a comfy space for writers and readers to come together to share space, time, and a cuppa in the form of an old school blog. New beginnings apart from my other two blogs focused on farming & genealogy… And a third space that sits between social…

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