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Fifteen Things Life's Too Short to Compromise On

Fifteen Things Life's Too Short to Compromise On 0

Autumn view of the private Knoll Cemetery directly behind the Parris House. As many who follow our social media or who are subscribed to our n...
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Don't Play Small

Don't Play Small 0

Seriously, don't play small. This has been on my mind as a blog post topic for a while and it's something I think we need to talk about as makers, ...
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June 2019 Trip to Nova Scotia, Canada's Rug Hooking Playground

June 2019 Trip to Nova Scotia, Canada's Rug Hooking Playground 2

My husband, Bill, and I took another trip to Nova Scotia in early June, just for a few days to help our son James move up there. His fiancee is N...
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Poetry as Prayer in West Paris, Maine: A Local Visit from Stuart Kestenbaum

Poetry as Prayer in West Paris, Maine: A Local Visit from Stuart Kestenbaum 0

As some of you know, we have a rental property for sale in nearby West Paris, Maine. We were up there working on the house on Saturday afternoon an...
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Contemplating Sustainability, in Its Many Contexts

Contemplating Sustainability, in Its Many Contexts 0

(Photo: Part of last summer's fresh pea harvest. Peas are notorious for taking a fair amount of garden space and prep time for a relatively smal...
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2018 at the Parris House - A Visual Year in Review and a Pondering of Gratitude

2018 at the Parris House - A Visual Year in Review and a Pondering of Gratitude 0

We are in the last hours of 2018 and I find myself thinking about the psychological concept of negativity bias, explained on Wikipedia this way: "T...
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