New Year, new blog, new ideas

It’s a new year tomorrow, Happy New Year! I sincerely and truly hope it’s a happy, productive, and miraculous year for each of us. Do you make resolutions? Do you take time in a meaningful way to reflect on your successes and failures in 2023? Do you take stock of both the good and the bad, from having new family, friends, and grandchildren to having Covid, a parasite you picked up in Mexico, and a blown-out knee being replaced in 3 weeks? Or perhaps, all of the above or none of the above?

I am looking forward to tomorrow because I love New Year’s Day. Growing up it was always a fairly quiet day at our house, and no, not because any of us was nursing a hangover (which was often the case as we got older), but because my parents met at a New Year’s Eve party when 1951 was rolling into 1952. This was a special time of year, and we as a family took time to reflect on the good. We had small appetizers before the clock struck Midnight, with, you guessed it, the same appetizers served when they met the last few hours of 1951. Celery stuffed with whipped cream cheese, tomato aspic (read: tomato Jello – ugh!), deviled eggs, tiny meatballs with plastic toothpicks shaped like tiny swords, shrimp cocktail, and Cherry Studded Angel Food Cake.

Sitting here writing a blog I realize how much I miss my parents, who have been gone for more than a decade. They always encouraged each of us to explore our creativity, and I’ll continue doing just that – push the boundaries of what fiber art is.

Look at the world in new and interesting ways, no matter what is happening, good or bad.

I will make art.

Make something good today!

Cheers,

Beth

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