Category: retirement
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Re-inventing
It seems I am re-inventing myself once more. It was just 12 months ago that I was in the process of shutting my business down, curtailing my activities, preparing to ‘retire’. And now? Now I have a calendar full of Zoom meetings. Like I mean, literally full. So full I had to go to…
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Re-inventing
It seems I am re-inventing myself once more. It was just 12 months ago that I was in the process of shutting my business down, curtailing my activities, preparing to ‘retire’. And now? Now I have a calendar full of Zoom meetings. Like I mean, literally full. So full I had to go to…
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On Deadlines
‘Retirement’ means a re-ordering, a shifting in priorities. Retiring right before a pandemic was, in hindsight, a very good thing to do. Having purposefully not crammed my calendar full of opportunities to earn money, I had instead taken a step back and not booked very much of anything. No craft fairs, no guild teaching. …
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On Deadlines
‘Retirement’ means a re-ordering, a shifting in priorities. Retiring right before a pandemic was, in hindsight, a very good thing to do. Having purposefully not crammed my calendar full of opportunities to earn money, I had instead taken a step back and not booked very much of anything. No craft fairs, no guild teaching. …
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Making Changes
Since Life Goes On, one way or another, so changes continue in the studio. For decades, I wound bobbins by standing up at a counter. Unfortunately that wasn’t the best posture and with my current body issues, I was finding standing to wind bobbins less and less comfortable. The other day Doug cleared the cone…
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And it Goes On
currently ignoring this tower of boxes with who-knows-what in them starting on another tea towel warp planning – colours are not ‘true’ but close When I talk about retiring I am not talking about not weaving. I retired from production weaving for sale. This allowed me to close my business, get out from under the…
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Endings
Endings. Can be traumatic. Can be therapeutic. Can be joyous. Today saw some endings. One huge, one little. Little one was finishing the above towels. I called this design waterlilies, partly because it sort of, kind of, reminded me of Monet’s paintings of waterlilies. Same sort of colours, same sort of shapes. Inspiration can come…
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One by One
Now that the two local Intro to Weaving workshops are over, it is time to work on The Next Thing. That is the level four (and two) Olds classes in Cape Breton the end of April, beginning of May. I got the manuals a few weeks ago, but for me retirement means focusing on one…
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Change One Thing
beaming the warp for the next project still some ‘goat’ trails With my retirement from production weaving and selling my work, the move out of the annex, the disbursement of production equipment, there have been many, many changes in my life and my work space. With the acquisition of someone’s silk yarn ‘estate’, space had…
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In Praise of ‘Routine’
I like ‘routine’. I like having a certain structure to my days. I like having a schedule to keep. Or not. My choice, but having that structure gives me something to work towards. Routine defines my goals and deadlines. Being someone who is highly self-motivated, I jumped into the life of a professional weaver with…