Category: Stories from the Matrix

  These days, it feels like a simple quick trip to Vancouver is more like mounting an expedition to Mount Everest. Since I’m immune compromised, we book hotel rooms with microwave and fridge, bring our own coffee pot (because hotel room coffee pots are pretty awful), bring food I can eat (food allergies), and make…

 Under Pressure To be alive is to be ‘stressed’ in some way. Stress is generally portrayed as being ‘negative’ or ‘bad’, as is tension.  But over the years I have learned that tension, particularly in weaving, can be a force for ‘positive’ outcomes.  The trick is to get the balance juuuuuuuuust right. I have a…

 Under Pressure To be alive is to be ‘stressed’ in some way. Stress is generally portrayed as being ‘negative’ or ‘bad’, as is tension.  But over the years I have learned that tension, particularly in weaving, can be a force for ‘positive’ outcomes.  The trick is to get the balance juuuuuuuuust right. I have a…

 Under Pressure To be alive is to be ‘stressed’ in some way. Stress is generally portrayed as being ‘negative’ or ‘bad’, as is tension.  But over the years I have learned that tension, particularly in weaving, can be a force for ‘positive’ outcomes.  The trick is to get the balance juuuuuuuuust right. I have a…

 Under Pressure To be alive is to be ‘stressed’ in some way. Stress is generally portrayed as being ‘negative’ or ‘bad’, as is tension.  But over the years I have learned that tension, particularly in weaving, can be a force for ‘positive’ outcomes.  The trick is to get the balance juuuuuuuuust right. I have a…

 Under Pressure To be alive is to be ‘stressed’ in some way. Stress is generally portrayed as being ‘negative’ or ‘bad’, as is tension.  But over the years I have learned that tension, particularly in weaving, can be a force for ‘positive’ outcomes.  The trick is to get the balance juuuuuuuuust right. I have a…

 Under Pressure To be alive is to be ‘stressed’ in some way. Stress is generally portrayed as being ‘negative’ or ‘bad’, as is tension.  But over the years I have learned that tension, particularly in weaving, can be a force for ‘positive’ outcomes.  The trick is to get the balance juuuuuuuuust right. I have a…

  fixing a threading error Mistakes. We all make them.  Yes, yes we do.  Sometimes they can be fixed.  Sometimes they cannot.  Sometimes we choose to NOT fix them.  Some are even made on ‘purpose’ so as to not offend the loom goddess. That last one?  If you are making a ‘mistake’ on purpose, it’s…