Pleasant View Schoolhouse

I am happy, happy to be sewing again! This weekend I made a spring dress for Clara from Sense and Sensibility's Regency pattern . An exc...

We found a package of tiny clothespins at the thrift store last week. And if that doesn't make you want to hang up your laundry, nothing...

Six days afterwards seems late for a funeral, but there were lots of people coming in from out of town. Last night we had a huge family gath...

"But of course, His peace doesn't mean a sit-down, folded-hands peace, or a running-away-from-trouble peace. He meant the kind of p...

Any vintage cookbook will have a recipe for jelly roll , a dessert that sadly seems to have gone by the wayside. I don't know why, since...

When Felix was a tiny baby I started crocheting a bedspread with a tiny hook and very fine thread. Fourteen years later (last week) I decide...

I have been thinking today about what, besides the obvious (wonderful hospice workers, supportive family, and God's grace), helped the m...

Our hospice time is over: after an extremely difficult last week, my grandmother died this afternoon. Her room is so empty, my heart breaks.

In an easier week I made another wrap dress , this one out of gray linen. I adore this color, the way it looks wonderful with pink, or red, ...

Clara's weaving continues. She's working with several kinds of thread--some plain, some crinkly, and a couple of rag strips for fun....

My Big Guys (Giles and the Composer) were in Savannah, Georgia last weekend checking out the Savannah College of Art and Design as a possibl...

After an unresponsive morning, and hours of stertorous breathing, Nanny woke up at midday in pain. We gave her some morphine. Who knew it wo...

It seems pretty clear that Nanny's House Party is going to end soon. After almost three weeks of three square and beautiful meals a day,...

My two Big Guys are gone for the weekend, and I think I'm getting the flu!!!

This one had lemon-cream cheese frosting. The other had dairy-free chocolate icing. Two cakes, and roses for every lady in the house!

I am surprised by how quickly my attitude changed from wondering "How am I going to get out of the house to do everything I need to do?...

A recently finished skirt in lavender wool, made from a thrifted modern pattern. Top-stitched pleats and center panels for a change from my ...

My brother Matt and his wife were here all afternoon, and forced us to leave and have fun. Okay! • A trip to the running shoe store. A runni...