I’m Kate McEnroe,
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Pausing
A little over 200 days ago, I wrote in this newsletter that I was starting another 100 day project. A little over 100 days ago, I decided to keep...
De-Stashing in Dublin
I have been meditating on this quote quite a bit recently. “Buy less” is in the zeitgeist, and so is every branded variation of de-cluttering. Some...
The Wayback Machine Remembers Me
Recently, I’ve had a personal brush with disappearing data. In my case, it wasn’t economic or public health data, it was the link to a written work...
Something for the Gift Closet
Sometimes, you just want to paint by numbers, more or less, or at least I do, so I dug out this Emily Lex Flowers Watercolor Workbook and whiled...
The Mental Math of Moving Abroad
When we decided to stop dreaming and start planning for an extended time outside the United States, one of the considerations was whether it had to...
Prompted: Aging
I'm a member of an on-line writing community called SoulCircle hosted by Beth Kempton on Substack. This month she invited musings on the topics of...
More Quilting News
And in more quilting news, when I packed to come to Dublin, I had to make some hard choices about art supplies. I decided this would be a good...
Another POV on Meditation
I've been meditating from another perspective lately. In my ongoing, oxymoronic habit of multi-tasking my meditation practice, I've been using the...
Festival of Quilts
Is it crazy to do a one-day trip to another country just to go to a quilt show? Even if it is the biggest show in Europe? Even if it may be my...