Poetic feet selfie 4 ~~> For This Thanks a poem by Sam Abrams

 

Day four. Searching the words at my feet brought me a title. The entire poem had been read that day in Rochester.

 

For This Thanks **This poem are carved into a granite band.**

heaven on our earth
hopscotch chalked on the sidewalk
dance! dear goddess hop! skip!

By Sam Abrams

 

Cards of Thanks emerge as my campaign to feed the hungry rolls on

As of 8/9/13

19 donations

$591 collected

FEED THE HUNGRY

 

T is for Thanks ~ The A to Z of One Word Messages

Wayne as a young dude
in red jacket

When said simply and from the heart, Thanks, is all that needs to be said.  

Tonight I give thanks that the young Wayne featured above survived this, that, and the other thing to see his life as one that unfolds with God's creation.  Thanks.

Gardening Dude where he teaches 

Jazz Dude at the
Rochester Jazz Festival

Strudel making Dude who carries on
the tradition 

Stained Glass Dude, who digs the color orange

Back in the Day Dude
when Mosaic Woman was not yet Mosaic Woman
but was Margaret

Nature loving Dude with his dad
who took him out west one summer and
then years later
came out to Oregon and walked across a lave bed with him

celebrating those who celebrate us: #1

collaboration mosaic by Margaret Almon, Suzanne Halstead, and Wayne Stratz

In this month of three craft shows (North Penn being this coming Saturday), I chose to be immersed in a class on the art of being an effective physics teacher and Margaret is immersed in a class on learning the code needed to create an artful website.  The launching of the website is approaching, for now I would like to celebrate some who have written testimonials, which will float in and out of the new website:

So far, I've had two occasions to buy gifts from Nutmeg Designs. The recipients 

of these gifts were delighted, I was happy with the reasonable shipping 

rates and fast turnaround, and it felt really good to give beautiful, lovingly 

hand-crafted works that I was able to buy directly from the artists.

 Andrea Wolper, jazz singer  

Andrea's take on tunes has left me hopeful that talented musicians will continue to move out in new directions.  She is on my list of people I want to see in concert and I can imagine one day creating a design inspired by her music.

           I have commissioned two pieces from Nutmeg designs, both gifts to gooverseas.  

Each was uniquely suited to the recipient, and carefullypacked to travel

 -- and beautiful!  

Michelle Francl, Quantum Chemist/ Theologist  

Michelle's passion for writing about both science and God is welcomed in my unfolding life.  She is a living example of how I desire to view creation,  with the eyes of an evolutionary biologist and with the spirit of one who walks with God.

More celebrations will come.  Thanks to all who have written such wonderful words.  If inspired to write a line or two about the art/people/spirit of Nutmeg Designs, you can do that by using this form.   

some thoughts of thankfulness

that for the first time in a few years we are not doing a craft show on "Buy Nothing Day."

that I am willing to buy something on buy nothing day.... I will be passing by Warner Stained Glass

that my mom makes pumpkin pies from scratch, which means she buys an actual pumpkin

that I have amazing clients, who show amazing trust in me, and so Di's red-tailed hawk needs some blue sky glass

that because I got the gumption to go to my 30th HS reunion I will be driving by Warner Glass

that very likely someone told Miles Davis that he had talent and inspired him to play a trumpet

that facebook has brought so many friends back into my life, including many of whom I will see at the reunion

that Mosaic Woman makes my lettering looks so good, as I prepare to take the above piece to the reunion

that there is a light that shines through our art