Hope and Flowers
Photo by Cody SellsIn my little garden beds I have done what I believe the kids are calling “Chaos Gardening”. I ordered dirt that is in a giant pile in the...
Oops... I did it Again
Photo by Cody SellsLast year in September I triumphantly announced I quit Instagram. With all things quitting I also shared the caveat that I might come out...
Marketing in a Broken World
Photo by Cody SellsIf I am honest dear reader, I am exhausted.I am exhausted from watching multiple genocides carry on, I am exhausted thinking about the...
No more school
Photo by Cody SellsI love to create classes, I love to teach, I love to learn. This weekend in Detroit I had the most beautiful time studying natural dye and...
Welcome to Book Club
Hello and welcome to the LIVING THE ARTIST’S WAY BOOK CLUB. I am so excited to go through this book with all of you over the next six weeks. For those of you...
Studying Together
Before I even get into today’s newsletter I just want to share how powerful the student movement of protestors is and how we are witnessing such a huge...
Ordinary Practice
Photo by Ellen Rutt, Point Reyes Station, 2018Today I am announcing a new project and talking about the mystery and magic of a daily practice.Ordinary...
As we come and go
A few weeks ago I wrote about my beautiful experience at the Gee’s Bend Quilt Retreat. What I didn’t write about was the amazing Anne, dear friend to China...
The Poetics of Squares
Photo by Cody SellsHello it is Monday. I will write to you but I feel quiet today.Yesterday I wrote to you on Tax Day Eve with my most honest numbers of...
Quilts as sites for liberation
Image Description : Classmates holding up my quilt tops while I talk in front of them with a mic while Lukaza kneels and documentsThere are two things I love...
Out of the realm of the ordinary
Grand Rapids 2019, Photo by Bobby ColomboSomething happens to me and I am new again. There are a few of these things. The things that happen to me that make...
The empty days
Flexible Office : Digital Co-Working - Tuesdays and Thursdays April 2 - May 30 Live on zoomMy favorite place to be! A clubhouse for tornado people looking to...
New Rules
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A Common Shapes Hello 👋
Hello Common Shapes listeners. 🔸 I wanted to pop in with a little mini-episode to check in between seasons and share a few updates. Take a few minutes to...
A Flexible Office Hello 👋
Hello Common Shapes listeners. 🔸 I wanted to pop in with a little mini-episode to check in between seasons and share a few updates. Take a few minutes to...
The pleasure of learning
Photo by Kayla Powers, Cedar North, March 2024If I may say something so bold I’d like to tell you, I love to work. I love to work because writing and making...
Free to read : the experiment ends
How I feel when my newsletter is free every MondayFor the last 2+ months I have put most of my Monday newsletters behind the paywall in an experiment that I...
Undoing in hibernation
On Valentine’s Day I woke up early and took the pieces of the quilt I am working on to the beach. I laid them out piece by piece while the rock hunters...
Introducing Cody
Photo by Jade Forrest MarksHello and a blessed Monday to all of you. After years of using it as a nickname I have officially changed my name to Cody and...
In the brambles of action
Monday Monday is a reader supported newsletter that comes out every week for paid subscribers. Today’s installment is free for all subscribers. Enjoy....