Seeking peace

Two fellow travelers requested “seek peace” pins …

yellow for Tina in Wisconsin and green for Sue in Illinois.

Tina also shared images from the original peace pin project, with her permission to post them here …

The “I voted” and “for peace” pins were stitched on Tina’s own hand-dyed cloth … and I love that the background of the “imagine peace” pin is the cover of a journal that she made for her granddaughter.

Likewise, here’s a pin that I gave to our server after our anniversary dinner, which included a complimentary lobster dish …

Peace is surely found when shared.

And now I need to spend some time writing up a how-to piece … another form of sharing … while awaiting some linen from A Stitch in Dye for all you blue peace pin lovers out there 😉

To a learn more about the project and request your own (free) peace pin, click on this link.

Golden

What follows is an excerpt of a post written 15 years ago to commemorate the 35th anniversary of our first date. If you link to the full post, you’ll find it is followed by one that serendipitously mentions Barry and Fiona’s peace project. And if you’re curious, this link to the 40th anniversary of our first date includes pictures of our then 18 and 20 year old selves.

So it is that today marks 50 golden years since the day we met … and it still seems like yesterday.

I awoke at dawn to find this treasure awaiting me …

and perhaps we’ll add a picture of our autumn selves as we celebrate tonight at Uchi.

Life is so wonderfully good.

Peace continues

I’m still trying out the best combinations of Malka’s hand-dyed linen and Deb’s hand-dyed threads. So when a combination doesn’t quite work, I just make another and send both out into the world.

The green “live peace” pins are headed to Marti in New Mexico …

The rainbow thread “imagine peace” pins are going to Beverly in Washington (state) …

And Jen in Alabama is getting the “grow peace” pin that I managed to get right the first time …

As promised to Maggie, I will be writing up a DIY for anyone who wants to make their own pins (which might take a little while).

To a learn more about the project and request your own (free) peace pin, click on this link.