by Sue Schlabach | Jan 10, 2020 | Artisanal Living, Chickens, Family
The last months of 2019 are in the rearview mirror, and I’m happy to have them behind me. I leave that time a little bruised and vulnerable, having lost my mother to a rapid decline from stage 4 cancer in mid November. She was a force of nature and a muse to...
by Sue Schlabach | Apr 7, 2019 | Artisanal Living, Design, Travel
Montreal in spring is much like Vermont. Not quite free of winter. I went there two weeks ago with three dear friends. We go there every spring to eat, hang out, browse, and discover. We’ve been doing this for 12 years? 15? We’re not sure. We tend to go...
by Sue Schlabach | Apr 4, 2019 | Artisanal Living, Color, In the Studio, Paintings
Morning light creeps through the curtains around 5:30, and what’s new is birdsong. There is still a crust of snow on the fields, but patches of grass are making a comeback—albeit matted, brown and littered with twigs, and less savory piles revealed after the...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 17, 2019 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design
Today I opened up to a list of 50 Things I Love that I wrote back in the fall. Do you have a pen handy? If so, do yourself a favor, and write down 50 things you love. It is affirming and—if all goes well—you’ll end up with a list of 58 or 62 or 75! The ones on...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 15, 2018 | Artisanal Living, Garden
Fall is here and I’m still nursing an elbow injury that I got last April right before we moved to The Little Brick. My ideas for a summer of gardening had to be put aside. No serious digging, pruning or shovel work for me. So I took to the gardens and field with...
by Sue Schlabach | Jul 25, 2018 | Artisanal Living, In the Studio, Summer
Back in 2010 I subtitled my new blog 129 Twig and Vine ‘At the Intersection Between Art and Life. All these years later, I am living—literally—at an intersection. We moved into the little brick house in ate April and the year of work is slowly ebbing from our...
