by Sue Schlabach | Jan 21, 2022 | Artists, Creativity, Vermont
I’ve had these words pinned beside my desk since last spring when I came upon them. I tried to live by them in 2021. But 2021 wasn’t so easy. It followed 2020 which was somewhat worse. But 2019 was really hard for me with the death of my mother, so I’ve decided that...
by Sue Schlabach | May 31, 2019 | Creativity, Design, In the Studio
Who will be the future apprentices—the ones who will put in the time? Hammer the metal one thousand blows to make the perfect horseshoe? These are things I think about when I despair about smart phones and sound bytes and plastic debris filling the oceans. When my...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 20, 2016 | Artists, Autumn, Creativity, homepage
Do the things you can’t. That is how they get done. -Picasso Last week I had a great conversation with an artist I work with. Her name is Kellie Day, and she is a collage artist from Colorado. She has this Picasso quote hanging on her refrigerator. And she is...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 9, 2015 | Artisanal Living, Chickens, Paris, Vermont
There are places where you expect to find a velvet Victorian sofa. A chicken yard isn’t generally the place. There are places you expect to see a chicken. A Paris dress shop might not come to mind. In the back garden of a house on the edge of South Strafford,...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 30, 2014 | Artists, Travel
Marie-Elaine Cusson lives on a street just off the bustle of Sherbrooke in Westmount, Montreal. The quiet of her upstairs rooms belies the action just around the corner. But the quiet is mostly in the late night hours when her family is sleeping. Then she and her dog,...
