“It is pancreatic cancer” a doctor recently told a fellow watercolorist who is an email friend of my wife. “One year” followed the announcement of pancreatic cancer: one year. How would it feel to get that kind of prognosis? It can happen. It can happen tomorrow.

Is Basket Weaving A Lost Art? | Sixty And Me
There is something almost defiant about weaving a basket in a world addicted to plastic. Some call it a “lost art,” as if it vanished quietly into the attic with butter churns and hand-sewn quilts. But basket weaving never disappeared. It simply slipped out of the spotlight. All across the


