It’s March, and as I write this, it couldn’t be lovelier here. (March does have a way of surprising us, doesn’t it?) In these parts it came in with sunshine, daffodils, and birdsong. Last week I received my copy of the Spring 2013 issue of YES! Magazine, which includes my review of Janisse Ray’s The…
“I’m going to make something every day this year,” I announced in December. When I saw my friends’ responses, I thought perhaps this might be too ambitious an undertaking. However, I’ve really just decided to turn more of my attention to creativity this year. Why? Well, when I peek back through the years and squint…
Full confession: I’m not the craftiest person. As much as I love the idea of crafting and am convinced that it improves our creative, cognitive, and emotional health, I am a bit challenged in the area of actually, you know, crafting. (Just thinking about it works, right?) That’s why I’m grateful that Ezra attends a…
I’ve written about the mental health benefits of knitting a few times, and I just saw this CBS Early Show report listing even more reasons to knit or crochet – including a 30 to 50 percent decrease in memory loss for aging people, stress relief, pain reduction, lower blood pressure, and a boost in immune…
Depression is a common ailment. A study recently published in the journal Psychological Science found that: 41% of young adults experience major depression One half suffer from some kind of anxiety disorder And nearly one third are dependent on alcohol by the age of 32. Depression is hardly new, but its occurrence is on the…
These are just a few of the headlines that blared off Google’s News feed last week: “World economy to shrink by 1-2 percent in 2009” “Unemployment rises in 99.7 percent of metro areas” “Rescuing the Economy Just Got Harder”. Pass the St. John’s wort, please. It’s hard not to despair about the state of the…