Blog Update

Just thought it was time to let readers of this blog know about the ups and downs of writing for the web. When you page back through blog posts you will find very sporadic entries for the last month. When that happens you know that the blogger is off doing something else! 

In my case I've been up to several things. Here at the Studio in Pigeon we're dreaming up a new quilting book. That work is progressing to the point that several design walls now carry blocks in various stages of sewing. There are three ring binders that are filling with proposed pages for a book. Titles are being tried out; fonts and typefaces chosen; in short, we are working on our next book and its projects.

I have also been working at introducing Photoshop CS4 into my computing life. I've been using Adobe's excellent Elements program to do the web work for our new website, but always knew that I needed to move to Photoshop. That will be a learning process and the first learning process has been about the intricacies of installing this momentous program on my somewhat older laptop. I emptied the hard drive several weeks ago. Got rid of unused programs. Moved photos to an outboard drive. Defragged and debugged and de-dusted the little machine. Still, there were problems with the upgrade and install. Most of that should be behind me. Now I begin the learning curve.

Here in Michigan we have end of February deadlines with state sales tax forms. That work always leads to cleaning out the files and shaping up the paperwork from the previous year. For me, paperwork seems to take twice as long as I predict. If I set aside one day for work, it will take me two. Ah, but that can be my procrastination, I've discovered. Buckle down and do it, I've told myself. This year, paperwork is done and the satisfaction of tying up the loose ends is immense.

All of these tasks keep me busy and away from the blogging. Now though, I'm back and pledging to keep the blog lively with reports from knitters nights and quilting book publishing. Stayed tuned!