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Recovery – and the story of my Website from JustPlainLaine

Back in the fall of 2022, I woke up one morning to a website that was no longer there. It was completely and utterly gone.

I didn’t panic at first, because there is always a backup. Right? Always a backup. Except when there isn’t.

I reachout out to my provider and was informed that my “basic” package did not include automatic backups and how lucky I was that it took 12 years to crash and burn. Somehow I didn’t feel so lucky.

My blog was more like a memory keeper for me, so I wasn’t really ...

added by Lesa 1 year, 7 months ago. under dyeing , farm , hand crafted , hand-dyed , home , lessons learned , loss , sewing , uncategorized , website

Finishing a Project is Like a Tiny Death from Where Art & Life Meet

I’m just about finished with my big improvisational stitching piece that I’ve been working on for the last 7 months or so, and it’s bittersweet. It always feels like a tiny death. There’s sadness and a kind of grieving that happens. Sometimes I just leave it up on my design wall and look at it […]

added by Ariane Zurcher 3 years ago. under ariane zurcher designs , ariane zurcher hand stitching , art , creative process , cut work , death , death of my mother , design , ending , ending a project , expressionist hand stitching , expressionist stitching , finishing , finishing a piece of art , grieving , hand embroidery , hand stitching , improvisational stitching , interpretive stitching , loss , mourning , my mother , tears , tiny death , trapunto (Comments)

Pain, Grief and Showing up Anyway from Where Art & Life Meet

So here’s the thing… I feel a whole lot better when I show up even when I feel awful, even when I feel things are rough and I’m tired, even when I don’t want to. I’ve also learned that showing up anyway is the single best remedy for not continuing to feel that way. Except […]

added by Ariane Zurcher 3 years, 2 months ago. under ariane zurcher designs , ariane zurcher hand stitching , ariane zurcher on the other hand , ariane zurcher youtube , ariane zurcher youtube videos , art , artist , creating , creative process , expressionist stitching , grief , grieving , hand embroidery , hand stitching , improvisational stitching , life , loss , mixed media , mourning , pain , stitching , working anyway , working through grief , working through pain , youtube , youtube videos (Comments)

Mourning & Gratitude from Where Art & Life Meet

Every now and then it hits me. She’s gone. I will never see her again. I will never hold her hand with those arthritic knuckles that made them resemble gnarled tree branches, misshapen and yet beautiful. I will never get another email from her containing silly videos or stories or photos and it is during […]

added by Ariane Zurcher 3 years, 3 months ago. under balance , death , dying , gratitude , grieving my mom , i love my mom , life , loss , love , missing my mom , mom , mourning , my mom , perspective , things i've learned (Comments)

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