Posts by Dee

Oprah first alerted me to Maya Angelou. My days deep in motherhood with two small children always seemed frantic and busy, but come the afternoon, I would bribe my kids into sitting quietly so I could watch Oprah (and sometimes Dr Phil!) The thing that first struck me about Maya Angelou was the obvious affinity…

I first encountered Frida Kahlo’s work in 2006. I saw a fabric with her image on it and it intrigued me enough to go look her up. What I discovered started a love of her work. The colour, the flowers, the unibrow all of it felt different. Like nothing i’d ever seen before. I wanted…

There are some people that I swear the universe keeps nudging you to find out about, until you finally get the hint and buy their book! Martha Beck was that to me. Whilst sewing I listen to podcasts at times and for a period of time, I swear I kept hearing Martha’s name, then part…

On 6th February 2022 the Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years on the throne. The official celebrations happen on June 2nd on the Queens Birthday parade. Living away from home during such a celebration, which I know the whole country, not to mention our own friends and…