Weathering My face catches the windfrom the snow lineand flushes with a flushthat will never wholly settle.Well, that was a metropolitan vanity,wanting to look young forever, to pass.I was never a pre-Raphaelite beautyand only pretty enough to be seenwith a man who wanted to be seenwith a passable woman. But now that I am in […]

Wendy is the winner, chosen by random number. Her birthday wisdom was this: "Happy Birthday, Lesley. Recently my thoughts center on two words, grace and laughter. The first is my newest approach to everyday living, gently embracing the ups and downs. The second word, laughter is the medicine of living. A good laugh with a […]

  …until my actual birthday. The gifts of the comments that I have received are the best gift ever. I love this community and the opportunity we have to connect with like-minded souls. It has made the week before turning 56 so much fun. I'll be bummed and lonely next week when you all go back into […]

   It sounds like a zip code doesn't it? 20451. It's the number of days I have lived so far. 20451 awakenings, 20451 chances to make a difference, to bring a smile to someone's face, to live to the best of my ability. I don't have a checkered past, a rather tame existance in many respects, but […]

The WINNER, as chosen by Random Integer Generator @ Random.Org Here are your random number: 46 This number belongs to Susan Parker, the 46th blog comment (not including duplicates.) Congratulations Susan! I received so many wonderful comments, witty ones, courageous ones and comments from women who have a genuine need for a book like this. […]

Before I left for Houston, I gifted myself with an iPhone so I could stay in touch via Internet and email without lugging a laptop around. Of course I don't even own a laptop but have purchased 3 of them for my college-age children. What I did not expect was that I would fall in love with […]

Maybe you've already seen this on Ms Quilting Arts, Pokey Bolton's blog. Maybe you already did and want to watch it again.  It was the Saturday night Make It University Surviving the Runway 80s Style challenge and we all got quite carried away. I served as the "Tim Gunn" for the group, "Make it work!" See what lengths art quilter Kathy York was willing to go to […]

Be suspicious of a routine day that offers nothing new. ~ Lesley Riley

  Congratulations!  Dejavucreations is the lucky winner of a package of TAP (Transfer Artist Paper). Between the packing and the trip, I almost forgot about the last giveaway. Can't start a new one without awarding the old one. To find out what everyone at the Houston Quilt Festival is talking about, visit TransferArtist.com

  It's available everywhere. Have you seen it yet? I've been drooliong over my copy for a while now. It's the latest, greatest book on the market and today we have the amazing author and Quilting Arts/Cloth Paper Scissors editor, Cate Prato herself  making a guest appearance here at Art Heart. Today it's my turn to interview the […]