I began blogging in 2009 when Don and I moved from Williamsburg, Virginia to the Hill Country near Austin, Texas. The early blogging years focused on recipes and learning about the land, but in 2014 I found my way to Jude Hill’s Spirit Cloth blog and thence to a group of like-minded stitchers and creatives. Many of them continue to blog, as evidenced by the Kindred Spirits sidebar to the right (if you’re reading this on a smart phone, scroll down to the bottom and click on “View web version”).
Among them is Mo, who taught me much about blogging and led me in turn to Fiona Dempster and Barry Smith, Australian artist/creators who were (and continue to be) tireless advocates for peace. Over the years they have been a steady presence and have inspired many of my own creations.
Fiona’s recent post had an intriguing bit at the end about a square alphabet that she created last summer … which I had missed, being otherwise occupied with helping after my daughter’s surgery (from which she has made significant recovery).
Better late than never, I happily took on the challenge of deciphering a bit of text that Fiona had created …
Then pondered stitching a bit of peace of my own.
I have to look better at this post….
ReplyDeleteThat's what I said when I first read Fiona's post ... then copied and pasted her square alphabet onto a Word doc so I could try it out ... very intriguing how the words began to "make sense"
DeleteLiz~ Oh, that looks intriguing! My Godmother made up a secret code, somewhat like this, when I was a small girl. We would write back and forth to each other. Mmm...I wonder if I still have that somewhere? My niece would love this too. 🙂 I'll check out Fiona's post. ~Nancy
ReplyDeleteFor sure I'd love to see your Godmother's secret code if ever you find it ... this also reminds me of Mo's asemic writing posts
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