Fiction, Essay, Photography … Sometimes Vampires
Trinity Church Cemetery, Swedesboro NJ I've been stitching this wasp; since the dead heat months of summer I've been thinking about wasps, hornets, stingers, venom, vengeance, and more. Something about the Scorpion season helps me dig deeper into this: Also thinking about the Queen of Swords from the tarot deck: We are hitting peak leaf… Continue reading Embracing Scorpio Season
^ This photo above captures the moment I realized my lotus design on a beach bag just didn't line up. I made an error counting on the cross-stitch grid. It happens. First, I thought: No one will notice. This is a gift. I worked long and hard at this design. I'll just pretend I can't… Continue reading there is no perfection, but I still strive for excellence
I've had to face myself in a few different realms of life this week, in both big and little ways: I've been chipping away at a novel-length manuscript for one year and one month, and while it's as close to complete as it's ever been ... I've still got a long way to go. I'm… Continue reading The Slump
Lots of early spring plants are flowering on the East Coast so their stinky pollen fills the air. It's worth it to see some color on the trees, I think: Also: Happy National Poetry Month! On the first day of spring, my order of heirloom seeds arrived: It just so happened that during the first… Continue reading Blossom Season
This is what I have to show for the last 9-ish weeks of my life, though it's not exactly final yet. Need to plug some gaps and add more flowers but ... Two months of my life are in this cross-stitch of a fox. Two months of obsessions and wrist pain, anxiety and uncertainty and… Continue reading What does the fox stitch?
Laura Eppinger 