Winter beach walks. Sand in wool socks. Salt in locks. Wind pulls tears from eyes, salting ruddy cheeks.

Made with love for cold germination of ideas, and seeds of hope for new beginnings and brighter days.

Details: Made with alpaca and sheep wool, suspended on driftwood from Camano Island. Measures 16in by 21in.

Blessing

give me warp and weft again,

and an urchin quill to remind me

how the prettiest barb can lodge under your skin

and leave you undone.

Only lend me a loom and I will

take up the threads of this unraveled life.

I will weave a braid from three strands of seaweed

I will wind it three times around my finger

I will dig my salt-encrusted hands into the soil

and wed myself to the thirsty

brown roots of a new beginning.

(Peregrina by Sharon Blackie)