Notes from Connie

Embracing Imperfection: The Power of Patchwork
Patchwork fabrics represent all of us. As we restitch them, we create a metaphor for the ways that we can imagine healing our separations, our inequalities, our judgements. We can come...
Embracing Imperfection: The Power of Patchwork
Patchwork fabrics represent all of us. As we restitch them, we create a metaphor for the ways that we can imagine healing our separations, our inequalities, our judgements. We can come...


Color
Ru Paul said, "The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box." That statement really is a call to action,...
Color
Ru Paul said, "The whole point is to live life and be - to use all the colors in the crayon box." That statement really is a call to action,...

Good humor
Finding our authentic good humor is like washing out that caca, drying out our bristly attitude, coloring our heart with some bright colors, and fashioning our approach to the day with...
Good humor
Finding our authentic good humor is like washing out that caca, drying out our bristly attitude, coloring our heart with some bright colors, and fashioning our approach to the day with...
Mama
Mama evokes strong emotions. Most of us feel strongly about the person who birthed or raised us as one of our most important relationships. Our status as mothers often helps us establish our...
Mama
Mama evokes strong emotions. Most of us feel strongly about the person who birthed or raised us as one of our most important relationships. Our status as mothers often helps us establish our...

Respect
As I write about values and virtues, particularly as they relate to Fair Trade and the work I do, respect tops the list in terms of importance. In the Fair...
Respect
As I write about values and virtues, particularly as they relate to Fair Trade and the work I do, respect tops the list in terms of importance. In the Fair...