New Focus in 2019

Mar 9, 2019 by birdsong

It has been a long hiatus, precipitated by California’s four year drought early in the decade, which was followed by the year of loss and suffering (2017), in which several important people in my life left this earthly plane, and my husband and I decided to re-tool our lives, downsize and leave our jobs. We want to spend more time with our grandchildren and what remains of those over 50 in our family (including ourselves). The farm at Slate Range Camp has been gradually emptied out, the 1854 ranch house has had some sprucing up and all will be up for sale in a month. We now live in a tiny, historic Gold Mining town called Dutch Flat, still in the Sierras and closer to the snow line. I have taught a few natural dye workshops and plan to offer more this coming summer season. I have also moved to using natural dyes for slow fashion upscaling. As I reactivate this webpage, follow along to see what is for sale and where to take a workshop.