Nora

The story goes that I was born in a cabbage patch in the unreasonable month of March during a prehistoric year. A breech birth with the adornment of my umbilical cord wrapped around my neck. They say I was all choked up about coming back. However, I landed square on my feet and never missed a beat.

I have a typically standard education majoring in the unfamiliar but accustomed to random acts of kindness and care. My artistic ability comes in between spiritual emergencies and dry spells. I am not drought tolerant. I have few probing insights into the deeper meaning of life, seem unsuccessful in recovering lost parts of myself, and need to Feng Shui my bathroom.

I am relatively harmless though given to full blown fits of passion including mental wanderings into untamed regions during the waxing and waning of the moon. 

I am basically a restless soul whose discordant magnetic field has, on occasion, briefly aligned me with reality. I tend toward the metaphysical but keep a ‘who says so’ attitude. I like the riddle ….why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine…my math background is weak. ….

I can be loving and carefree or moody and feisty depending on the weather or what is on Animal Planet. I always have the same hair day. I believe that everyone has the right to my opinion.

In spite of all my misunderstood traits, good intentions, and sense of smell and taste I still require Coffee Blast (can be found at Trader Joe's).

I escape when ever possible into the world of creativity where I can put my heart and soul into what I do and dance the night away in North Carolina. I can usually be reached by standing up straight, clicking your heels three times and repeating, “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home” or you can e-mail me. Which ever is easier.

I'm a Wise Woman handcrafter. I make medicine bags, ceremonial gourds, cloth spirit dolls and jewelry. My bags are probably more accurately described as keepsake pouches for the wise woman, man, magical ecologist, naturalist, mother earth steward ways. You know, tree huggers, earth lovers or just earthy folk in general. People who choose to stay connected and celebrate Earth's diversity.
I’ve been making things since I was a kid but started getting serious about handcrafting back in 1987 when I started working with crystals and became fascinated with them. Before that I sewed clothes, knit scarves, embroidered, made collages, and did some basic painting and drawing. Things just naturally evolved from one thing to the next. My next mission is fiber arts.
I’ve been selling my wares at Susun Weed’s now for five years. They can be seen at
http://www.ashtreepublishing.com/bookshop/medicinebag.php
Thanks for stopping by!

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Nora