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Brain Health: Keeping your brain active

Aging Well | Last Active: May 14, 2023 | Replies (113)
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Oh I stay active, sorry if it came across otherwise. I walk my dog every day, do most of my yard work and all housework, wrote spooky short stories for children under the name of Bon Rose. Have Bible study once a week and yes love the word games and puzzles but always wish I could paint. Nothing around thrift store wise and I have a friend in another state that’s a wonderful painter it’s through her is how I know the cost.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Jan 9, 2023

Oh, I hear you. I have always wished I could paint, and started studying under my friend & winter neighbor several years ago. I was just beginning to improve when essential tremor ramped, and I began to regress. Some days I can't take a decent photo even with image stabilization!

However, all my trying reawakened my love of color and composition and restarted my creative juices. Our local Art League serves all, and there are Fiber Art, clay and other groups. I checked in and "clicked" with a very eclectic and active group of fiber artists. Today we put together a group project - a mixed media display called "Under the Sea" - for our gallery show in April.

Thanks to these awesome ladiesI have learned and fallen in love with wet felting & needle felting wool, to make wall hangings and 3D pieces. And I am working with natural dies on fabrics, and am tackling traditional Japanese Shibori techniques. Now I just need about 12 more hours in each day.
Sue

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