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Living with less

October 4, 2013 By Marilyn Webster 8 Comments

Last November my friends Amy Halko, Holly Jordan and I held a Clay Wood Cloth event at MIX Garden in Healdsburg, CA. We donated a percentage of our sales to the Healdsburg Educational Foundation. The money was earmarked for the Construction and Sustainability Academy (CASA) at Healdsburg High School. This past May we attended the […]

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Tagged With: less is more, moving, Tumbleweed Tiny House, William Morris

Cultivate home

September 3, 2013 By Marilyn Webster 3 Comments

There’s a store on the main street of Sebastopol, CA that sells great cooking and baking tools. Whenever I drive by, I think about how much I like the name of this store: Cultivate Home. Cultivate is a verb I associate with the garden – preparing the soil, planting seeds, watering and fertilizing, weeding and […]

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Tagged With: dog walks, drinking tea, Home, moving

Do the things you use reflect your current self?

April 10, 2013 By Marilyn Webster 2 Comments

When I was seven years old, I had a long cotton skirt that I loved.  I was fascinated by the three bands of calico fabric, each with the same print, but with the colors arranged differently.  As I grew, the skirt got shorter.  Not caring that it had ceased being a full-length skirt, I continued […]

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Tagged With: drinking tea, handmade

Of robots and dog walks

March 2, 2013 By Marilyn Webster 2 Comments

In my recent college alum magazine, there’s an article about an alumnus who has been developing robots for security purposes. These robots can be sent into dangerous situations while humans control them from a safe distance. For example, in Fort Worth, TX a police officer sent a robot into a situation with a dangerous suspect. […]

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The fullness of gratitude

January 2, 2013 By Marilyn Webster 1 Comment

In response to a newsletter, a customer wrote me about a conversation with a Japanese friend about ceremonies for daily use items. This idea intrigued me and I’m trying to learn more. In the meantime, I’ve been wondering: How would I design a ceremony for objects that I use every day? Creating rituals is not […]

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  • ABOUT MARILYN
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    • Meet Marilyn
    • In the media
    • Environmental stewardship
  • HANDWOVEN GOODS
    ▼
    • Kitchen towels
    • Table napkins
    • Custom orders
    • About colorgrown cotton
    • Laundering
    • A word about color
    • My guarantee
  • EVENTS
  • e-WHIMSY
    ▼
    • Whimsy-grams
    • Whimsy-watch
  • BLOG
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    • Making cloth
    • Thoughts on beauty
    • Life’s lessons at the loom
    • More than a dog walk
    • Customer stories
    • Recent posts
  • CONTACT
  • SHOP ONLINE