Nancy Opalko

Summertime is usually my quiet time in regard to basket weaving. In Mississippi, it’s too hot and buggy and snake-y to get out and collect kudzu vines and definitely not a good time to sit out on the patio and weave. This fall, I am going to try something new. Once I’m back out harvesting […]

This past Thursday–the very last day of July–I had the good fortune to hang out with five very creative kids for a whole afternoon at my Summer Puppet-Making Workshop. We worked on a puppet script, created character puppets from all sorts of materials, and then practiced and performed the show for an audience of family

Ha! This was the name given to my puppet program at the public library last month and it is spot on the money! Erica, the library’s Youth Specialist, was my fellow puppeteer behind the theater and we had a blast sharing the stories of Little Red Riding Hood and Little Red Hen. I’m not sure

I love the slowness of summer. Of course, you have to move slow when the humidity outside is nearing 100% and the minute you step out the door you break into a sweat–but time also seems to slow down in the summer. Afternoon catnaps on the couch become part of the routine as does taking

I began leading an adult writing group at the beginning of this month and I love it. The idea for one has been swimming around at the back of my mind for a while…so, in the early spring when the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council put out a call for for summer classes, I thought, “Why not?

This is my very first blog post and it is very fitting that it is not only about basket weaving but also about a book: Earth Basketry by Osma Gallinger Tod. This book was first published in 1933 and is still in print today–most likely due to the fact that it has amazing information and