Ra's Spiral Path

Welcome to Ra’s Spiral Path

The Website of Sarah J Batchelder

Writer < Weaver > Storyteller

Woven Bits
Woven raven over a mountainside
A small portion from “Ancestors Calling” (2025)

Writer, Weaver, and Storyteller

Weaving words and wisdom

Intuitive Tapestry Weaver

I can keep big pictures and stories in mind, while refining details.

Lifelong Learner

As a mother of a tween, educational specialist, and former children’s librarian, I strive to make learning fun.

Copy Editor and Writer

Words matter. And how they are presented matters as well.

Solution Oriented DIY’er

I practice by doing and experimenting and accept failure as a part of the learning process.

Maker of Quirky Items

I find joy in the strange and weird. Do you too? I now have a POD store.

Brewer, Gardener, Hiker

I reclaim ancient knowledge, spaces, and ways to connect with previously hidden ancestral paths.

Writer

I have written in many types of formats – academic, informational, and fictional. I once wrote a rhyming play about the summer reading program where I worked and performed it with a coworker and puppets to an elementary school. The kids loved it.

My portfolio can be found here.

Weaver

I primarily weave tapestries and baskets made from discarded wires and often use repurposed items and upcycled textiles in my work. I am also learning how to use other types of looms – rigid heddle, inkle, and a Swedish counterbalance floor loom.

Moon Views

  • Woven in 2023 in Jamesport, NY
  • My first completed circular weaving
  • Selected for a group exhibition in 2025
A three panel (connected) weaving of a mountain landscape and waterfall by fiber artist, Sarah Batchelder

Ancestors Calling

  • An experimental pulled warp tapestry
  • My weaving almost always include repurposed materials.
  • I honor my planet and her life forms in the materials I choose to work with.
A pulled warp tapestry of a Sonoran mountain kingsnake woven by Sarah Batchelder

Sylvia Snake

  • A pulled warp tapestry woven in three parts – head, middle, and tail.
  • Sylvia is a Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake.
  • Her retractable tongue is made from cable wire.

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  • Level Up

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    By Gene Luen Yang; art by Thien Pham Place: Publisher & Year: New York: First Second, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781596432352 Audience: Adult, young adult Number of pages: 160 Setting: An unspecified town somewhere in the US. Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Dennis Ouyang is kicked out of…

  • Bone Crossed

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 4 ISBN: 9780441016761 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), & Spokane, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Marsilia, the head of the local…

  • Hunting Ground

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    By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Holter Graham Place: Publisher & Year: [New York]: Penguin Audio, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Format: Digital download – audio Series: Alpha and Omega series; 2 ISBN: 9781440644634 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 25 minutes, 43 seconds Setting: Seattle, WA (opening scene takes…

  • Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children

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    By Ransom Riggs Place: Publisher & Year: Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, mystery, paranormal, historical fiction Series: The author’s blog (8/9/2011) states that there will be a sequel to this book. ISBN: 9781594744761 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 352 Setting: Englewood, Florida & Cairnholm, Wales Time…

  • Queen of the Dead

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    By Stacey Kade Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Hyperion, 2011 Genres:  Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal Series: A Ghost and the Goth Novel; 2 ISBN: 9781423134671 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 267 Setting: Groundsboro (state not specified but the town is near Decatur, so it could be Illinois) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Alona…

  • The Snowman

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    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 7 ISBN: 9780307595867 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 384 Setting: Oslo, Norway Time period: Most of the story takes place in November 2004, but some…

  • Before I Go to Sleep

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    By S.J. Watson Place: Publisher & Year: Genres: Suspense, psychological suspense, mystery ISBN: 9780062060556 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: England – London area Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Christine Lucas suffers from a rare form of amnesia where she can build memories throughout the day, but then forgets everything she’s learned when she…

  • Iron Kissed

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 3 ISBN: 9780441015665 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 287 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend and mentor, Zee, is charged with a…

  • Blood Bound

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 2 ISBN: 9780441014736 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 292 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland,Kennewick, &Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend, Stefan, asks her for a favor in the middle…

  • Nickel Plated

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    By Aric Davis Place: Publisher & Year: Las Vegas, NV: AmazonEncore, c2010 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction, suspense ISBN: 9781935597322 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 197 Setting: Grand Rapids, Michigan Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Nickel is a twelve year old child abuse survivor and foster child escapee.  At the age of ten,…

A portion of "a map of dragons" by fiber artist, Sarah Batchelder