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.

Join 15+ subscribers

Stay in the loop with current projects.

Sign up

Learn more

  • Neuromancer

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , ,

    By William Gibson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 1984 Genres: Science fiction, cyberpunk Series: Sprawl Trilogy; 1 ISBN: 0441569595 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 271 Settings: Chiba City, the Sprawl (Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis), Istanbul, & Freeside Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: Case, an ex-cowboy, is hanging out…

  • Catching Fire

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , , , ,

    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 2 ISBN: 9780439023498 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 391 Setting: Panem – mainly District 12 & the Capitol Time period: Sometime in the future Plot summary: When Katniss returns to District 12…

  • Bones of Faerie

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , , , ,

    By Janni Lee Simner Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, faerie tale, dystopian Series: A sequel – Faerie Winter – is due to be published in April, 2011 ISBN: 9780375845635 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 247 Setting: St. Louis, Missouri area Time period: About twenty years in…

  • The Walking Dead Book One

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , ,

    By Robert Kirkman – creator, writer, letter, Tony Moore – penciler, inker, gray tones, Charlie Adlard – penciler, inker, Cliff Rathburn – gray tones Place: Publisher & Year: Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, Inc., 2010 Genre: Horror Format: Graphic novel Series: The Walking Dead ISBN: 9781582406190 Audience: Adult Number of pages: Unpaginated Setting: Kentucky, Atlanta, GA…

  • Spirits that Walk in Shadow

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , , ,

    By Nina Kiriki Hoffman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Viking, 2006 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, dark fantasy ISBN: 9780670060719 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 306 Setting: Spores Ferry, Oregon Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Jaime Locke is worried about starting her first year of college.  As a member of a magical family, she…

  • The Exile: an Outlander Graphic Novel

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , , , , , , ,

    By Diana Gabaldon; illustrated by Hoang Nguyen Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Del Rey, 2010 Genre: Historical fiction, fantasy, adventure, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, romance Format: Graphic novel Series: Outlander Graphic Novels; 1 ISBN: 9780345505385 Audience: Adult Number of pages: Unpaginated Setting: Scotland Time period: 1743 Plot summary: Young Jaime Fraser returns to…

  • Death Masks

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , , , , , , , ,

    By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2003 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 5 ISBN: 9780451459404 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 374 (378 including an excerpt from Blood Rites). Setting: Chicago, IL Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Harry wanted…

  • Speak

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in ,

    By Laurie Halse Anderson Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999 Genre: General fiction ISBN: 9780374371524 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 198 Setting: Syracuse, NY Time period: Late 1990s Plot summary: Melinda Sordino starts her first year of high school as an outcast for calling the cops at an end of…

  • The Book Thief

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , ,

    By Markus Zusak Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A Knopf, c2005, 2006 Genre: Historical fiction ISBN: 9780375831003 Audience: Adult, young adult -“Somebody’s favorite book” Number of pages: 552 Setting: Molching, Germany (outside of Munich) Time period: 1939- 1945 Plot summary: In January 1939, nine year old, Liesel Meminger, steals her first book while…

  • Shutter Island

    —

    by

    Sarah
    in , , , ,

    By Dennis Lehane Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper, c2003, 2009 Genres: Suspense, psychological suspense, mystery, historical fiction ISBN: 9780061703526 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 369 (385 including excerpts from other works) Setting: Shutter Island, MA (off the coast from Boston) Time period: 1954 Plot summary: In 1954, US Marshal, Teddy Daniels, and…

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