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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  • Shadow of the Wind

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    By Carlos Ruiz Zafón; translated by Lucia Graves Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Books, c2001, 2004, 2005 Genres: General fiction, historical fiction, mystery, romance, suspense ISBN: 9780143034902 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 487 Setting: Barcelona, Spain Time period: 1945-1966 (although some events occur prior to 1945) Plot summary: As a boy, Daniel…

  • From Dead to Worse

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 8 ISBN: 9780441015894 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary (post Hurricane Katrina) Plot summary: Sookie has recently…

  • The Hunger Games

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Inc., c2008, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 1 ISBN: 9780439023528 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 374 Setting: District 12 & the Capitol, Panem Time period: Sometime in the future – after “the Dark Days, the uprising of…

  • The Shimmer

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    By David Morrell Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Vanguard Press, 2009 Genres: Adventure, suspense, thriller, paranormal ISBN: 9781593155803 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 423 (including Afterword, Acknowledgements, and About the Author) Setting: Rostov, TX Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Santa Fe police officer, Dan Page, returns home one day he discovers that…

  • Drums of Autumn

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    By Diana Gabaldon; narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, p1999 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander; 4 ISBN: 9781419359743 Intended audience: Adult Recorded time: 39 sound discs (45 hr., 45 min.) Settings: North Carolina – Wilmington & Cape Fear River,…

  • The Indian Bride

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    By Karin Fossum; translated by Charlotte Barslund Place: Publisher & Year: Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., c2001, 2005, 2007 Genres: Mystery, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Inspector Sejer Mystery; 4 ISBN: 9780151011827 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 297 Setting: Elvestad, Norway & Mumbai, India Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Gunder Jomann, an agricultural supply salesman, has…

  • All Together Dead

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Mystery, paranormal mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, paranormal, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 7 ISBN: 9780441014941 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 323 Setting: Bon Temps, Louisiana and the city of Rhodes (located on…

  • Skullcrack

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    By Ben Bo Place: Publisher & Year: Minneapolis: Lerner Sports, 2000 Genres: General fiction, adventure, paranormal ISBN: 9780822533085 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 159 (161 including Editor’s Note) Setting: Mulligan, Ireland (County Sligo) and Storm Island, Florida (near Cape Canaveral) Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Jonah Ebbers has one good thing in his…

  • Howl’s Moving Castle

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    By Diana Wynne Jones Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Trophy, c1986, 2001 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk Series: Howl’s Moving Castle; 1 ISBN: 9780064410342 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 329 Setting: Market Chipping, Porthaven, and Kingsbury, Ingary & Wales Time period: No stated time period in Ingary.  The Wales setting is a contemporary…

  • The Green Room: Mai Huli ‘Oe I Kōkua O Ke Kai, Respect the Ocean

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    By Deborah Turrell Atkinson Place: Publisher & Year: Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2005 Genres: Mystery, adventure, suspense Series: Storm Kayama Mysteries; 2 ISBN: 9781590581988 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 275 (including Glossary and References) Setting: Oahu, Hawaii Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Storm Kayama has recently started her own law practice.  She barely…

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