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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  • Lord John and the Hand of Devils

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    By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Delacorte Press, 2007 Genres: Historical fiction, mystery Series: Lord John Grey series ISBN: 9780385311397 Intended audience: adults Number of pages: 302 Setting: England and Germany Time period: Eighteenth century Plot summary: The book is a compilation of three different stories – “Lord John and the Hellfire…

  • Nevernever

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    by Will Shetterly Place: Publisher & Year: Orlando: Magic Carpet Books, 2004 Genres: Fantasy, faerie tale, punk fantasy, urban fantasy Series: Sequel to Elsewhere, part of the Borderlands series edited by Terri Windling ISBN: 9780152052102 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Bordertown- the city which acts as a gateway between the realms…

  • If I Die in Juárez

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    By Stella Pope Duarte Place: Publisher & Year: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008 Genres: General fiction, suspense Series: Camino del Sol ISBN: 0816526672 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 328 Setting: Ciudad Juárez and the village of Montenegro, Mexico (located in the Chihuahuan desert) Time period: 1995- 96 Plot summary: Since 1993, the bodies…

  • Death: the Time of Your Life

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    By Neil Gaiman Illustrators:  Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1997 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, horror Format: Graphic novel Series: Related to The Sandman series, but not a part of it. ISBN: 1563893339 Intended audience: Adult, young adult (“Suggested for mature…

  • The Family Tree

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    By Sheri S. Tepper Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Avon Books, 1997 Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, time travel fantasy, eco-fiction ISBN:0380791978 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 480 Settings: An unnamed American city and future landscapes and cities Time period: The year 2000 and three thousand years in the future Plot summary: Police officer…

  • Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Volume 1

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    By  Chuck D and Adam Wallenta Illustrators: Adam Wallenta with Peov, Komikers Studios and Michael Bianco Place: Publisher & Year: Naugatuck: American Mule Entertainment, 2009 Genres: Adventure; science fiction; mystery Format: Graphic novel ISBNs: 0967390893, 9780967390895 Intended audience: Public Enemy fans – adults and young adults Number of pages: unpaginated Setting: Greater NY metropolitan area…

  • Dragonfly in Amber

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    By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dell Pub., 1993, c1992 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, time travel fantasy Series: Outlander series; 2 ISBN: 0440215625 Intended audience: Adults Number of pages: 743 Settings: Scotland and Paris Time periods: 1744-45 and 1968 Plot summary: In 1968, Claire Randall and her daughter, Brianna,…

  • Outlander

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    By Diana Gabaldon, narrated by Davina Porter Place: Publisher & Year: Prince Frederick, Md.: Recorded Books, 1997 Genres: Historical fantasy, fantasy, historical fiction, time travel fantasy, romance Format: Audiobook Series: Outlander series; 1 ISBN:9781419359682 Intended audience: Adults Number of discs: 28 (32 hr., 30 min.) Setting: Scotland Time periods: 1945 and 1743-44 Plot summary: In…

  • The Graveyard Book

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    By Neil Gaiman; illustrated by Dave McKean Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperCollins, 2008 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, occult fiction ISBN: 9780060530921 Intended audience: Children – tweens Number of pages: 312 Setting: A graveyard in England Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Nobody Owens was a toddler, his family was murdered one night by…

  • Che : a graphic biography

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    By Spain Rodriguez ; edited by Paul Buhle Place: Publisher,Year: New York : Verso, 2008 Genres: Non-fiction, biography, history Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 1844671682 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 106 Setting: Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Congo, and Bolivia Time period: 1928 – 1967 and beyond Plot summary: The story of Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s life…

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