Monthly Archives: June 2015

Saturday FTW!

Thanks so much Marge! There was only one fabric I saw that I have in my stash and one that was an orange colorway of a print I had in yellow. That’s totally amazing to me. And of course I sat down and read the wee small book right away! Continue reading

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Art collecting (and quote collecting)

I stole this and all the quotes I could scoop up Continue reading

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Traveling not lightly in the world

So off I went with some new buttons and the good feeling that comes from wandering around looking at art supplies, even if they make you wish you knew how to use them ALL. Continue reading

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RFK on MLK and the Charleston Shooting

Yet we seemingly tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity and our claims to civilization alike. We calmly accept newspaper reports of civilian slaughter in far off lands. We glorify killing on movie and television screens and call it entertainment. We make it easy for men of all shades of sanity to acquire weapons and ammunition they desire. Continue reading

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Each of Us, or Anarchy

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, • Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Continue reading

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