Imagine my surprise when I saw this little blurb in Quiltmaker mag. Who knew solid color fabric was trending? Or in my case that it had not been trending? What silliness.
Steve Jobs died today, too young and much admired.
Here’s the 2005 commencement talk he gave
I always remember that he and I shared an early interest: calligraphy. For him, it meant great fonts on our screens and beautiful usable interfaces. For me, beautiful words and that meant also readable and interesting and a dollop of learning about negative space.
From his vision I learned that computers were the tools for modern living and we could learn to like them and use them and maybe even have some fun doing it. I consider that my career mission these days.
Work will be very odd and sad tomorrow.
Many thanks to Holly for a link to a Mental Floss article on 14 More Wonderful Words Without An English Equivalent which included:
Fremdschämen (German); Myötähäpeä (Finnish) The kindler, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to vicarious embarrassment.
PS while I’m tapping this out, an owl is calling nearby: hoooo hoooo hoo hoo over and over. Long long short short. The long isn’t terribly long but longer. Is that enough to go on, Naomi?
Cutting (and finding) of many green strips continues. Pretty confident I have enough darks. Not so confident about the lights. What if I have to buy more lights?? Oh noes!!!
Then of course these will have to get cut into squares. That goes pretty quickly.
Pooped. I’m going to crawl into bed. I’ve got biga and poolish ready for pizza and bread. There might be some kitchen time tomorrow.
Well I had a concept for the seasonal palette quilt but given the shortened time frame, I’m going to have to rethink the whole thing. I suppose if I were a cheery team player, I’d think of it as a challenge lol.
So, let it begin.
You’re never a loser until you quit trying.
