Books in my life

I haven't read a lot for pleasure these past two (and a half) months since my previous Books post. But there have been quite a few books in my life, mostly manuals for the courses I'm taking. I added two of those to this list because they are really great books. The Woman Upstairs, by Claire Messud: I loved this one. It's the kind of book . . . > > >

Author ad creation and other things keeping me busy

Things have been keeping me busy these past two weeks and as much as I don't like it when the blog goes down to the bottom of the to-do list, it happened again. Last week I had a final project to submit for the Information Design course I have been taking. The final project was a "me" advertising piece. I came up with this little author ad . . . > > >

Thoughts of spring gardening

Spring seems to have arrived in our area, and with it my thoughts of spring gardening. Delusional as I might be, both about spring and the garden, because most days it's still dark and cloudy, and I still pull the wool socks on almost every night. Also because I just went out to clean up the yard for five minutes hour last week I came . . . > > >

Headbands from silk scraps

I have made in just a week, since I came up with the idea, about seven headbands from silk squares for myself. I'm addicted to it. Because obviously I need one to match every imaginable outfit. Which shouldn't be too many though, considering how I wear only black, gray, white and the occasional navy blue and fuchsia. > > >

Trying to blog better: categories and tags

You all know about my regular struggles with blogging and being on the Web. I’ve made so many mistakes that although I’ve had this online space since 2008, I haven’t gotten anywhere with it and my audience has in time diminished rather than grown. I think that

The day of the cuckoo

One of my resolutions for this year had been to keep a closer awareness of the important pagan calendar days throughout the year, the solstices and equinoxes, the phases of the moon, etc. I wanted to allow a closer connection with my intuition, with the signs that are

Silver, necklaces, adornments

silver necklaces wideBecause this winter has been so difficult and long and depressing, I found myself enjoying crafty projects more than I have been in the past several years. There was a time, all the way back toward the beginnings of this blog, when I used to take my sewing machine out daily, and I used to have a knitting or crochet project started at all times. Now the sewing machine only gets pulled out when I need to adjust or repair something, and I haven’t touched the knitting needles for year. I never make anything from scratch anymore, because I fail to see value in the clothes that I make (I only see the mistakes). However, there are very few additions to my closet that haven’t suffered some sort of adjustment, because when I find something in the thrift store, I tend to see the potential in my head, rather than the reality that’s right there in front of my eyes.

De la musique avant toute chose

kiki, daisy and lewisI heard this song on the radio and it got me to turn it full blast in the car and sing along, which doesn’t happen often. If you click on the image, it will take you to the NPR website where you can listen to the song.