I Will Find My Voice

In organizing the papers and books onto the new bookshelves, I had the chance to go through some of my old college papers.  Most of my major papers were mediocre because of the critical nature of the work; I’m not the best argument constructor.  But I did at least get good enough grades to graduate [...]

New Theme and Snapping Out of It

Today I got engrossed in building a new theme.  Not completely from scratch; I did use a framework and I got lots of help from J, thank goodness.  It was lots of fun (and lots of frustration at times), but I’m glad it’s done.  Thank you, J!  I’ll leave it alone for a little while… [...]

My Lampwork Adventure

My Lampwork Adventure

I took a lampwork bead-making class yesterday and I’m hooked! It wasn’t easy, but it’s lots and lots of fun. The curriculum covered a lot of different kinds of beads. I approached the day, though, kind of the same way I approach my knitting… I wanted to get one kind of bead right before I [...]

My House is a Disaster…Except for My Kitchen

Good grief, my house is a disaster. So, my project this weekend is to at least make a dent in the disaster.  J did his part this morning by demonstrating that we do, indeed, have tons of clean clothes by actually hanging said clothing.  Thank you, J! But I’m not just cleaning and shifting the [...]

Happy Fourth of July!

It has been a really good week.  J, Rock Steady and I went to Philadelphia and Washington, DC on vacation while Be-Bop spent a week with Grandpa K.  I also had my first show with A Rainbow Tulip; it was a little slow but a ton of fun! It’s time to get into a new [...]