The navel of the moon
We got back from Mexico on Monday the 19th, but it has been a very sluggish re-entry. We both caught colds – not Covid, but still not feeling 100 percent. We probably overdid our...
Category: Travel
Walking toward the light
We spent a few days in Quebec City. I’ve long wanted to go there since my son went with his middle-school French class. And it’s only 5-1/2 hours drive away from us, a pretty...
St. Andrews
Another jaunt to Canada with my friend Jaye. We did a little wading. A little rock sitting. Enjoyed the air, earth, water, and sunshine. Today I’m making a simple nine-patch from Deb Lacativa-dyed scraps....
Canada
We went to Canada overnight. Sam had a training workshop for municipal government in Presque Isle Maine. Instead of staying in Maine, he found an AirBnB in Woodstock, New Brunswick. It was an interesting,...
Shweshwe
I picked up twenty pieces of shweshwe fabric from Mnandi Textiles while in Cape Town. The colors and prints are vibrant and beautiful. I’m not sure how I’ll use these – maybe start with...
Back from South Africa
The long slow integration… of my experiences traveling with my ordinary life in Maine. Disorienting. Some reading: An Artist’s Archaeology of the Mind Contemplating mind: Sedimentary (Peter Sacks) A safe haven (Jude Hill) A...
Billboards, Istanbul
A series of billboards near Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, all with layers of advertising partially torn off. A profound source of found art to mine with cropping. Other than this, I don’t know how...