안녕하세요!

woohoo, learning something new!
"uh oh," said the people around her, "where's this going to go now?"

매일 월요일점심에 도서관에서 책을 읽어요.

I'm still looking for the Hawaiian keyboard.  Let me know if you find it.

Bastille Day

Big Fun at the Cal Expo State Fair again this year!  of all the things I saw this weekend,  I am especially taken by two pieces. Lynn Dau's "Endless Possibilities" (left) and Faye Schoolcraft's "Jackson Pollack's Ideal Woman" (right).

And I spent a bit of time in the kitchen making lemon marmalade (27C) and salted lemons (4 tall jars on the left in the photo).  Many thanks to the homegrown source and conversation that came with it.

TdF update:  another 12g carded and spun for the RUSTIC series.

Also - another installment of a written piece drafted.  I now look forward to first drafts.

And the Zimmerman acquittal disturbs me greatly.  Young ones of color are not safe.  Trayvon Martin could have been my son.  In conflict,  the presence of guns throws off any sense of balance. Maybe it's Florida which generally seems off-kilter to me, but I don't understand this verdict at all.

TdF 2013 - Rustic

Hey! it's day 14!

This is what I have to show for it: 3g was carded, spun and plied on a spindle yesterday. Another 8g was carded, spun and plied on a spindle today.

The fiber is Navajo Churro, and it was acquired at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in September 2012.  It has been in my fumigating bucket, and it reeks of mothballs.

This is my first foray into carding fleece before spinning, and the result is very lumpy yarn.  Carding occurs only outdoors because all kinds of non-fiber matter needs to get blown away, and thus is too messy to do indoors.

I will call this my RUSTIC series.

8H

The end of one piece is nearly complete, so another is designed and tied on.

The second one is tied on, and it reminds me of the shoreline.

When we destroy our brain cells, why do the unpleasant memories still remain?

This one was warped with songs of love, understanding, companionship, and support.

Sun and Moon

Today the sun is with me for the longest day. We will celebrate with The Rite of Spring.  Sunday pre-dawn the moon will be closest to me than it will be all year. That celebration is being determined.

Alt

Something about this format that goes against me, does not sit well with me. There has been much appropriated from me without attribution - I feel as though I've been stolen from, taken advantage of. I have found other outlets of sharing and expression. I'll post here occasionally. If you want to know more you can contact me at the gmail account noted on the right-hand margin. Cheers!

Been there

But asking you is THE might have been for me, the one towering change, the other life that might have been had.

- Robert Lowell

Well it was asked, answered, and everyone moves on.

Deep Sty

Here's a story synopsis of how a partner worked to keep things together and running for years. The other partner was on the road, in the public limelight. The working partner became ill and died within a year. The surviving partner dismissed any notion of recognition or compensation because "there was no written agreement." Whoa, shame on the working internal partner! The surviving partner will get sued, but because of his public profile he will have his blind supporters. It helped that he and his publicist bonded. He gets good press, she perpetuates the myth and generates her means of support. Mutual benefit plays out well in society. Glamorous lives they lead! They are so attractive! Everyone loves them both.

Cliques are so inbred that as outsiders are brought into the mix they slip into the altered reality, which to any observer would be a horror story.

Month 1: May-king

From the end of the month to the beginning, des images avec les mots suffisant:

Les batons de lavande.  Pour le coeur doucement.

An 8H loom is set up after a sample is produced, and aperitifs are decanted.

Spring is memorialized and knitted with intention, using Pioneer from the California Wool Project.

Salad Days are completed and gifted.

Some coastal action and adornment where the earth meets the sea.

A few performances are taken in classical venues. It's been a long time. Live performances are the best.

...and it began with germination.

Week 2

gardening - sprouts
salad days
conversations - changed circumstances open doors to info not revealed a month ago.
slow down - accelerated process
relationships anew - observations from a different perspective
look at something new - adornments where earth meets sea.