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  • Eh. Dan isn’t going to write me the recommendation letter for Penland. I understand his reasons – he probably doesn’t even remember me. Let’s face it, I’m one of hundreds of menopausal overweight white women he teaches a year in probably a dozen or so venues – I’m sure that after a while we all…

  • 2009 hopes and goals

    Well, we’ve already started off the year right with black-eyed peas (Eden Foods canned but organic) and turnip and mustard greens from the Back Forty. I cooked the greens with a couple of strips of cooked bacon (certified humanely raised, and organic to boot) and a couple of cloves of garlic, also from the Back…

  • 2008, a year of loss and growth

    Every year I look back through my blog and write up a little retrospective. I think that it’s valuable. It usually seems like a longer time ago to me and there are always things that I have forgotten. I’m especially surprised at all the headache complaints. In 2008, I was reeling from the loss of…

  • Election Commentary

    As much as I want them to definitely call North Carolina for Obama ASAP, wouldn’t it be totally cool if we were the ones to put him over the top? I’m so psyched about Kay Hagan, who is my state senator and will be a fantastic US senator, whupping Liddy Dole that I’m as excited…

  • Reflections on Little Brasstown Creek

    I wandered down to Little Brasstown Creek late Friday afternoon and did a little reflecting. And picked up some pebbles, of course. On the way back I photographed a few wildflowers. This beautiful lichen was on downed limbs all over the place. Every time I walked over this meadow I felt like twirling around and…

  • Happy Halloween from John C. Campbell Folk School

    I finally forced myself to stop making books today and get out into the beautiful weather. I’ll finish uploading photos etc. when I get back home, which will be tomorrow afternoon.

  • Thursday at John C. Campbell Folk School

    We finished binding the spine of the wooden books today. We still have a lot of work to do to it tomorrow. Mine is named “Brasstown Book.” It looks a lot like an old celestial map. I filled the mica window of the third book with sparkly beads. Oops, I thought that I was finished…

  • Wednesday at JCCFS

    Well, last night after I posted, I nearly ruined my first book with a green ink mishap. Today I think that I redeemed it and it will look better after I work on the inside at home. In a way it was a good thing, as accidents often are, because it gave me the idea…

  • Tuesday at JCCFS

    Last night I bound a book with the paper that included Squirt and Mama Kitty’s fur and the artichoke paper. Today I found a piece of mica that highlighted Squirt’s eyes – perfect! I’m working on three books at once right now. The wooden covers for the main book of the workshop have been drilled,…

  • First book of the week

    First book of the week – Greek binding, mostly finished. Second book made tonight from my handmade paper, but I’m too tired to fight this Mac any more. But I’m happy! I’m trying to upload photos each day but I probably won’t blog unless my hands need a break.