making explorations

2021-03-24T02:46:49Z

“I’m making explorations. I don’t know where they’re going to take me.” — Marshall McLuhan I’ve recently embarked on a new creative exploration, and in the spirit of Show Your Work, I’ve decided to reboot this space. I’d say I am taking a break from fabric and yarn, but I’m making good progress on my …

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wip: noro striped scarf

2021-05-14T16:53:08Z

on Instagram: https://instagr.am/p/CMXzoxohz1a/ I started this on the way to Michigan last week. It’s the Noro striped scarf inspired by Brooklyn Tweed but with Kureyon instead of Silk Garden. I’ve had to fudge the colors a bit to make it work. This has been something I’ve wanted to knit for years and I love how …

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trying something new

2021-02-07T20:08:38Z

raising my daughter in the resistance

2021-01-24T18:25:02Z

At the first Women’s March we were driven by Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Alexander Hamilton — If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?…Rise Up! We were encouraged by Hillary Clinton’s concession message to girls — Never doubt that you are valuable, and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to …

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a little fox, with a little help

2018-01-04T23:41:57Z

It was a Black Friday impulse purchase. My daughter loves foxes. I had intended on buying a fox oil painting kit and wound up with a fox felting kit in the cart, too. The paints have not been opened. I read something a long time ago about a mom who straightened her daughter’s knitting rows …

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new halloween traditions

2017-11-01T19:12:20Z

We had never been to a pumpkin patch before living in Nebraska. Our first visit was short and cold. It wasn’t until our daughter was a little older that we discovered all the fun things our local pumpkin place had to offer. It quickly became a tradition with different friends and different levels of play …

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waterdoodles

2018-04-05T14:39:16Z

I bought some Pentel Aquash Water Brush Pens before vacation and spent time at the beach trying to learn how they handle. I really don’t know what I’m doing with watercolors — just going with the flow. I like taking pictures along the way. The final piece never turns out how I envision it. Hoping …

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summer reading: the futures

2017-06-24T17:09:18Z

I watched the banking crisis from afar, on my small kitchen television in Nebraska, with a two year old running around. It felt surreal and far away, perhaps how September 11th felt to people outside the Capitol Beltway. This book takes you deep into Wall Street, into the lives of a couple that would be …

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slightly obsessed with black and white coloring right now

2018-04-05T14:49:32Z

pink power

2021-01-26T23:28:06Z

Me: How are you doing? A little nervous? Her: Yeah. Me: Is it because you’ve never been to a march before? Her: Yeah. Me: Does it help to know that I haven’t either? Her: Really? Me: I never felt like I had to before. I finished knitting around midnight and put the hat on my …

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