Tomorrow, I'm traveling to Berryville, VA, to share my books at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, even though Hurricane Helene is supposedly going to cause a lot of rain, even up there in western/ northern Virginia. It’s raining today, and rain is forecast for Sunday but Saturday, tomorrow, is supposed to be scattered showers and [...]
Three little bits…
First ... I read a really annoying essay on a substack called Raised by Germans. It’s all about a girl who grew up in the 90’s and was, shocker of shockers, a tomboy. She thinks it was a new thing. I was a tomboy.But so were the majority of girls when I grew up. I [...]
Still life with paper plates.
I absolutely enjoy reading about the artists featured on Diane Tucker’s blog, The Shy Museumgoer. She’s dropped a new post and I whipped right through reading it. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2024/09/18/thiebaud-cake-and-freeway-paintings/ Then I went back for a slower appreciation. Tucker discusses the artist, Wayne Thiebaud, who I guess is very modern. But when I say that, all I [...]
Odds and ends for September
So first, I loved the blog post below. The Art Deco buildings from Riga, Latvia, are enticing. Take a long look at the details. The author visited the Baltic area and takes lovely pictures. https://almatcboykin.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/human-scale-buildings-and-jungendstil/?page_id=33831 Next, I messed up a password on my phone five or six years ago and thought it didn't matter. All [...]
Lessons for a writer
I spelled Joe Rantz's name wrong. I'm sorry! I’ve been reading my brother-in-law’s favorite book. (Or at least, one he recommends All the time.) Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (Viking, 2013) is an absolutely riveting account of the American rowing team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany. I had to stop [...]
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