I got this new bike yesterday from Roadrunner Bicycles; it’s a Giant Cypress DX. This one is red, the same color as my first-ever bike when I was 5. Just recently I was reading a bicycle magazine while I was at the dermatologist (in this climate, with my complexion, I need stuff burned off annually). [...]
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New Bicycle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Giant Cypress dx, Roadrunner Bicvcles Tucson Arizona on November 20, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Penstemon Project
Posted in Art Projects, Art Quiltmaking Design, Art Quilts, Uncategorized, tagged silk and paper lamination, Tucson Art Quilts on June 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This photo of a Parry’s Penstemon in my backyard earlier this year is one of several I’m using for my new project, the third in a series of silk-paper lamination art quilts. I traced some of the flower-shapes onto transparency plastic and used my trusty overhead projector to enlarge the design, so I could trace [...]
I’m Thrown a Curve By a Fowl
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tucson Guinea Fowl on March 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I got home from work yesterday and let my dog out….and then the next instant I heard a huge flutter of wings, and then saw what looked like a turkey perched in my rose arbor. Too bad I didn’t have my camera! It wasn’t a turkey, Bearbear–my dog–had flushed out a guinea fowl: Bearbear seems [...]
Class at The Drawing Studio a Success In the End
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged The Drawing Studio on March 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last night I went to the first “Intro to Professional Practices” class at The Drawing Studio. It was lots of fun; it’s a small, talented group with a good leader to keep things in line: that makes all the difference! Last week I was incensed (read all about it here) when I showed up for [...]
The Drawing Studio: Unprofessional Start to “Profesional Practices” Class
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged The Drawing Studio on March 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I mailed a $165 check to The Drawing Studio last week, payment for a 6 week class called “Professional Practices” (scroll down to the “advanced” classes for dates/description). I thought it would be helpful and fun to learn skills to better promote my work. I arrived at 6PM today with one other student. We couldn’t [...]
The Nazi Analogy on Cable News: The Daily Show Gets it Right Again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daily Show on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The recent stratospheric increase by cable-TV news hosts and pundits alike to recklessly use the word “Nazi” was the subject of a recent hilarious episode of the Daily Show. Watch the segment here: guaranteed to make you laugh! It’ll make you long for the days, not too long ago, when there was no 24 hour [...]
UMC Memorial for Tucson Shooting Victims: A Sunset Visit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged UMC Memorial to Tucson Shooting Victims on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole week since the January 8th mass shooting and attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. In the past week there’s been vigils, funerals and an insane amount of media coverage. University Medical Center is just a couple miles from my home and I must admit I’ve stayed away [...]
Tucson Shooting Covered Well by the Daily Show
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daily Show Coverage of Tucson Shootings on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jon Stewart and a couple of his correspondents discussed the media criticism of the January 12th Memorial at McKale Center for victims/survivors of the mass shooting in Tucson January 8th. Watch here for their criticism of the criticism; they manage to feature nematodes in their analogies. Last Monday, just 2 days after the shooting, the [...]
Tucson Can’t Mourn: Pundits Say We Fail at Collective Grief
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Michael Gerson, Obama Memorial Speech Tucson, Tucson Shooting on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s speech at University of Arizona’s McKale Center by President Obama honoring the victims of the January 8th mass shooting/assassination-attempt in Tucson was a great, inspiring bit of oratory. He’s quite politically deft, if he can give a speech both the right and the left are praising with enthusiasm. And the way the ceremony started, [...]
