4-30-16

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Dan and his god-son at first communion in New Jersey. A beautiful day and a fancy church with little girls all in white veils. Dan a...

4-29-16

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I look horrible, but this is the sweater I knitted (designed myself) and made the buttons for in my pottery class. Made the sweater....

4-26-16

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I made this stuff. With this house and these buttons I realized that I have mastered the necessary skills to really enjoy this craft. So,...

4-22-16

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Birthday celebration today... good food and lots of fun conversation, especially about the smell of the flowers behind the cake. I want t...

4-17-16

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Today Dan and I walked around Baltimore and came across this Holocaust Memorial. It was appropriate since my grandparents met here in Balt...

4-16-16

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One of the good things about being in Baltimore is seeing my sister Sta and my niece. Here we are at dinner trying to polish off a Smith I...

4-13-16

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We are in Baltimore for NARST this week. Baltimore has a lot of cultural offerings, and Dan got to experience them all. I attended a lot o...

4-12-16

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Dan's pottery is really good. I wish he was taking the class with me again. I like going, but it was good having him there too.

4-9-16

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The ginkos are doing great! We transplanted them in the fall and they have both leafed out. Grown from seeds from our old Kentucky home.

3-29-16

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We set up this garden statue for Mom. She had us to dinner. It was wobbly-

3-27-16

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Easter dinner at Mom's and I brought her these flowers in a vase I'd made. See how it matches her other things?

3-24-16

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More pots come out of the kiln. Dan made the one on the right. I signed up for pottery class for 10 more sessions. Now that I'm get...

3-22-16

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The first bowls come out of the kiln. I don't like the thin brown glaze inside this. Must remember not to use it again.

3-20-16

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A windmill at the Bascom Art Museum in Highlands, and a knitted sculpture. We left today... and will miss the mountains until next t...

3-19-16

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Sunset in Highlands Dry Falls. Not dry.

3-18-16

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 We are in Highlands, NC for the weekend. We hiked a mountain and I felt strong-- not winded-- strong the whole way to the top. Walking ev...

3-17-16

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The house up the street, where a former house was demolished, is being built. It is huge and massively towers over the little brick house...

3-15-16

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I wasn't there, but Squirt went to Colorado to see Jes and took this selfie while on a 5 hour hike in the mountains. Just look at my ...

3-14-16

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Spring break, yellow roses bloom, and we get a visit from Meg and Gary from C'ville.  We showed them around campus.

3-12-16

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Today I switched notebooks and couldn't bear to dismiss my doodles, so I photographed them. My work researching my ancestors continue...

3-7-16

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My students at the rural high school spinning wool into yarn. This week I found my cousin Nancy, the professor and author, who lives in ...

3-1-16

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My  newest obsession...

2-27-16

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1.8 grams of wool became 3 yards of yarn, woven into six square centimeters of fabric. Just trying stuff.

2-26-16

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Socks in the grass Not Squirt's socks. Confirmed by text message.

2-25-16

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Working on a pot from Tuesday that turned out funky. Hair in eyes.

2-23-16

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Pottery classes started tonight. LOVED it.

2-20-16

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Happy birthday, Mom and Franny!

2-14-16

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And I got chocolate. and ran through the woods and made crepes...

2-11-16

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We hiked to the top of Smith Mountain and climbed the look-out tower to get this view. On the top of Alabama. The view down...

2-9-16

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My view from my office. The light. The light.

2-8-16

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Afterschool day with yarn... and fibers... and KoolAid