Art Abandoned

Andy Warhol – lives way beyond his 15 minutes

I have always loved Andy Warhol – his eccentricities make him so much more than an artist. So, running across this article tickles me.

Warhol’s Junk Becomes Inspirational Treasure

Just a teaser:

A cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. A postal box from Paris. Who sent it? A piece of [...]

Kids kissing – scandal!

I’ve recently had a run in with my kid’s summer camp counselor (or rather am about to have a bigger run in!). She pulled me aside (after commenting to another parent that she had to go deal with “weirdness”) and told me that my kids (I have a 7 year old boy and an [...]

Happy Blogiversary to me! 5 YEARS! Amazing!

Wow, 5 years of blogging – it’s amazing to me in many many ways! First, take a look at this picture of my kids:Now they look like this:

Our Rocky Mountain Crazy quilters had just formed and were having their first meeting. I had the worst “shopping” experience of all time AND I was [...]

Sigh – Pop culture has a bad day.

Ok, I wasn’t going to do it – I hate blogging on “pop” topics and in fact except for a few deaths – almost never have. However, Farah Fawcett passing away (yes, I tried DESPERATELY to have her hair do) – which was sad because of her valiant fight against cancer and a pretty interesting [...]

Crafting for human rights

My goal today is to clean the house and then create. We’ll see – I’ve had these hopes before. I was “inspired” (if that’s the word) by a link to this post on Pat Winter’s blog. As you may know (read old posts?), we just got back from El Paso and I was appaled on [...]

My class was fantastic…and back to Colorado Reality

ShareOk, really what is THIS!:

What I woke up to this morning. Now look. I LOVE snow – enjoy the seasons etc, however this is beginning to screw up my spring! I have yardwork to do and I’m completely OVER snow. We had NO snow this winter at all – and now this!

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I needed some good news – you?

Well I have had my nose to the grindstone working (if you’ve emailed me about the webring, I haven’t forgotten you! ).

I’m struggling with keeping a positive outook in light of the negative, negative news these days, so I thought I’d throw out a couple of heartwarming stories from here in Colorado:

Customers save [...]

Squirrel Appreciation Day

I’m so sorry I missed this – so I’ll put a reminder for myself for last year!

Pop over for more information and for “Frequently Asked Questions about squirrels”. Also the state wild game animal of Kentucky! [...]

Handmade Toys and items are going to be illegal!

In response to recent concerns about the safety of toys (lead based paint etc), legislation has been drawn up that stupidly makes it almost impossible for small toy makers or small artists to create toys, clothes, quilts or anything that I know and love.

The process that it would take for small companies and [...]