Sisters

Amanda, sis, thanks for the encourging words.
It is the impressions, the kindness, and the mystery which inspires us...

If you can walk, you can dance
If you can talk, you can sing --- from Zimbabwe

When you're out of balance
gravity tends to get you down. -L.L. Harding

Sacred Texts

The sacred texts website is a great place to go for inspirational reading. Its pages contain everything you ever wanted to know about a variety of religions, but were afraid to ask.

Shhh!

Skin

"The skin, like a cloak, covers us all over, the oldest and the most sensitive of our organs, our first medium of communication, and our most efficient of protectors. the whole body is covered by skin. Even the transparent cornea of the eye is overlain by a thin layer of modified skin. the skin also turns inwards to line orifices such as the mouth, nostrils, and anal canal. In the evolution of the senses the sense of touch was undoubtedly the first to come into being. Touch is the parent of our eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. It is the sense which became differentiated into the others, a fast that seems to be recognized in the age-old evaluation of touch as 'the mother of the senses'."

Montagu, Ashley, 1978: Touching-the Human Significance of Skin,
2nd ed., Harper & Row, ISBN 0-060-90630-8

Moving Day

Alan and I helped Sonya and Kelly move last week. It was great fun, especially since there was a lot of help.
Everyone was moody, one lamp and one house plant got broken; there were two fights and a couple of intense verbal confrontations. All in all, it was an excellent day!

Homemade warping tools

Warping time has been drastically reduced with my homemade warping paddle and spool rack!

Twisted Fringe

I finally figured out how to do a twisted fringe. OoWah!