Category Archives: creative pursuits
Any of those random little ideas i get to knit, or paint, or etch or twist copper wire into intricate shapes, or sew my own curtains, or…
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okay, so — betterMay 12, 2009
Added some color, played a bit with borders & margins, &c… it’s not my favorite thing in the world yet, but I don’t hate hate it anymore. I’m messing about with the comments at the moment, but that won’t go live until I’ve found a reliable 2.7 update to the Sandbox comments template. [...]
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bleh.May 11, 2009
Figures that as soon as I get my first wp theme done, I hate the sight of it. I’ll be figuring more out tonight…
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A Sonnet for Shakespeare on His BirthdayApril 23, 2009
Four-hundred five and forty spring times past,
When sweet the rushy Avon swell’d its banks
And crimson tulips round the hillsides massed,
Was born The Bard, to whom we still owe thanks
For words so true and beautifully wrought
That though the calendar long years between
Has interposed, those words infuse our thought
And speech to-day with perfume no less keen
Than [...] -
Mother Flipping AwesomeApril 21, 2009
So I just applied to grad school — like, five minutes ago. Man, I wish there had been online application forms* when I applied to college the first time 20 years ago. Now all that needs doing is to get my recommendation letters (props to Anne, Chris & Kerry!) and transcripts in the mail. [...]
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December? Already???December 2, 2008
So, here we are with 92% of the year gone already — just when I’d finally trained myself to write 2008 on checks — and the holiday season is in full swing. Had a great thanksgiving here in LA, with Andrew & Lindsay down from Oakland for some turkey and trimmings. I remain [...]
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Zen and the Art of PrintmakingOctober 21, 2008
A million years ago, I weaseled my way through a Minor in Studio Art at a tiny liberal arts college. It was, for me, a matter of supreme importance at the time, because while I was contractually obligated by the terms of my scholarship to obtain a “real” degree (in English Lit, as it [...]
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An Event Apart, Chicago 2008 (part 1)October 12, 2008
So, on October 11, I hopped a flight to Chicago, a city that had long called to me, but which I had, somewhat inexplicably, never before visited, there to see the sites, meet the people, and attend An Event Apart, a conference about web design and designers of web content put on by the folks [...]
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A Trifling MatterSeptember 11, 2008
If you don’t know what trifle is, or have never had it (or, as is more likely, have had it but in some sad, half-assed Stop-n-Shop deli-counter version), listen up: trifle might be the best dessert ever invented. Why? Exactly because it is every dessert ever invented. That’s the point of [...]
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I <3 New OutfitsAugust 29, 2008
Especially when they’re cutting-edge design, and most especially when they’re FREE.
Thanks to Poolga, my iPhone will be dressed in style. Thanks also to the folks at We Made This, a blog I haven’t nearly finished exploring yet, and where I found the link to my new iPhone duds. -
I Love New OutfitsAugust 29, 2008
Especially when they’re cutting-edge design, and most especially when they’re FREE.
Thanks to Poolga, my iPhone will be dressed in style. Thanks also to the folks at We Made This, a blog I haven’t nearly finished exploring yet, and where I found the link to my new iPhone duds. -
Knit-WitteryMay 5, 2008
So, here I am, smack in the middle of my 30s, and suddenly 90% of the women I know and count as friends are in some state of recent, current, or potential (hopeful?) pregnancy. It’s a baby boom. I can’t deny that it has started me thinking about my own reproductive status (or [...]
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Haiku #1May 1, 2008
i walk, delightingin the green grass smell ofsummer saturday.
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Life DistilledApril 28, 2008
I am of the opinion that I do not read enough (or really, lately, recently, ANY) poetry. I plan to change this.
Also, I have not written poetry in years. I will change this also. It is my project, from today, to write and read poetry every day.
We’ll see what comes of it. -
Spring ProjectsApril 13, 2008
A week or two ago, I was noticing the little leaf-buds on the tree in front of our building, and marveling that it was the first “sign of spring” I had noticed so far this year. It made me happy and a little sad too, because here in LA, where we don’t have real [...]