Ars Gratia Artis

I’d like to make this. My patterning skills make it outside my reach right now, though, although the stitches are easy. I love it exactly the way it is:

The most perfect hoodie for me would be, of course, something pink, with a ribbon-wearing skull and crossbones pattern. Yay! I saw exactly the one I want [...]

I’ve seen Kat for the last time.
I never loved my job at BLHS, but I often loved the work. Kat had 47 years on this planet, and she shared 10 of them with me. Year in, year out, I went to her, spent a work day, week, month, decade caring for her when she [...]

If Susan Boyle can just get a rendition of this song on the market, I and many others would happily buy it, she’s have at least one fabulous hit, and everyone in the world would get a reminder that you can’t judge people by what they look like or what they’re willing to show you [...]

Not feeling motivated right now. There is the suspense, of course, and the waiting is draining. But so also is there the problem of paths, and the inability to commit to one until a choice beyond my control is made. I’m like a dancer, suspended en pointe until the orchestra strikes the next note and [...]

Man. My arm hurts. But boy, is my new bow SWEET. I’ve already got to repair 6 of my 12 arrows, as the impact into the hay bales is so much harder that I keep loosing points (arrow heads).
Meanwhile, I remain amused by the fact that guys out there struggle to pull that [...]