Ars Gratia Artis

Michael’s home safely, and I’m glad to say that his weekend eventually began to look up. He brought me a present–a personalized, autographed picture of Robert Picardo, whom I have admired since Meg Mucklebones and China Beach, so when he became a cast member in the Trek franchise, it was a win for me. Apparently, [...]

Here I am, Memorial Day weekend, quietly putzing around my house. I can not tell you how welcome a stretch of three days with nothing to do and no company is. Michael has headed off to wonderfest, and has already called a couple of times to let me know how things are going. They had [...]

Better Veterans Stress Testing Urged
I think I need to do what must be done in order to start working with this population, eventually. I worry about what is going to happen to these kids, I worry about the lack of understanding so many people have regarding the process of this very complex and difficult issue. [...]

Commander of USAF Air Demonstration Squad (Thunderbirds)
Oh, wow, I had to watch the Daily Show episode with the LTC Kevin Robbins interview like… 857 times. The guy is so charming that I may fall over from the force of it.
Hope he uses his powers for awesome.
OMG

Adbusters : The Magazine - #71 Beginnings of Sorrow / The American Left’s Silly Victim Complex
In the pseudo-Orwellian political landscape that is modern America, to self-identify as a liberal is almost tantamount to thoughtcrime, a dangerous admission that carries with it the very real risk of instantly and permanently alienating a good half of the [...]

After so many years, I touched my mother’s oil paints. I believe I last did that when I was 5.
Starting with something simple. I want to make a painted cloth for an archery kit–I need a quiver. I’ve got a heraldic bow, heraldic arrows, and a little paint will give me a heraldic finger [...]

5/14/07
I have to get better at using every available moment.
Thumbnails from a weekend that was primarily good:

So, things I got done this weekend:
1. Started the heraldic patch for the green kirtle.
2. Made another coif. Because I was using the second linen stocking, the coif is on the bias. Yeah, that was a reminder about [...]

It’s usually terrible for me, but this year’s was the worst in a *long* time. It started out with me waking to a phone call from my crying daughter, sitting in my driveway, while I was 1.5 hours away because I had misunderstood/misremembered our Mother’s Day plan, and it just went downhill from there. [...]

Let’s see. Again, much time elapsed. Farg. Well, let me see how much of my recollection I can cram into this evening.
Activities in passing

* Sunday: Watched Kiernan in the morning. He was teh cute, as usual, but of course, I am prejudiced. I spent the afternoon at a Baronial SCA event, visiting with people [...]