Category Archives: Art
Springtime Greetings from the ‘Ville
Sometime last week I posted my status on Facebook indicating that if I wanted the precipitation and grey skies of the Pacific Northwest, I’d be living there. Nine solid days of cold,rain, and overcast skies was robbing me of energy, … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Home, The 'Ville, Worth it anyway
Boursin Boxes and Bliss
My readers have noticed , I’m sure, that I’m good at keeping myself entertained. Give me a piece of paper, half a pound of butter, a crochet hook, a yard of fabric or a book, and I’m all good. (In … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Books, How Cool is That?, Into the Mystic, Less than 50 cents, Origami, Paper
Site of the Day: Photofunia.com
See dat? Folks are walking through an art gallery enraptured by photos of me and my family. That was in Santa Monica last year, and yes, there’s a seventy dollar catalogue of the show you can buy on line. Not! … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Free, HeeHee, How Cool is That?, Site of the Day
Twenty Second Tulip
My cold whomped my week. I remember a couple of trips to Walgreens for OTC meds that did exactly jack, blinding coughing jags and ears that haven’t cleared since I walked onto the tarmac two Thursdays ago. Oh yeah, there … Continue reading
Filed under About a buck, Art, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Cool Japanese Stuff, Origami, Paper
Shine on, Bright and Mysterious Objects
Laurie Colwin, wherever you’re lounging in Literary Valhalla — forgive me for bastardizing one of your best titles. I’d planned to rent some skates today and ask Daddy to take some pix of me falling on my can as I … Continue reading
Six Second Origami Santa
Maybe even a four second Santa. He’s kinda of a mid-century Mies Santa, all elegant angles. I decorated my Christmas cards will him a few years ago, and because I’m not thrilled with my card design this year I’m feeling nostalgic. You … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Less than 50 cents, Origami, Paper
Cheap, Cheerful, Paper, Thread and Useless…
… so of course I love it. It’s a garland made from two inch paper circles, a dab of a glue stick, it’s folded, then sewn. I don’t remember where I got the idea from, but I remember that the … Continue reading
Remembering the Poppy
I don’t remember if the school handed us a poppy to wear sometime in early November, or whether we paid a modest amount to wear that beloved badge. Our fathers went to work, our mothers shopped and played bridge, the postman dropped by — … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Books, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, History, Holidays, Less than 50 cents, Politics
You Start With A Pumpkin
If there were a profession called “Pumpkin Carver” I’d be planning a whiz of an old age in Lucca, the sere, beautiful, crabby hometown of my husband’s Tuscan ancestors. Edinburgh in Italy — the perfect family ethnic blending. But there isn’t, so my husband’s … Continue reading
Filed under A Couple of Bucks, Art, Cheap and Cheerful Object of the Day, Food, History, Holidays, The 'Ville
Folding Fun: The Origami 2-Pocket Diamond Envelope
Lou’s become so inured to the arrival of the UPS guy that he didn’t even ask what the handsome dude in khaki shorts was handing me — it must be more apron fabric, right?He didn’t even look up from his thriller when I ran … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Books, Cool Japanese Stuff, How Cool is That?, Less than 50 cents, Origami, Paper
