I know our new president has a whole bunch of stuff on his plate right now, but somehow I can’t help but think that the world would be just a little bit better place if President Elect Obama would take up Quincy Jones’s suggestion that he create a new cabinet position, “Secretary of Arts”.
I know I’d [...]
Have you checked out Spoonflower, a site where you can upload your own fabric designs and have them digitally printed onto fabric?
I made this small quilt using one of my beta tester swatches of Spoonflower’s first printed fabrics on Kona cotton. Spoonflower has subsequently switched their print stock to Moda cotton (Bleach White from the [...]
This is my cat.
This is my cat on Spoonflower.
Even though I worked at Adobe for over 20 years, I am not a Photoshop expert. I can tell you a whole bunch about the technology inside the software, but I am like most folks who own Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and use it occasionally rather [...]
I read books. Nothing better to me than curling up with a wonderful novel and reading until I can no longer keep my eyes open. Oh I read other things as well. The New York Times daily. A glance at the front page of the Wall Street Journal. My favorite blogs. A few news sites. [...]
We don’t exactly do “Christmas” around here. Over the years our annual celebration has been distilled to the absolute essentials of the season.
EggNog with a knob of bourbon. (check)
Persimmon cookies. (check)
Fabulous bottle of wine (Burrell School Pinot). (check)
Yummy Mexican Posole served up by good friends. (check)
Good Friends. (!!!! check)
This year also featured the irresistible and [...]
All hail the FedEx driver who braved a dark and stormy night, and pulled into our driveway at 9pm last night. What goodies did he deliver? More track lighting for the living-room? A replenishment of light bulbs perhaps? Towel racks for the guest bathroom? I have grown so accustomed to the daily arrival of building [...]
Snow on the ground is a rare thing in northern California. So when it comes, it is a treat, greeted with enthusiasm. I love how a dusting of snow makes all the shapes of things stand up and demand attention.
The most pedestrian plant emerges with a snowy white crown.
A birdhouse becomes a fairy castle or [...]
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Despite my long-held belief that NO software program works really well prior to version 4.0, I rather brazenly went ahead and upgraded to WordPress version 2.7 only a few days following its release. For some reason I expected the upgrade to be a snap, but between [...]
My first post is destined to be a technology one, I guess. I’ve invested some time to get to know the state of the art on blogging tools, and find that like so many others I am smitten with WordPress. Fantastic tool. I have learned just enough CSS to be dangerous. [...]
