Sometimes….

Just change the knitting to quilting....

The Ideal Destination…for Mice?

My Rattlesnake quilt has been calling to me, but so far I have no really had time to work on it at all.  I am almost there though!  I had two China trips this month, and have an intensive week of classes coming up, but once that is done, it will be quilting time! In…

Off Again

By the time this is posted, I will probably be on an airplane on my way to a meeting, or maybe I will be recovering from the flight.  Last time I was in the airport in Hong Kong, I was struck by how interesting the various designs on the airplanes were and I took some…

Meanwhile, here in Japan

My flight over was re-routed to avoid the volcanic eruption in Kuchinoerabu.  Tonight over dinner, many miles from the volcano,  in Tokyo, there was an earthquake that shook the restaurant enough that Japanese friends went to open the restaurant door, just in case we needed to get out quickly.  Then, as I walked through Shinjuku,…

Looking for a New Style? An Engrish option

But if homeless and sidekick are not among your lifestyle aspirations, perhaps you would benefit from this advice found in Suzhou. Don't faze, friends, don't faze.  

Words and the Serendipity of the Internet

Since picking up quilting again, I spend time every day (probably too much time!) browsing quilt-related blogs.  I enjoy many more posts and quilts than I comment on.    But when I do comment, I find myself repeating the same words and phrases.  Beautiful! Gorgeous! Striking!  Where is that vocabulary I supposedly developed at college?  Where…