an arting life
Recently, I’ve been reconnecting with my fabric art. It’s bringing me such a sense of joy, I wonder how and why I ever stopped making fabric art, wearables, and quilts. So, after rediscovering a box full of wonderful fabrics that had been in storage for around 10 years, we went to Portsmouth, NH to shop…
Lately, I’ve been in a make-all-the-art-and-share-it mood. First, there were the door signs. I posted them, one at a time, near the door in our apartment building until someone made it clear they weren’t amused. I wasn’t shocked. This sort of thing happens. There are people who, in their own misery, can’t stand reminders that…
Yesterday, mindful of another snowstorm approaching, we took advantage of the lovely weather and drove down Route 1-A to Rye, NH. Our favorite among Rye beach is Jenness Beach. It’s big – about a half-mile long – but it always feels like home. And it’s magnificent. Yesterday, the beach was popular with walkers and dog…
In the past, I’ve talked about my intuitive approach to Wordle. Well, sometimes intuition has to repeat the message. (And yes, I’m laughing at this.) Yesterday when I was solving Wordle, two of the usual suspects – E and R – were in my first guess, Opera. Then, I sat back and waited for a…
Oh, it was so lovely for a few weeks. It felt like spring had arrived. Daily temperatures were in the 40s and 50s. Almost beach weather, for people like me who wade in the waves, even when it’s chilly. This morning, we’re back in winter again, with lots of blizzard-ish warnings. The photo, above, is…
Like many people, we’ve been watching more YouTube videos for entertainment and insights. Here are a few we’ve enjoyed recently. First, we love Disney-related videos. Our favorites include those by Chris Provost, aka Provost Park Pass, as well as those by Nate (Paging Mr. Morrow), and wanderer (and Disney enthusiast) “Adam the Woo.” DISNEY and…
There are things we see in Maine that we probably wouldn’t see anywhere else. This is one of them. It’s a car. In a snowdrift. Did they drive into it? Was the snow plowed in, around the car? It’s mind-boggling. And kind of hilarious, but perhaps not for the owner of the car. Location: Parking…
We’re slowly seeing daylight as we go through a massive amount of storage. We’ve been juggling weeding-out with aspirations of minimalism, and pursuing our respective careers. It’s been daunting. We’re not quite in the final stretch, but we’re making progress. A couple of weeks ago, the dining room was full of boxes and piles of…
Maybe my Wordle results aren’t unusual. Maybe it’s not intuition but just a quirky system. I just know that – in the last few months – I seem to “get” the word faster than some people, and – according to them – my system is odd. That is, the words that I guess aren’t what…
Late yesterday, I kept hearing what sounded like the pop-pop-pop of a handgun. It was disturbing, but in our neighborhood, it might have been someone practicing target shooting in their backyard. Or it may have been firecrackers. Our neighborhood is quirky like that. (We don’t quite match the demographic.) This morning, I learned what it…
At my art-related website, Aisling.net, I regularly offer free art downloads. They’re digital art, or art-related items that I’ve created. You can download them and print them at home. Here are the links to all the printable freebies at Aisling.net, as of January 2023. All of these are copyrighted, and for your personal use only….
In the 1970s, I was part of the earliest Star Trek conventions. Back then, those kinds of conventions were new, and we had a budget of… Well, close to zero. But we made the conventions happen, anyway. Long-time friend Bjo Trimble was the visionary who organized them. I got involved when she asked if I’d…