“Stand Up Straight” 2010 calendar from Athertonlin’s Etsy shop.
Perhaps you remember last year when I kind of panicked about my calendar rut.  It’s come again– to Moleskine or not to Moleskine for my day planner, to head back to the Nikki McClure calendar I’ve sort of missed even though I loved the art I had [...]

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“Dia de los Muertos Band” from PurpleTwinkie’s Flickr stream.  Licensed via the Creative Commons.
El muerto al cajon, y el vivo al fieston! (The dead one to the coffin and the living one to the big party)– Dia de los Muertos greeting.
I feel a bit bad about how into Dia de los Muertos I am– after [...]

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In honor of Halloween and my new job I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about movies regarding illness, quarantine, and general public control.  Trust me, these things are related but job is actually about doing good.  I swear– it’s all about being the hero.  Anyway, I’ve had to dig out two of my [...]

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Part of the reason Ariel and I wanted to start 64 Shades of Wax in October is because this month is “the big draw”– a program run by the international Campaign for Drawing.  I’ve had their link over in my sidebar for a while now because their mission statement is just wonderful:
The Campaign has created [...]

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Image of Levis “Go Forth” via NotCot
Today I really, really should be prepping my lecture for a class I’m leading into the wild fields of Cedar Creek this weekend– especially since they will be actually reading my thesis!  Yikes.
What am I doing instead?  Wishing I was playing along with the Levis’ Go Forth alternate reality [...]

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I can’t tell how I feel about this new Sundance Channel program Man Shops Globe.  I’m not sure what I’m more uncomfortable with- that the show isn’t a hard-hitting expose of high-end “bobo“/”boho” lifestyles or that it reveals just enough about what made Anthropologie such a perfect place to go when the library stressed me [...]

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“Dreary Morning New Zealand” by Hillary Stein via Flickr.  Licensed under the Creative Commons.
This weekend was beautiful– truly a near perfect early autumn weekend in DC.  I fear we don’t have many more like this coming our way soon.  Because we were so busy out doing there was little time to stay in making.  But, [...]

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I’ve been busy being creative but with something I can’t really talk about just yet.  I’ll give you a hint: it involves a one year and 3 month commitment and I have to show off my drawings publicly.  I know.
Still wondering?  Well, this post might help.
When it goes live I’ll fill you in.  At the [...]

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Feeling really under the weather today– my tonsils feel a bit like tennis balls.  I’d like to ask for your help for two important causes based in the D.C. area.

First is WEAVE (Women Empowered Against Violence), a group dedicated to helping women and teen girls get out of abusive relationships.  They offer a comprehensive program [...]

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Yesterday was the first day of autumn and the first day I could see my breath as I left the apt to head to work.  It was also, I’ve got to admit, the first day I woke up in a long time and thought “gah! it’s too dark right now, how can it be this [...]

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