Where is my Brother?

Have I mentioned that I collect Aloha shirts?? In fact, I collect shirts in general, especially made in the U.S.A.  aloha shirts.  Any size. Any color. I just gotta have ‘em.  I got this silky number last week.  It’s kind of cheesy, and it’s made in China, but it’s perfect.  It has 5 fabulous wooden [...]

Hi!  I will give this a try.  Beautiful day here in Richmond.  I am busy studying companies that are interested in following up on my resume.  That and networking.  I will keep this short as not sure of ettiquette, but am interested in how this blogging thing works!  Your crafts are beautiful, by the way.

hey mom…..do you remember the trips in to Bellingham to see Laurette Langille?  She sang the blues.  I used to go to bars to hear her play.  I would try to find people to go with, finding places where she was playing, and going to see her.  I talked to her once in the bathroom.  [...]

treasures to share.  good stuff from another sunday morning pawing through other people’s junk.
I. do. not. need. any. more. bags.  But just look at that apple print.  And CHICKENS.  who can resist chickens (that’s a rhetorical question…)  I didn’t like the shape or style of the chicken bag but just couldn’t resist it.  Monday afternoon [...]

THE RICE HAS BEEN HARVESTED….
Oct. 15 was a beautiful blue sky day and the rice was ready to cut.  We volunteer helpers started out the day early combing the field for MAMUSHI (poisonous snakes that hang out around these parts) we didn’t find any but one turned up later.  We cut one of 4 fields [...]

In a salute to my texan roots, I pulled the old boots out, dusted them off and WORE THEM AROUND THE HOUSE.  totally not acceptable to be wearing boots around the house. unless you are whistling some Johnny Cash….or maybe some George Thoroughgood….  “I”m bad to the bone”….
In other news, I spoke to my brother on [...]

ok. I will try to keep this simple. 
there is this Canadian chick I know (from the internet) and she grew up in Japan… and she is married to a man from France… and they are living in Doha….(are you with me so far?) and she is making a visit to Japan to check out her [...]

long long ago in Nagasaki when interest in SHINTO was waning and local priests were worried about the CHRISTIAN invasion, a festival to bring out the GOD OF SUWA SHRINE was introduced… there was dancing in the streets , sake was consumed and beautiful gifts were presented in honor of the shrine.
the god came down from the shrine [...]

well, I have evidence, in the visual aid type, that I have been keeping busy.  It’s not all bugs and kids around here, we got STITCHIN” too……
this is a KATA SCARF from the book MINDFUL KNITTING… by Tara Jon Manning. I like this book, it has lots of nice patterns that I would like to [...]

the husband brought this in for the kids to play with.
this was crawling around on the ceiling.  It was only about an inch long.  They are good to have around because they eat bugs… but I would like them to stay outside!!!
the end of being a baby.  One front tooth gone, and one to go.  [...]