Man, I'm behind. Jincy Willett, The Writing Class : As with Winner of the National Book Award , Willett excels at characterization. She...

After a two week absence I finally made it up to my craft room. It was a disaster -- half finished projects everywhere. So after straighte...

Remember the paper cloth in pinks and reds? Grabbing snippets of time here and there this week I was actually able to make the heart garlan...

Apparently it's paper cloth. The on-going project for this round in my Crazy Fridays class is making paper cloth from the mixed media b...

Amazing how one measly virus can screw up weeks. One of the books I'm currently reading is a fascinating discussion of myth. A few year...

Laura Miller has a fascinating article over on Salon.com about the derivative fiction that has developed around Jane Austen and her fiction...

Mr. Beadgirl gave me their "Positano Cameos" notion tin for Christmas, which had ten vintage intaglios and cameos and ten brass be...