September 2012

Knitting season 15

Knitting season

It’s FALL / AUTUMN ! I can tell because: a) it’s cooler b) I just bought some coloured corduroy jeans that remind me of pumpkins and c) I have that weird seasonal visceral craving to break...

200 Years of Edward Lear 2

200 Years of Edward Lear

Edward Lear was born in May 1812. To celebrate 200 Years of Edward Lear the Ashmolean museum in Oxford is having a show of his travel paintings and sketches. He was a remarkable artist. I am...

Truly Tan! 8

Truly Tan!

I’ve been working on something pretty special these last few months and today a courier brought my very own advance copies to my door. What a great day! Truly Tan by the amazing Jen Storer...

Summer’s end’s nigh 6

Summer’s end’s nigh

To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee— Emily Dickinson Golden days. I love this time of year. I’m in Portland. It’s so pretty that...