Long time no post!

So...I'm still doing stained glass. And some painting. This last Saturday, I got to take a class on glass...painting! This is something I've been wanting to do for as long as I can remember. And the possibilities are, I think, enormous.

I started small. The process taught in the class (taken through http:// ( Read more... )

So...just back from a weekend in Portland to see my daughter's performance--the culmination of the Portland Girl's Rock Camp 2009 It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. We're gonna have a party when we eventually get the dvd for the performances ( Read more... )

I thought I was supposed to grow more callous with age. Jaded. Crusty. Hard-boiled.

But instead, it feels like my protective covering has been peeled back bit by bit, and now I'm a raw hunk of weeping meat.

Not literally of course. Most of the time.

Mainly, it's the beautiful things that make me want to cry like a little girl.

Einstein was really smart. And extraordinarily well-spoken for a scientist ( Read more... )

I came home and went straight to work on some painting.

I did this one all tonight:


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Devon and I got to go see a concert at the Seattle Town Hall (which was a fabulous venue) which was put on by a guy named Jason Webley (here's his website ifins you're interested: http://www.jasonwebley.com/ ) wherein Amanda Palmer was a guest performer ( Read more... )

Went to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductions wherein Michael Whelan was inducted into said institution. For those of you unfamiliar with his art:


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Watched the first episode of Fraggle Rock last night courtesy of Netflix.

Where has Fraggle Rock been all my life?!

Jim Henson rocks!

I'm still thinking about Up...and Pixar movies ( Read more... )

Tanned, rested, and back from spending seven days on the Big Island. Words cannot do it justice.

So here be some photos: (well...more than some).