england

Hopscotch

Date: 
29 February 2012 to 6 November 2012
Recipient: 
Beatrice
Pattern: 
Mod Mosaic
Level of completion: 
Completed and given away

It's weird to say that you can walk into fabric stores -- which are, by definition, riots of color and print -- and feel a little bored, but I've been struggling with that in the past year or so as I've become more familiar with What's Out There. There aren't that many manufacturers of quilting fabric, and there's a strong faddish element to what's in / out / hot / not at any point in time. 

Europe in fifteen photos

I shot a lot of photos in Europe. The collection is available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/domesticat/collections/72157631548498001/ and is broken down by city and by theme, but since I've been asked a few times, I thought I'd pick just a few photos to tell the overarching story.

Europe recap: the most obvious ten (or so) questions

...and we're home. This is the unofficial part of the trip that falls between 'the end of the trip' and 'the resumption of real life.' I am home, and hobbling on somewhat sore and extremely tired legs, and I'm dealing with the oddity that is culture shock in my own country.

On the nine-hour flight back, I tried to think through some of the questions I expected to be asked.

intended consequences

I don't know who among you reading this will be shocked and who will stand up and yell ABOUT DAMN TIME, WOMAN.

I've been facing this decision for some time, and through a multitude of tiny steps I inched my way toward it, nailing it down by unofficial degrees, but never being brave enough to take a step that would commit me fully and financially. I seeded the ground earlier this week, not explaining to my friends what was going on but saying "if I don't commit by the weekend, beat me senseless."