Unable to sleep, so I played a bit with pencil marks, which I'd like to translate into stitches, on a self-portrait of my back. Think...

Tell me if you know. I can’t stop listening to this astonishing song recommended by my brilliant friend Joe in Brooklyn, an amazing, music...

Surprisingly fun times on Saturday with Juline at the Maker Faire NC in Raleigh! Must admit, I haven’t been in a “making for sale” mode for...

Sometimes I wonder why 2011 is a year of so much loss and turmoil for me. Fortunately, no one I love has died, so I don’t mean loss in th...

So, I’ve been in the middle of some dramatic personal changes in my life that somehow don’t seem entirely appropriate for this blog, but I’m...

Yes, I've been under a rock for the last several weeks. OK, not a rock, but I've been caught up in some dramatic personal issues. My...

I've always loved that line from Dylan's "Tom Thumb Blues." For crazy, over-the-top inspiration, you just can't beat t...

I’m headed up to NYC , land of my birth, this weekend. Woot!  Going see old friends, including finally meeting Maeve, the little Irish princ...

Yesterday was Gnoming Day in Durham! Over 120 Cork Gnomes hit the streets and parks of Durham, NC, yesterday, thanks the devious plotting...

Oh, Tom, how I love you.  Just say the word and I’d recklessly fall onto the lawn with you, even though I am some else’s wife. You’ve mad...

Tonight in the Independent Weekly Online , " Heaps of little creatures are prepping for debut, from bitty bunnies to budding bulbs and...

When I was very young, I met Andy Warhol and he drew me this picture. I love how crooked the heart is! My meeting with Warhol has some ...

Look out, Durham, NC! On March 20 th, an unholy army of cork gnomes will descend upon you! They will be hiding in secret places downtown, ...

To me, the biohazard symbol is thing of great elegance. How can something that warns us against such menace as medical waste be so lovely,...