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In my life my mom was both my mother and a child too – always learning, helping, and admiring other women herself – though almost always from women who were physically closer to her than her own mother. Just this past month the greatest figure that I saw in my mom’s life passed away, Stella […]

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My brother is a huge fan of Google Reader. By the time I wake up in the morning I typically have between 1-3 forwards and some of them are really interesting (many are images of puppies). As my brother lives in Baltimore I was particularly taken by an artist he sent me today, who subsequently […]

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In looking at additional artists using everyday materials for their art I came upon Mark Khaisman – a Ukraine-born artist who studied at the Moscow Architectural Institute. Now living and working in Philadelphia, Mark creates arts out of layers of packing tape on plexiglass that appears to be backlit. My favorite series is the one […]

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I think that Kate Pruitt and I have a similar fascination with oversized, odd knit items. Today, while reading her blog, I was again exposed to Christien Meindertsma whose site I had once stumbled upon before I was so quick to bookmark everything. Christien actually makes an item called the Urchin Pouf, which, just as […]

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It might be me missing the fun of 80s weekend or it might just be being a young girl in a big city myself but I find myself identifying with these photographs and other original works by Leigh of JKL Designs. Based in Denver, CO – another place close to my heart – she works […]

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In my post on Lonny Photo I referenced the head-on cow face oil painting in my foyer. I realized I should include all I know about Roz, the South Texas-based artist of the store RozArt, who made my little cow, below, as a custom order for me. Roz is a single mother of three, who, […]

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Since I was five years old we’ve had our house in New Hampshire. Over the years my parents have made a few friends in the neighborhood – more since they’ve been up there fulltime. One of the families we’ve always been close to was the Reid family. Chris Reid, the mom, is an amazing pastel […]

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In poking around through my backlog of bookmarks I was struck once again today by the artwork of San Francisco-based, Barbara Kleinhans. I’m not sure what it says about me that I love artwork that evokes memories of the countryside and small towns but I do love her pieces – especially of the barns. Similar […]

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In the Fall I was in New Hampshire visiting my parents for a weekend. They became full time New Hampshire residents a few years ago so that their Obama vote would mean more. This particular weekend was the Monadnock Art Open Studio Tour in our area, Peterborough, where Our Town, the play, is based. While […]

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I’ve stated before how much I love Rubie Green and think that the founder, Michelle Adams, is an inspiration to young, crafty women out there everywhere. I still need to post about her new line of bedding but right now I’m really taken with the photography she and her photographer pal, Patrick Cline are selling […]