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Dog Logic

March 28th, 2011|Everything Else|

Lucy has always been a strange eater.  She is not like all of my friends’ dogs who wolf down their food the minute you pour it in the bowl.  She tastes it one kibble at a time.  She spits some on the floor.  She lets it sit for hours and then comes by and licks the bowl clean.  She always eats it, just on her terms.

At some point about a month ago, she went on a hunger strike and decided that the current food was completely unacceptable.  Rejected.  She would [read more…]

Reflecting

March 20th, 2011|Knitting & Ravelry|

There has been a lot of talk on blogs I read about Japan and the earthquake, fundraisers on Etsy, and benefit sales.  One blogger I know has shut down her blog because she feels in the light of this event, that she should be doing something more valuable with her time than blogging.  I wish her the very best with that, although I will miss reading her blog.  That comment brought me back to thinking once again about how people deal with stress and worry.  [read more…]

New Colorways

March 14th, 2011|Weaving, Felting & FIbers|

These are the new colorways for the looms.  Don’t they look great all woven up?

These will be listed in my etsy shop over the new few days and then for sale at the Shepherds Harvest Festival in May.  I will be sharing a booth with my friends Jen (Strawberry Moon Fibers) and Doreen (Goldfish Love Fibers).  I taught a couple of classes at this festival a few years ago.  Technology classes in the 4H barn, one of my most unique teaching situations.

King Tut

March 9th, 2011|Out & About|

As part of our birthday adventures yesterday, we went to see the King Tut exhibit at the Science Museum.  You can see a little snapshot gallery about the exhibit here.  We spent quite a while in the exhibit, it was fun to see and fun to play hooky from work yesterday.

Hi, I’m Becka.

Talking about fabric design, Spoonflower, teaching, and the life and business of being an artist.

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