Fri28

Talking When It Hurts

Posted by on Feb 28, 2014 in Blog Fun, Family, General Ranting, Writing | 21 comments

Recently on Facebook I watched a couple of friends experience pain and not a small amount of sorrow when–after going through serious illnesses with their families–they were met with really appalling rudeness from friends and family members. Not from internet trolls. Friends. Family. Which leads me to wonder if the —-supportive responses like: People are HORRIBLE!!! What a B-!!! I’d never talk to that person again and you...

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Tue25

? Renate Hiller — “On Handwork”

Posted by on Feb 25, 2014 in Artsy Things, Blog Fun, Knitting, Spinning, Web Fun | 1 comment

The most-awesome Dianne of CraftLit/Knitty-2010-trip-fame pinged me with this early this morning and it was so lovely, I just had to share. This is a short film of Renate Hiller talking about the importance of handwork (spinning, knitting, etc.) in the modern world. Renate is the co-director of the Fiber Craft Studio at the Threefold Educational Center in Chestnut Ridge, NY. The film was uploaded in 2010.

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