Jake and I had a little visitor last week. Her name is Roxie, and she stayed with us while her parents were planning their wedding. Jake is usually pretty indifferent to other dogs (the only one he really plays with inside is Buddy, Basak’s dog). He acknowledged Roxie’s existence, then went about his regular business […]

I’ve been talking around my business for – what – three weeks now? I wasn’t trying to be mysterious; I just wanted to make sure I’d have something to show you before I did the big reveal. The big plan? I’m starting a little studio that will design and print and sell silkscreened art prints.

When I was a kid, my mom loved going to Bullocks-Wilshire. It was a higher-end department store in an Art Deco building on the edge of downtown Los Angeles – and it had a tearoom on its top floor. The tearoom was so old-fashioned, and so were its patrons. High tea featured young models wearing

I finished both blankets I was commissioned to make. I’ll ship them off tomorrow. And my sewing machine wasn’t broken. I was just using the wrong type of thread. Bah. It cost me $69.50 to find out that my thread was too heavy. At least I’m doing my part to stimulate the economy.
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