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Current Crush-Penguin Classic Cloth Bound Books

“To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate conversations with men of unseen generations – such is a pleasure beyond compare.”  ~Kenko Yoshida LOVE LOVE LOVE these! Penguin cloth bound classics available at Anthropologie… look at this gorgeous copy of “Alice in Wonderland” ! wouldn’t these look…

Current Crush-Polaroid Pictures

I was looking through some old picture albums with my grandparents when they were visiting last week. It was so fun to see pictures of them in their thirties, vacationing on Maui. They had their picture taken with Don Ho at the Polynesian Palace!  Many of the photos were taken with a Polaroid camera. I…

Current Crush-Vintage Reproduction Fabrics

“I’m a material girl – want to see my fabric collection?”  ~Author Unknown I’m almost done with my pile of yarn projects and as usual when it comes to my creative stuff, I’m thinking waaaayyy ahead. I’m going to make some purses and a spring quilt. I’ve got several yards of vintage reproduction fabric that…

I Love TV Shows on DVD and Books on CD

TV Shows on DVD- One of my favorite ways to relax, after all of the cleaning and cooking and general household stuff is done…and after I’ve made sure to get a workout in, is watching my favorite TV shows on DVD. This is usually what I’m doing when I work on my knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking,…

I think that’s how it goes…

You can’t make everybody happy all of the time… I think that’s how the saying goes. I lost a reader today. She actually found fault with my happy little blog. Imagine that! It’s written by a human. 🙂 I wasn’t going to bother saying anything, but after deleting the entire blog, I wondered why I…

Ninja Haiku #5

This is a new, groundbreaking addition to traditional Haiku art. Todd the Ninja invented this multifaceted haiku experience. You saw it here first.  🙂 ( a visual/acoustic haiku ) Hi YAAAW! Pow ( punches dummy) Thud ( jump spinning kick to dummy ) CRACK ( break 2X4 with forehead) (loud deep breath [inhale and exhale…

Extra! Extra! Get ’em while they’re hot!

Well, I’m in the Rochester Post Bulletin newspaper today. Page F6 🙂 Sandy Erdman, columnist extraordinaire, gave me and my little books a great review! The article heading reads, “Red Wing author, artist is ‘chin deep’ in ideas.”  I will post a link to the Rochester Post Bulletin website on Monday when the online version…