craft + activism = craftivism.

The subject line of this post is something I never even dreamed I would ever type, but, YES!, it’s true! (Text from article, click text or photo to see the whole article!) Miss Yoshino Rosalia Jasso, age 17, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss California Pageant to be held [...]

This was originally posted here on June 7, 2010. But because it’s especially lovely, I’m serving it up again. And just how do YOUR hands* look? The title pretty much says it all. Here’s a gem of a clip from Cary Grant’s 1943 movie, Mr. Lucky: Many thanks to the consistently awesome Step for sending [...]

So happily I came across this post earlier today, which is an article I was interviewed for last year. This article is written by the incredibly lovely Brazilian journalist, Priscilla Santos, who interviewed me (along with Faythe Levine) for an article a few years ago for Vida Simples magazine. (Original article here and here.) Translation [...]

Yesterday on the way home I was listening to music on shuffle, and Kristin Hersh’s cover of Nirvana’s “Pennyroyal Tea” came on. I love Kristin Hersh and LOVE her work with Throwing Muses! But, whenever I hear her name, my mind drifts to songs like “Your Ghost” a duet with Michael Stipe from her amazing [...]