craft + activism = craftivism.

Today, I turn 34. I think getting older is always amusing when you compare your current age to your childhood thoughts concerning it. For example, when I was young, I couldn’t even comprehend the age 34 because it seemed so old. And the people on Thirtysomething? Wow… they were arguing about affairs and layoffs and [...]

Sometimes I forget to turn off the radio or click off the tv, finding myself inundated with news almost constantly somewhere in the background. I want to know what’s happening, when it’s happening and whom it’s happening to. I want to know what’s going on outside my little bubble and love being aware of the [...]

Not too long ago, I wrote how happy I was to see Afghan women out protesting a new marriage law. But…wait a minute, don’t I always talk about how crafting your protest is more poignant than yelling your protest? Well, I do think there is one reason to take to the streets…and that’s when your [...]

The photo below is of Chester. Chester lives out in a giant pasture in Fearrington, a retirement village not too far away. Hanging out with him the other day and making a new friend was delightful. And speaking of retirement, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the future. And how the hell I’m going [...]

I just finished the piece above, which is graffiti of the Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled spraypainted on the wall between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Leila Khaled was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). It was a choice made originally to highlight the fact that what we may view through our [...]