craft + activism = craftivism.

So this post isn’t so craft-related. It’s people related. Since I see craft as one of the ways to connect with people and like exploring the ways people connect, it fit together in my head. (If you disagree, there are some lovely older posts about craft here. Go forth and explore!) Lately I’ve had some [...]

While I’ve lived all over the place, and sometimes can’t even remember my own address, since the beginning of 2006 I’ve lived in Carrboro, North Carolina. It’s a teeny tiny mill town adjacent to Chapel Hill, home of the University of North Carolina. While I tend to have a love/hate relationship with the tinyness, the [...]

Ok, so it’s not really morning. Although it is morning, technically, being 12.48AM. Even though I’m about to go to sleep, I feel like the first week of January is kind of like an entire week of waking up. I’ve spent the whole week feeling kind of like my friend Max here. A few things [...]

I have these lyrics on my desktop right now: I can sense it Something important Is about to happen It’s coming up. It takes courage to enjoy it The hardcore and the gentle Big time sensuality. We just met And I know I’m a bit too intimate But something huge is coming up And we’re [...]

Every year it happens. Although I keep trying to replace them with my favorite holiday song, Feliz Navidad, because it’s a bit kickier, two songs get stuck in my head for the entire holiday season. Today I’m getting ready to head to my parents for the week to meet my brother’s new puppy, wish for [...]