It was frivolous and flippant of me to compare the 19th century Transcendentalists and those influenced by their thought with hippies. Rather, they were the counter-culture of their day. Just as in the 1960s and 70s in the U.S., there were many varieties of expression of Transcendentalism among those who were part of [...]
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I have re-learned a bit about handling these smooth purls, by practicing. And I have found that Sulky is not good with goldwork. It was very difficult to remove the Sulky, and even as slowly and carefully as I did it, some of the edges of the purls caught on the paper and were snagged [...]
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Posted in Gloria, friends, poem, reading on December 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
You may remember my account of our New Year’s celebrations with neighbors Esther and Gloria. I want to share with you one of my favorites of Gloria’s poems. It was published in this book:
All my photographs of Gloria disappeared with the computer crash, but here’s the one on the back cover of her book.
And here [...]
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Posted in Personal, computer, food, reading on November 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
We LOVE oysters, and several times a year we feast on them. Yesterday was such an occasion–a pint and a half of oysters. We began with cornmeal-crusted pan-fried oysters for appetizer.
Here are the rest of the oysters, ready to be bedded down with sauteed vegetables, crumbs, pecans, and sauce, then baked.
The table set for dinner.
Ernie [...]
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Posted in Personal, reading on November 12, 2007 | No Comments »
I just want to say “thanks” to all of you who have visited my blog in the past few days and to thank you for the nice comments and e-mails I have received. I was really surprised at the interest in my patterned couching goldwork. With that kind of response, I will post more process [...]
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(June 12, 2008.) Hundreds of people find this post. I’m astonished. Must be searching on William Blake. Well, if you’re interested, I’ve written a personal essay about Blake’s importance in my life. It’s a brief introduction to Blake, too. You can read the essay here. Now back to the original post.
A couple of months ago, [...]
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No! I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club: The Diary of a 60th Year, by Virginia Ironside, is a funny, FUNNY book. It’s the fictional diary of a woman who has just turned 60 and retired. She doesn’t want to be any younger than she is. She intends to enjoy being old. About book [...]
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Posted in art, reading on October 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Yesterday I read Northrop Frye’s three lectures on The Modern Century, given in 1967. He says that the state/government and the economy use propaganda and advertising to put our critical faculties to sleep and make us passive. The modern arts, on the other hand, challenge us to think, to feel, to [...]
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