April 6 is Tartan Day – commemorating the signing of Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 – a declaration of Scottish independence. Wear your kilt.
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What is going on today?
April 6, 2019
On what am I reflecting?
April 4, 2019This video shows the new installation in Alexandria, Virginia commissioned by the City of Alexandria Office of the Arts and created by SoftLab. I look forward to seeing it.
“The materials and interactive nature of the artwork reference the special type of lens used at Alexandria’s own historic Jones Point Lighthouse – called the Fresnel lens – the most advanced lens technology of the 1800s, which used a series of prisms to concentrate the light source and direct it into a narrow horizontal beam that was projected outward.”
from WordlessTech
What am I crocheting?
April 1, 2019
Liisa Hietanen is a fiber artist from Hämeenkyrö, Finland. In her recent works, she knits and crochets life-size replicas of her friends and neighbors. See more of her work at her website.
What am I celebrating today?
March 28, 2019
Today is Something on a Stick Day
When I was a Girl Scout, we cooked out a lot. We made campfires and sit-upons. Occasionally, we had a treat that involved wrapping biscuit dough around a (cleaned) stick and baking it over the campfire. When the biscuit was done, it was peeled off the stick and then stuffed with jam. I remember that they were incredibly delicious. I have not had one since I was eleven. Imagine my surprise to find a recipe for biscuits on a stick in a book of recipes of Norwegian baked goods when I was last at the public library.
Here’s the recipe (but I think we used Bisquick):
