Fantasy & science fiction art gallery

I just learned about Epilogue, a marvelous online gallery and community, by way of a link from needlework designer and artist Teresa Wentzler’s blog. Wentzler’s art has just been approved for inclusion there. Congrats to her! Epilogue could easily become…

Katie and high school

Katie is absolutely loving school. Well, she loves the social aspect, and the challenge of interacting with new instructors. She isn’t happy about living by a bell, and of course, all of us are adjusting to living on the school’s…

Monday: sick kid, annoying doctors

Katie is under the weather, and after I realized she’d been exposed to strep throat last week I took her to the doctor today. Seeing the doctor took far less time than finding a doctor to see. Her “primary care…

Baptist Church Votes Not to Accept Black Members

By way of Rebecca Blood’s blog, more bad news on the civil rights front. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Fellowship Baptist Church in Saltillo voted on August 6 not to accept black members. In doing so, they rescinded…

Livejournal Crossposter and LJ as an aggregator

Live+Press works, but it gives me lots of messy error messages. I don’t like error messages, even if the post does eventually go where it’s supposed to go. Oddly, it works just fine on Katie’s site. We’re using the same…

Bus driver orders black children to give up seats to white children

I feel like I’m stuck in a time warp. How could this happen in 2006? From the Shreveport Times, dated August 24, 2006: COUSHATTA — Nine black children attending Red River Elementary School were directed last week to the back…

SBQ: Stitching on the Road

This week’s Stitching Blogger’s Question is What do you keep your WIPs and other stitching supplies in when traveling? I nearly didn’t answer this one, because the bag is dingy! This is the disreputable bag in which I carry my…

Bookmooch?

Anybody else using Bookmooch? I just joined (username technomom) and plan to list books there as we do our yearly clearing of the shelves. (Edited to correct name – thanks Alicebunnie!)

Clothing for dogs?

I’ve long known that there were people who inflict indignities like sweaters and even tiny little boots on their canine companions. I had no idea that the doggy fashion had become so very fashionable, though. Then I saw it. One…

Over my Flickr Limit? Fun With Photos

I’ve been uploading some of the photographs I have scattered all over my hard drive, most of them of Katie. Somehow, I outdid my Flickr upload limit for the month! I’ve had that account for eons and have no idea…

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