Archive for February, 2011
S4L Book Club No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Hi. I’m writing this post before the beginning of the monthpartly to figure out what I’m doing and partly to find out what you want forthis discussion. First- Have those who want to participate read the book, ordo you need more time? We don’t have to start on March 1. Second- I really want this [...]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
I discovered this book because it was on a list of the top 100 books sold on Amazon last year. In your opinion, how did this book stand out among so many out on the market, especially with its heavy scientific content? Do you think it deserves the recognition it received? If Rebecca Skloot, the [...]
Color Forecasts
I love color. “Well, du-uh,” you say. Did you know that the Color of the Year for 2011 is Pantone 18-2120 Honeysuckle? Pantone says, “A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting . . . instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life.” Bring [...]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Deborah, Zakariyya, and Rebecca meet Christoph at his Johns Hopkins lab to examine HeLa cells and discuss their commerce. Christoph told Deborah and Zakariyya, about their mother’s cells: “Once there is a cure for cancer, it’s definitely largely because of your mother’s cells.” He then used an analogy about ownership rights of finding oil on [...]
Stitching For The Left-Handed
Hands up all those readers who are left-handed stitchers! I am waving my hand around madly … any more of you out there? Have you ever had trouble trying to interpret diagrams in stitching charts? Or sat in a class wondering what on earth is wrong with your brain because everyone else is busily stitching [...]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The BBC makes a documentary about Henrietta and her family. Roland Pattillo organizes the HeLa Cancer Control Symposium in Atlanta. The city of Atlanta declares October 11 as Henrietta Lacks Day. Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield enters Deborah’s life and files a lawsuit against her, Johns Hopkins, and many others. If you had cells that [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update
The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. A bookmark stitched by Stitching for Literacy It-Takes-Just-One Supermodel, Maureen. It occurs to me that we might make something like this to record [...]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
What do you think the implications were when the world discovered in 1976 that one of the most important tools in medicine came from a black woman? What would be a similar example in today’s world?
DNA Bookmarks
Reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks inspired me to dig out the DNA bookmark I created some time ago. I love this design. Two-dimensional photos don’t do it justice, if you ask me. I experimented with some different techniques, lengths, and products, thinking I would publish this pattern. Then it dawned on me that [...]
S4L Book Club – The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Michael Rogers, a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, publishes a story about Henrietta and her family. This is the first time the mainstream media reports about Henrietta and her family, and that they were black. Henrietta’s sons become convinced Hopkins stole her cells and made millions. George Gey didn’t make money from of the HeLa [...]
, by Elizabeth Strout.
by Kathryn Stockett
