We had a glue crisis for a while–meaning we didn’t have any–so the project was delayed for about a week. You think twice before “running out for glue” when the glue is […]

The year is 1991. Mike and I are caretaking for the first time at Bristol Bay Lodge. ‘Tis the season; the Dillingham public radio station plays holiday music, but we can’t get […]

I transferred the pattern onto the backing.

Mike cut the 4’x4′ octagon backing from 3/4″ plywood then measured and drew graph lines. I soaked the tiles off their paper backing, dried and separated them.

For as long as I can remember and into my college years, my family made holiday gifts for friends and neighbors. In particular, I remember making candles, cookies, and ornaments. Candles and […]

This weekend we’re going to the Wordle site. Wordle is a site with a java applet that creates pretty “word clouds” from text. I’ve copied and pasted a number of my stories, […]