It’s FINALLY happening! It’s been in the works for longer than you can imagine…but we are FINALLY announcing our special Anniversary Tour of “Galapagos George.” This is a double anniversary celebrating the 20th anniversary since we first starting performing this show AND commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lonesome George’s discovery on Pinta Island in the […]
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Today is the day…
My suitcase is bursting with wool and all sorts of oddities for the workshops I am taking on Germany. The packing list was pretty wild (bring a hat stand and several kilos of wool!). I am not sure what TSA will make of it… I will be posting up pictures and trying to keep tabs […]
My Batty Halloween
Halloween approaches, and that means one thing: making a cool costume for my eight-year-old. I’m under a bit of pressure. She knows I can make stuff. She has expectations. The hard part, for me, is balancing my perfectionist tendencies with creative work and my need to not spend 40-hours devoted to creating a work-of-art that […]
New Website
Hooray for finishing things! We have been working on this website for much longer than I care to admit. I am sure there are some bugs that still need to be worked out, but it feels so good to be at this point! I have to say THANK YOU to Heather Topich, our touring coordinator […]
Post-show Bliss
What a day! A rainy, dreary day, by all accounts, except that we were indoors performing at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for their Family Fun Day. We had a great audience: they were ready to have fun and interact. They even laughed at all our bad jokes. But the best part of the […]
Wrapping up 2011…and Figuring out my Bananas, Bunnies, and Clementines for 2012
The other day, my older daughter was wrapped up in her world of new, cool electronic gadgetry that found purchase in our home over the holidays. It’s a tough balance as a parent trying to figure out how much screen time is “right” for an eleven year old. I am not in the camp that […]
All About Felting
I have developed a passion for felting and natural fibers that my family, accurately, would likely describe as being borderline obsessive. My bookshelves are heaving from new purchases, my browser has bookmarked dozens of amazing sites, and I have been building up a stash of wool and felting materials…it just makes me giddy!