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Céad Míle Fáilte: or a hundred thousand welcomes

On Saturday, I attended the 53rd Annual Scottish Games.  It was a first for me.  It’s a competition and entertainment festival dedicated to promoting Scottish heritage. There’s bagpiping, drumming, Highland dancers, modern Celtic bands, proper sweets, traditional demonstrations of weaving and sheep herding, Haggis,  feats of strength and more. I have to say that the … read more

A few reasons to shop local and indie-made

Guilty pleasures

Guilty pleasures — those things we indulge in the that we don’t want anyone else to know about. Today, I’m laying myself bare. I am sharing a few of my guilty pleasures. These are things I indulge in sometimes (or more frequently than I care to admit) that I don’t really want the world to … read more

When a garden is more than a garden

Even though I’m not having my own garden this season, my mind always turns to gardening this time of year. That’s probably why when I was recently catching up with my Facebook feed, this link about some of the coolest guerrilla gardens (sorry I don’t remember who shared it) jumped out at me. Guerrilla gardening, … read more

Visions and a Roadtrip

I recently went to Baltimore on a C3 field trip. C3 is what we call our small women’s art and craft collective of 5 or so members. We get together periodically and create things–mostly we get together and talk about making shit though and talk about our lives, laugh and bitch in moan–all in equal … read more

Indie Cats!

If you have read this blog for a while, you know I love cats. I’m not quite into crazy cat lady territory (I only have 2), but I have been know to talk to my cats, take pictures of them like they are human children and to get totally sidetracked when walking into a room … read more

Happy Fat Tuesday!

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The Worst Noel by Henri

One last thing before I go. If you haven’t yet watched the Henri, Le Chat Noir videos, you simply must. He is my favorite existentialist cat.

The Queen of Rockabilly

Photo from wandajackson.com. All others from Last.fm Last night, I got to see an American Legend–Ms. Wanda Jackson. And for all of you who don’t know who I’m talking about, she is called the Queen of Rockabilly and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early influencer. While she … read more

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