Music
Nick Cave in Concert
I saw Nick Cave last night in Atlanta, on his solo tour. (He did have a bassist accompanying him on some tracks, but it was mostly him and a piano.) It was amazing and wonderful. I’d always wanted to see Read more
History
My Own Godey’s Lady’s Book
As I think I’ve mentioned before, I was obsessed with Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books as a child. I first read them when I was five, and reread them frequently until I was around nine. My paternal grandmother even Read more
History
Handspinning Technology: A Brief History of Wheels
I’m doing a talk today for my Historical Textiles group, and I wanted to assemble some pictures and info about spinning wheels from different time periods…. The first European spinning wheel was the walking wheel. It was hand-operated, and the Read more
Textiles
JOS Wheel: Woodworking Plans
If you missed the first post about the antique JOS spinning wheel, please check it out. Today I met with a man I’ll call Dr. Wood, because he’s a retired professor who’s become a professional woodworker. He’s making me very Read more
Travel
New Orleans Trip 2023
Updated 10/18/23 to add trip details (at the bottom of the post) My mother, my oldest nephew, my nephew’s boyfriend, and I went to New Orleans for a long weekend. We left Florida on Friday, October 13th, and came back Read more
Textiles
JOS Spinning Wheel
I was gifted an antique spinning wheel today. It was a family heirloom from the 1800s, and the giver was a woman in her seventies who wanted the wheel to go to someone who would use it. Thanks to some Read more
Textiles
A (Partial) List of LGBTQ+ Weavers
The other day I asked the Handweavers Guild of America on Facebook about queer/trans weavers they’ve had on their weekly Textiles and Tea program (broadcast live on Facebook every Tuesday at 4pm ET, then uploaded to their YouTube channel the Read more
History
Medieval Frustrations
I’m tangentially involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), which does medieval stuff (through 1600AD). I want to get into Arts & Sciences (ArtSci) competitions, where people make things the way they would have been made back in Ye Read more
Textiles
Buying a Warp-Weighted Loom
UPDATE: You can now buy my modified version on Etsy HERE. A few months ago I decided I wanted a warp-weighted loom (abbreviated WWL for the rest of this piece). I have no carpentry skills, though, so I wanted to Read more
History
Enslaved Weavers: A History Talk
I was asked a couple of weeks ago to give a short talk at the Cotton Club Museum as part of a demo the Gainesville Handweavers Guild did on Florida Emancipation Day (May 20th). I donated a copy of the Read more