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a (very late) brief pop cultural summary of my 2018

The older I get, the more on edge with time I seem to become. I cannot estimate how long things might take to complete – but also, I cannot let go of the things I thought I would have time to do. I used to be better at it. I did not use to comeContinue reading “a (very late) brief pop cultural summary of my 2018”

Oaxaca epilogue: Journeying through the mountains

The conference ended with an extravagant party, with food and mezcal and performances. And it was like everyone was floating on the wave of a successful, inspiring conference – and now, the wave broke. An extreme discharge of energy. Everyone dancing, from master students to world-renowned professors. And I will forever remember this: Dancing salsaContinue reading “Oaxaca epilogue: Journeying through the mountains”

a brief pop cultural summary of my 2017

It’s been 2018 for two weeks now. Two rather good weeks, I must say. Preceded by a rather good last week of 2017 as well. I have been catching up on things at home. I went to museums. Sleeping. A lot of sleeping. Getting rid of that racing heartbeat. On January 31st, when I usuallyContinue reading “a brief pop cultural summary of my 2017”

a weekend in the Netherlands

After Belgium, I moved on to the Netherlands. I met up with my former roommate and good friend Lina by a canal in Delft and we strolled into the old town, rode a ferris wheel in the last rays of sunshine before the rain – the beautiful rooftops of central Delft drenched in a goldenContinue reading “a weekend in the Netherlands”

my love affair with tile design

The most striking thing with Lisbon, at least for me, was that almost every other building had walls covered in beautiful, painted tiles. They were everywhere, many with Moorish geometric patterns. I fell in love, and reached the peak of my infatuation at the National Tile Museum. As with the Arab-inspired hat and collar cross-stitchesContinue reading “my love affair with tile design”

do it yourself at its most basic

I learned something really big this summer. Huge, in fact. Yet another thing that will make me indispensable when the zombie apocalypse comes. I learned how to spin yarn. Lorri has a fiber artist, Teresa, come to the farm every week to work on the wool from her sheep, and now during the wwoofing season,Continue reading “do it yourself at its most basic”

while I’m waiting for the new things to begin

I had this idea. A new focus for the blog. But I need to do some more thinking. In the meantime, I’ve knitted today. I’m making a sweater for Ashley. I’m more than halfway done. I started working on it a week ago. I really do have a manic tendency. Just last Friday, I startedContinue reading “while I’m waiting for the new things to begin”

introducing: because Katja said so

Jessica, and many others, have told me I should start selling my handicraft on the internet. Well, I just can’t do that. I put too much of myself in the mittens and the hats that I knit, and selling them would be like selling a piece of myself. I don’t want to do that. WhatContinue reading “introducing: because Katja said so”