Jan 28
When I made my crown, I made it radially symmetrical, and it didn’t occur to me that the kids would want anything else. However, they are people, and people have their own minds. Little Critter wanted it more like a tiara, and she wanted swans. It took some doing, but I was able to oblige. …
Jan 27
I went to buy coffee the other day, and I decided to get it ground at the store because our burr grinder at home takes too long. They had three grinders. One was for flavored coffee only, which makes sense because flavored coffee is nasty. I don’t get it. It makes about as much sense …
Jan 25
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters I read a lot of books about psychology and mental illness, but this book took what I already knew to a new level. It discusses four different illnesses in four different cultures: anorexia in Hong Kong, schizophrenia in Zanzibar, PTSD in Sri Lanka, …
Jan 25
I made these tiles in this shape more because it was convenient to cut them than that they will do well in a mosaic. Actually, I’ve thought it would be really cool if I had cookie cutters in the shapes of tiles like are used in Islamic design. I haven’t yet seen any for sale. …
Jan 19
I made this crown so that my kids would have something fun to play with, since they often like to play princesses and queens and whatnot. I used a technique given to me by a costumer at Westercon to make brigandine armor. I’m sorry to say I forgot which costumer told me this, but I …
