This will be very short as I am late for a neighborhood farewell to my physical therapist because I have been hung up in searching photos.
Here is how damaged the linen shawls were in 2017 when I dyed them with earth pigments that burned through.
And this week with various patches and loads of threads, I continue to keep them together in hopes of wearing this scarf/shawl.
And I heard from friends in Australia that they are getting ready to gather again at Grampians Textures. This is where we met for many years of having them in my workshop and then spending a few days in Halls Gap to work together and stay in a large house to accommodate all six of us. Fun times and my last time there was 2019…so this will be the sixth year of them calling me here to share our work long distance while they still gather at the same house. They each have ordered my latest book and will have that instead of me for what could be their last gathering of its kind. We are all getting older!
Thank you Andie for sending me this image of the books you ordered for everyone. And for reminding me of when the call will be.
It has been depressing here in the US because the president and his cadre of flunkies have decided to wage a war. Americans are at their all time low in accountability right now. I, like many here and around the world, wonder what the hell happened to a country that had so much promise…now squandered for the wealthy and short-sighted. Recovery to our former selves is quite impossible now. Who could ever trust us to not be this stupid and greedy again?
Sorry note to leave you on, but I must go have a drink and a hug.
Til later….