ROOTWORKS.

Natalie Barney – crafts cabin May Day flag So much to take in — the Rootworks archive. Hundreds of photographs by Ruth Mountaingrove who created the lesbian-feminist community in southern Oregon. +Rootworks, was established in the 1970s by Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove, when both women were in their 50s. “The philosophy was that we would [...]

LOOM WORLD.

Bhutan India IranMexicoSaudi ArabiaScotlandTurkeyUSA Uruguay – – -Yesterday I took a trip to the New York Public Library – Picture Collection. The Picture Collection is a room full of folders stuffed with images that have been torn from books and mounted on white paper. (you can see some shelves in the background) Almost every subject [...]

42 DAY CAMP TRIP.

Ahhhhh, the classic Eiseman 42 Day Grand Canyon camping trip via the Colorado River. 42 days!!! Floating down the river is my favorite way to enjoy landscape, water & friends. So relaxing, so peaceful. The river knows. Often if I call my family on weekends they are all on boats—except me! Not fair. This summer [...]

Watch it : Nat’l Films of Canada, 3 Shorts

I have taken a nose dive into the National Film Board of Canada archives. What an incredible offer; view thousands of films free of charge. Unsure where to start I selected from the drop down menu 1960s–1970s, my favorite decade for Canada film apparently. via Toys&Techniques who thankfully led me to this trove of moving [...]

BUFFY.

Buffy from Sesame Street, not vampire slayer. Listen to some beautiful music, see some folk fashions. I always loved when TV shows traveled somewhere. The 3rd clip (Buffy’s Morning Song) intros with the Sesame Street gang boarding a plane for Hawaii to visit Buffy and her family. They all sleep in a teepee and Big [...]