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Private Journals – Colombia.

Posted on December 29, 2006 by

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Private Journal – Colombia July 2006 (pdf) Defending Public Services: From Canada to Colombia (July 2006) I am making my private journal from Colombia available here for a few days, for those of you who are interested. When I returned in July, I typed… Continue Reading “Private Journals – Colombia.”

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Prisoners' Justice Day

Posted on August 10, 2006 by

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I wanted to remind everyone that August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day – an internationally-observed day started some decades ago by the tireless Canadian prison-abolitionist Claire Culhane. Prisoners’ Justice Day is the day prisoners have set aside as a day to fast and refuse… Continue Reading “Prisoners' Justice Day”

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wins and losses in the class struggle

Posted on October 21, 2005 by

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it looks like the teachers are going to come off the picket lines today following an announcement that both sides are willing to accept ready’s arbitration recommendations – which doesn’t mean they have an agreement yet, but that there is a framework within which… Continue Reading “wins and losses in the class struggle”

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lawbreakers!

Posted on October 18, 2005 by

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my friend richard wrote this letter – the point about who the real lawbreakers are here being pretty obvious. “We can disagree on the laws that are passed, and we often do, but the foundation of our society is that once a law is… Continue Reading “lawbreakers!”

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general strike blues

Posted on October 12, 2005 by

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after work yesterday, i took a stroll down to the trade and convention centre (which houses the liberal cabinet offices) and took part in a support demonstration for the bc teachers on strike. for those of you not up on bc politics – the… Continue Reading “general strike blues”

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Midway through studio reorganization, I took a couple of hours to finish this UFO from many years ago. Nearly a whole garbage bag of fabric went into stuffing it, making this the best scrap-busting project I know of.
Studio diary: Everything is still a giant mess, but I did manage to move the bottom piece of my new cabinet this morning. The cabinet is now full of heavier weight/larger fabric quantities. The drawers (which got forgotten in the move and I will pick up next week) will stow the sewing supplies that currently live on the windowsills.
For some reason this sock has taken me weeks to knit. I'll have to get the second one cast o right away so I don't lose momentum.
Yesterday, I was honoured with a gift from my union local as I retired from my position of local president after 22 years on my executive.
I passed 3 garbage bags of scrap fabric and polyfill onto other makers today, which makes me happy for me and them.
I am in the middle of a terrible mess as I destash my studio of all the fabric scraps from projects gone by, not to mention the stuffing of several pillows and a futon mattress, plus a bunch of union-related swag that I need to offload back to my union.
Got this warp wound on earlier this week but it took me forever to tie up because I had broken some threads in the winding process. They aren't hard to fix, but I haven't had the focus to really go at it until last night.
Breed of the month from @longwayhomestead is Shropshire. Haven't decided what I'll do with it yet, but it's going on the needles this week.
Very happy with how the napkins turned out once hemmed.
You might remember back in photo #20 that I finally got around to washing some handspun yarn that I got for free out of an estate clearing over a year ago. I have now washed and dyed that yarn and am starting to wind it into balls.
I just finished reading this novel by someone I kind of know (@c.wakelyn who I met through @the.creative.good follow through sessions). Highly recommend! It is timely and funny and also heartbreaking. Plus, if you are from south Van Isle you will recognize all the places which is a rare treat!
I've missed a couple of days of photos because I've been a bit tired/uninspired this week, so these are a couple that catch-up on the same plan..... the newly-emerging Gabriola flax to fabric project!

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