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Stories of civilization

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

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* Supplementary Reading: Memories and Visions of Paradise by Richard Heinberg It’s been years since I’ve read any of the bible, and I had really forgotten how the Book of Genesis really does pack in most of the key stories of the Old Testament.… Continue Reading “Stories of civilization”

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The many punishments

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

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Initial notes on reading the Inferno for fall classes. Reading Dante’s Inferno I am struck by the degree to which his literary vision has influenced our popular representations of hell. Fire, shit, monsters, and endless torture all feature in this underworld descent where Virgil… Continue Reading “The many punishments”

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The one-sided letters of love (1)

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

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As part of my university program, I am keeping a reading journal to document my thoughts on the material we are required to read. I expect there will be more than one post on each assigned reading – a first impressions post, and a… Continue Reading “The one-sided letters of love (1)”

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Winter passing…..

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

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A crap election. A sinus infection. (Gee those rhyme)…. and yet I’m feeling okay today, not quite as despairing, like spring is in the air and I am on the mend (thanks antibiotics!). I’m not overly peppy or anything, but I don’t feel quite… Continue Reading “Winter passing…..”

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Anti-intelligence.

Posted on May 13, 2008 by

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Last night Brian and I had someone from my union over for dinner – mainly to discuss some issues related to organizing workers on campuses – but also just to be sociable since our temporary organizer is from out of town and hasn’t much… Continue Reading “Anti-intelligence.”

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Working from home during a power outage. Yeti battery backup to keep everything charged up, cel phone hot spot (we have weak signal, but some), battery operated lantern. Wood stove for heat in the background. Today’s outage was planned for repair work, so I was organized for it - but every time we lose power I refine my set-up just a little bit more.
Some incredibly pleasing after work weaving; shots taken with a proper camera to get the colour and detail.
Hard to capture the beauty of this forest green bamboo, but I do love a good hemstitch at the start of a project. #weaversofinstagram #weavingloom #weaverfever #handweaving
More finished items that I am just getting around to posting now. These plaited twill tea towels are the last of a batch that I put on the loom late last spring. I finally wove them off at the start of November (in time for some housewarming presents).
Finished these during the power outage this week. I suspect that another pair of socks is coming out of the ongoing communications line breakdown since I can't actually browse or surf my phone at the moment. Good luck, bad luck, who knows?
When the days get short, I forget about taking pictures of my work, so I have some to catch up on from the last week.
Went to Port Alberni today to meet up with some union folks and got a chance to look at fish and lots of fish eggs. This is a tray of one-day coho salmon.
I am going to be fifty in two and a half months.
I was supposed to be on a residential meditation retreat this past week but I was still too sick to go. Instead I made an at-home retreat with meditation practice in my tiny zendo, chanting service, soji (work practice), art practice, and lots of rest practice. I kept silence most of the time (I was here by myself) and stayed off social media. So grateful that my Zen community offered online participation so I could feel that I was sitting with others.
Preparing a warp: winding on 238 threads, tying the cross, a tied warp on the board and the finished warp chain. This is a small warp at 238 threads and 6.5 yards. From start to finish it takes me about 2 hours to complete this stage of the weaving process.
All this colour in the weaving stash (and this is just some of the cottons) and yet I'm winding an all-white warp today. At least these pretties are here to brighten up these grey mornings. #weaversofinstagram #weaverfever #handweaving #textilestudio
My small #glimakrajulia loom is empty for the first time in six months as I've used some of my sick time this week to slowly weave the tea towel warp off. Once I recover some energy I will start warping this loom again and then turn to fixing the warp on my larger loom.

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