• Life - Travel

    Gallery of our travels – Turkey

    This piece of art is small and simple. The nazar is a talisman that is supposed to ward one from the evil eye curse, the recipient of which suffers misfortune or injury. It was a common sight on our 2010 trip to Turkey. Toby had just completed a research trip…

  • Life - Travel

    Gallery of our travels – Spain

    Somewhere over our years together, Toby and I became art collectors. We started, like any good college couple, with posters to adorn our walls, we even framed some of them. Next we added weapons to our collection, mostly thanks to the local Renaissance Fair. From there to prints, then souvenirs…

  • Life - Ramblings - Travel

    Concerts 2018 and 2019

    Since I didn’t write much last year, I’m taking the opportunity this year to look back and ahead at the same time. Last year Toby and I traveled three times to see shows. In September we headed to Atlanta to see the Welcome to Night Vale show; A Spy in…

  • Library - Ramblings

    1924 Copyright restrictions expire

    The US signed on with the Berne Convention1 for copyright, and enacted changes to its copyright law in 1978. Under the new laws, copyright no longer required to be registered, nor even denoted in the work itself. A creative work subject to copyright earned those protections upon being recorded to…

  • Goals - Ramblings - Writing

    Managing Expectations – 2019

    Happy New Year January 1st, the day of new beginnings, the day of resolutions, the day of tradition, the day of imagining our best selves. Over the years I have had many strategies for facing a new year. Waking up to watch the sun rise. Doing only the things I…