Category: book review
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Missouri Memories
Sorry about the focus on this photo – it was really hard to get a clear picture as the book has a foil wrapper and the camera really didn’t know how to get a clear picture I guess. Either that or it’s because I’ve got a cold and my eyes don’t want to focus, either.…
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The Root of Wild Madder – Book Review
Expectations – we all have them. Sometimes they are accurate, sometimes they are not. My expectations for this book were something quite different than what the book actually turned out to be about. It was so much more than I expected. Part poetry, part philosophy, part spiritual quest, part travelogue, part political history, and just…
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Optimist
I love my public library. 🙂 Right now I’ve got about 12 different books on request – well, it’s actually 10 now because today I picked up two of them. One of them is Michael J. Fox’s latest. Lucky Man was his first book. Not exactly a memoir because he doesn’t focus on his past,…
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Book Review – A Joy Forever
A Joy Forever; Latvian Weaving by Jane A. Evans. Dos Tejedoras Fiber Arts Publications. 1991.ISBN 0-932394-16-7 178 pages A Joy Forever is now officially out of print. The good news is that Jane still has copies left for sale. The book has copious black and white illustrations, index, glossary and a detailed table of contents.…
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Guest Post – Jane Evans
I invited Jane Evans to talk a little bit about her research into Latvian textiles. Jane was in the spotlight in the most recent issue of Handwoven and since her research resulted in a pretty amazing book, thought people would like to know a little bit more about it. To see her own artistic statement…
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Book Review – The Intentional Spinner
About 18 months ago I took a spinning workshop with Judith MacKenzie McCuin. I warned her when I arrived that I was not taking the class to become a better spinner (it had been 20 years since I’d done any kind of spinning at all) but because I wanted to become a better weaver. I…
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Book Review – Mortal Coils
When I travel I bring lots of light weight paperbacks with me to read on the plane(s). After a string of them, I was getting to the point where I wanted something a little more ‘meaty’ when I spotted Eric Nylund’s new book Mortal Coils on the shelf of a bookstore in Tampa, Florida. I’ll…
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Book Review – Mortal Coils
When I travel I bring lots of light weight paperbacks with me to read on the plane(s). After a string of them, I was getting to the point where I wanted something a little more ‘meaty’ when I spotted Eric Nylund’s new book Mortal Coils on the shelf of a bookstore in Tampa, Florida. I’ll…