Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine

A really arresting image (no pun intended)      Yesterday the evil corporations ruined my day. It only took one – the evil, incompetent, bankrupt communications corporation Fair Point Communications, our sole choice for phone provider...
How Hard Could It Be?

How Hard Could It Be?

     “Our Simple Pumpkin, Halloween 2011” courtesy of Jackie Knoch Shitemi      I was missing good bread, bakery bread, chewy “artisan” bread, baguettes in particular.  Like the kind you can pick up in...
Art in the Park October 2011

Art in the Park October 2011

    Deborah was interviewed by Nina Keck of VPR, and quoted in this story about Vermont craft shows in the aftermath of Irene.  http://vpr.net/news_detail/92191/ Thanks for the shout-out, Nina, it was a great show! ShapeShiftas hand-shaped pillows and...
Peak Stuffing

Peak Stuffing

     Today I plan to stuff some new pillows to bring to Art in the Park this weekend (http://www.chaffeeartcenter.org/art_park.html – booth #68). So naturally I thought, “what else can I do besides stuffing pillows?”   ...
What’s better than Etsy?

What’s better than Etsy?

     It looks like the latest thing in social media is to be social shopping. Sites where you can vend things and buy things and then tell all your Facebook friends about it. There’s something called Payvment that I see go by now and then in...
Ready-Set-Garden!

Ready-Set-Garden!

     We are having an early Spring here in Vermont, and all patriotic Vermonters are getting ready to garden! Everyone has a garden here, from the native Vermonters who grew up on farms to the transplanted (ha) flat-landers like us who came here...