Archive | December, 2008

Scouting East Village in DesMoines

by PaMdora on 31. Dec, 2008 in Journeys

First day of the trip, the big event was making a pineapple, peanut, marshmallow salad for bonobo chimpanzees at this place, but that’s a long story for another day. Second day was filled largely with exploring Des Moines historic East Village. Not that we were looking for it. My SIL got the family to meet [...]

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Iowa sunset

by PaMdora on 28. Dec, 2008 in Journeys

Lots of ice on the trees as we drove north yesterday. I got a little car sick in the back seat looking backwards to take this photo of the sun setting across icy fields.

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Belated Season’s Greeting

by PaMdora on 27. Dec, 2008 in Holidays

Hoping everyone has been having a happy and peaceful holiday season. We’ve driven and shared two family Christmas’s so far, packing and leaving for a third this morning. (this one also also has a mix of some Hanukkah folks. Looks like we’ll be driving into a wintery mix — what nice term for ice and [...]

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What is humor?

by PaMdora on 13. Dec, 2008 in Inspiration, Journeys, Mixed Media, Other Artists

What is humor? I been thinking about this question since I was asked to juror the show for SAQA called “Sense of Humor” (see last post for more details.) I’m not going look in some dictionary and give you the definition, I don’t even know what a real definition is — I just have my [...]

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Call for entries: A Sense of Humor

by PaMdora on 04. Dec, 2008 in Exhibitions, Quilts

I’ve been asked to be juror for a exhibition called Sense of Humor, sponsored by SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) that will be shown in a gallery space at the International Quilt Festival in Houston next October and will published in one of SAQA’s handsome catalogs. The postmark deadline is January 30, 2009. You may [...]

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