http://colorjoy.com/weblog Art as an everyday attitude. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:59:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be dancing with my Habibi Dancer friend April tonight, at New Aladdin's Restaurant in Frandor/Lansing. Shows are at 6:30 and 7:30, lasting about a half hour. For local folks, consider a visit. There is no cover. The food is good (incredible soups and other mideastern treats), plus they have smoothies ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4521 Last Sunday we participated in a jam session held at VanAtta's Greenhouse in Haslett. Musicians from all over the state were there, and the quality was just incredible as was the variety. We did a round robin, going around the circle taking turns. For the last two hours, LCC radio WLNZ ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4515 What is this crazy photo, you ask? This is six city garbage bags on our curb, full of things we do not need any more, and which can not be recycled or donated to charity. Last week we had one not-quite-full bag, which is our typical trash day experience. ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4514 I have a Featured Pattern Advertisement which will rotate with several others, for the next few weeks. It is on the main Patterns page of the knitting/crochet site, Ravelry. You need to be a member (it is free) to get into the site. For non-members, you can see my ad ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4512 Schuler Books asked Rae and I to do another event with them this summer. They are doing a "Green House" series and wanted me to put together a project, good for experienced knitters but also do-able for beginners. A project that was "green" in some way. I ended up with a ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4506 A few Saturdays ago, I danced with the Habibi Dancers in Dearborn, Michigan. The event is my favorite of the year, the Dearborn Arab International Festival. Love it! The crowd is so alive, and they know our music and sing and clap along. I look forward to it every year. Here ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4500 It's a miracle. I pinched my right index finger badly last night. The experience was quite dramatic, but it seems barely inflammed this morning and that's all. I could have crushed it or worse. Whew! We have been doing a major letting-go week, giving to charity and throwing away, which allows ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4499 Oh, well. Indoor work this week, I guess. I hope it lets up at times, so I can go on my daily walk without a downpour. Sigh. I loved that sun while it was here. http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4498 I Give In! Well, I have been assimilated, as Brian says it. I swore I could not "do" Twitter because of its distraction-creating capabilities. However, Rae convinced me that I could send outgoing messages which would benefit my customers and friends, without following other folks' messages myself. It is perhaps unfairly unbalanced ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4495 I did it. I fell into the mitered square frenzy, and I have no regrets thus far. (A miter is a diagonal line at the corner of a rectangle, like the join you find at the corner of a wood picture frame. Right now it seems half the knitters I know ... http://colorjoy.com/weblog/archives/4491