28
Jan 12

Hibernating Ladybugs

Ladybugs ... up to something

Spotted in Redwood Regional Park in the East Bay.

14
Jan 12

Taller Lenateros in Chiapas, Mexico

Taller Lenateros

Today I had the opportunity to check out Taller Lenateros, a small workshop that takes recycled materials and produces incredible paper, books, and art. From their website:

A publishing collective operated by contemporary Mayan artists in Chiapas, Mexico. Founded in 1975 by poet Ámbar Past, the Workshop has created the first books to be written, illustrated, printed, bound (in paper of their own making) by Mayan people in over 400 years. Among its multiple objectives are those of documentation, praise and dissemination of Amerindian cultural values: song, literature, plastic arts, and the ancient Mesoamerican tradition of painted books.

The Leñateros’ rescue of old and endangered techniques such as the extraction of dyes from wild plants, contributes to the conservation of Native American languages, and benefits the ecology by recycling agricultural and industrial wastes, transforming them into art and beautiful books.

31
Dec 11

Week in Vermont

Home Sweet Home

I-89 south of Montpelier.

Snowshoeing the Heavenly Highway

Fresh tracks snowshoeing on the Heavenly Highway at Bolton Valley.

 

13
Dec 11

Bass Performance Hall

If you’re down in Fort Worth, Texas, check out the Bass Performance Hall. Not that you’ll have a choice – the friendly geezers running the tours won’t let you walk by the building without roping you into a tour.

At the Bass Performance Hall

At the Bass Performance Hall

30
Nov 11

Fall Finally Arrives in Oakland

Fall Finally Arrives in Oakland

It took a while, but fall is here.


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