Little Bit Broken

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  • Fuck Putin and Fuck Trump

    This was coming. Zelensky saw it, but because the Ukraine is not part of NATO, hands are tied. He has stayed with this people and is perhaps the bravest leader I will know in my lifetime. This is where I… Continue reading

  • Treasure or the Coin

    I have been thinking a lot about the purpose of the studio and my writing and my yarn. Black Ram Designs found a home on Main Street in Cabot Vermont earlier this year. I was looking for a place for… Continue reading

  • I am not a political prophet…but

    I have a political theory on the whole holding back of the impeachment articles to the senate and the recent airstrike in Baghdad. I believe that pretty much everybody has gotten tired of the impeachment issue. But  arresting the process… Continue reading

  • 20/20 hindsight

    If I spent this day looking back, I would not see what is before me.  Hindsight they say is 20/20, you can see perfectly.  I don’t think that is true.  I think we choose to see the past through filters.… Continue reading

  • End of a Decade and the Art of Being

    So this is the end of a pretty bumpy decade.  Since I was born in 65 it is easy to to gauge things in decades, 5-15, 15-25, 25-35, 35-45, and now 45-55.  I am not 55 yet, but will be… Continue reading

  • Dyeing in the Kitchen

    There has been a bunch of dyeing going on at home.   Lulu called the other night and ask me what I was up to and I said dyeing and she laughed and said, oh, dyeing  in the kitchen and we… Continue reading

  • Mini Resolve

    I have wanted a Mini Cooper for what seems like a lifetime. Started looking at the Mini back in the day when a mini-van was more logical. Then a more serious look when I was back up in Vermont and… Continue reading

  • More Struggle than Stride

    In June I was cleared to resume work 2 days a week while I received  DMSO treatments.  September 25th was my last scheduled treatment and I was officially in remission of IC and cleared for full-time work.   Full time… Continue reading

  • Black Ram Designs

    I have been trying to put things back together,  as if I have returned from a long journey and I need to unpack, wash and put away all the stuff.  Settle back in so to speak. Black Ram Designs is… Continue reading

  • Please don’t paint my fingernails.

      Please don’t paint my finger nails when I am old.  please don’t send me to the beauty shop either. I want my hair to grow long and gray. I want my hair to be brushed and then braided.   … Continue reading