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After putting the word out in Connecticut, my friend Caitlin and I collected a mountain of food, clothes and supply donation for flood relie...

I've just learned that this blog feeds onto sites I was unaware of, causing me to have readers I don't know, and didn't know abo...

If you want one (and of course you do), either find me or email your snail mail address to me at merfire@gmail.com. 2 1/4 inch fabric patc...

The anticipation of Irene brought my porch garden in to the living and dining rooms. It's like a tropical jungle in here with all the fo...

New Haven, Connecticut looks to be on Irene's agenda this weekend. This'll be my first hurricane as a coastal resident. I've got...

This is a photograph by Gregory Colbert. Years ago his photos of people with animals were all over the commuter trains to New York. You co...

As promised, the giant puppet "tutorial" in one giant post. Are you ready? There are lots of ways you can make a big puppet, and...

Another thing I've wanted to try making forever, and it was trickier then I thought. I started working on a paper doll of my friend and ...

Making pictures for no reason on anything nearby cultivates a real joy of drawing. This was the craft paper packaging from one of the ink on...

My derby sister Wender Bender took this shot of our fellow rollergirl Faith this week, when we were having a skate-a-thon on a go-kart tra...

A walk in my favorite place in New Haven, Edgerton Park , always brings messages from the more subtle worlds, answers to pressing questions,...