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There are things in you sometimes that just demand to get out. They don't care about your work schedule or your dinner plans, and they...

Apparently I get the most work done when I'm incapacitated. Yup, I'm incapacitated yet again, this time a giant swollen sprained ank...

Did some watercolor for the first time since college for a friends' wedding card (the ones who got married at the aquarium, of course)...

I'd always wanted to make paper dolls. I'd had a bunch as a kid, this one was my all time favorite, and when I dug it up recently I ...

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...