by Andi | Aug 4, 2011 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I know the basics. Treadle. Hanks of wool. Fly wheel. But how the fleece that was on a sheep (or alpaca or rabbit) hours ago becomes thread, this is a magic I have yet to understand. But I want to understand it. I have for a long time; spinning wool has an allure for... by Andi | Aug 2, 2011 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I finally get why David Caruso stares off into the “middle distance” so much on CSI: Miami – he’s thinking. . . okay, he’s pretending to be thinking, but you know what I mean. For the past few days, I have caught myself staring at nothing... by Andi | Jul 31, 2011 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
I really believe that we’re never more beautiful than when we’re most ugly. — Chris Abani” One of the things that I believe artists are blessed to be are witnesses, voices for the things of this world that we often overlook, ignore or... by Andi | Jul 23, 2011 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
The table is strewn with binders and folders and paper. I’m jotting notes; S is leafing through tabbed sets of paper. We are on a haphazard dash through names and time. It seems our men named Pleasant don’t align – wrong birthdays, mismatched last... by Andi | Jul 21, 2011 | Andi's Book, Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
“Is it made of real gold?” he asked, and everyone in that small room of the museum smiled. We were standing before the Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first all African-American regiment...