A Coconut Story: In Memory of Poet-Journalist-Revolutionary Alex Martin RemollinoWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:33AMBy RICKY A.M. SANTOS A bunch of coconuts crashes To the earth below With each deft tug Of a picker’s arm On his bamboo pole. A shout away, A cart of coconuts Tumble out, Without disturbing the Focused gaze Of a brown-skinned farmer Clutching a nut Over a blade Glistening in the shade, Its white [...]
Your priest knows you spent the summer rocking and rollingThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:14AMLate August and early September: the light shifts, even in Southern California. The sunlight is almost subliminally tinted with a faint amber as if in re-creation of an old daguerreotype, lending the world a certain historic quality.
Former competitors create Project Lydia to help Ugandan womenWednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:04PMOne side of Julie Pash’s living room has turned into a retail display with baskets, beaded necklaces and dolls lining the wall. Her spare bedroom has become a warehouse.
Looking inside the seedMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:24PMBehold the lowly beans and seeds.
Cambridge facility unearths the secrets of seeds and beansMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:24PMBehold the lowly beans and seeds. Seeds In Disguise: The Biology and Lore of Ornamental Seeds
Daughter continues love for gemstonesTuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:33AMSome kids grew up with marbles, jacks, dolls or baseball cards under their beds. A few probably feared monsters lurked under there. But under her own bed, Evie Gough found gemstones.
Braided Memory Wire BraceletWednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 5:44PMA fun, trendy bracelet made fairly quickly using memory wire.
TMA To Host Cherokee Bead Workshop SundayTuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 2:02PMThe Tyler Museum of Art will host a Cherokee Beadwork Workshop on Sunday in the TMA classroom.
Classic cars take streets for Elgin National Road Race celebrationMonday, August 9, 2010 @ 12:00AMIt's not difficult for Bonnie Lauby to talk her four children into dressing up in old-fashioned clothes, including thrift shop shoes with that button look for Rebekah and newsboy hats and suspenders for the three boys.