This has become a Spring Ritual for me on the first warm day to dip my toes in the river. I rarely plan for it though and often end up waiting for the mud to dry on my feet or walking down stick-y paths with my shoes in hand.
A strong breeze brought the scent of lilies-of-the-valley to me and I knew the earth was awakening.
I hoped to avoid a calamitous fall, but found myself sliding and struggling for balance on one foot. I recalled the previous Spring when I DID land on my keister.
I finally was able to find tentatively sure footing at waters edge and thanked the earth and the river and the trees for Spring.
The river called to me. I didn't have time. There were things I MUST do. But it kept beckoning as I walked along the bank.
So I found a not-so-steep and not-so-muddy entrance and ventured my way toward it.
Removing my shoes, I stepped onto the slick mud that had recently shed its water.
A pair of legs with muddy feet and rolled up jeans is in the foreground. She stands on a carpet of greening grass covered in leaf litter and small sticks. Her tan boat shoes sit at the edge of a muddy riverbank. In the background, a tributary of the Rouge River drifts by, curiously green.
A swollen tributary of the Rouge River twist and turns in the forest.
The river told me it's time.
Saturday was a beautiful day. Despite a crazy week and a foreboding hard deadline the next morning, I hadn't seen "my trees" in a week or more. So, passing by the park after running out to get supplies, I stopped.
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Periodic reminder that ICE does not just track and watch immigrants. They are collecting and storing information on us all.
Every accusation is a confession.
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
Beautiful print, but why she mad at the moon?
Artist in colorful dress stands beside her artwork.
Multimedia art piece incorporates knitted charicature chickens parodying Trump and his administration on a 2-tier cake.
My chickens have gone home to roost!
The characters in my chicken series have a (temporary) home together at Dzanc House Gallery in Ypsilanti.
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.
This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
Thanks to the "Jobs President" AKA the "No War" president.
A lovely human in the healing arts recently lost everything in a fire when her dream healing space was gutted. As she rebuilds, a fellow client has started a GoFundMe to help in the process.
If you're able, help is appreciated.
gofund.me/d6199b126
“'If the government may simply seize someone without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize anyone,' the judge wrote...”
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
who made this
Elaine Dorland is 86 with rods in her back, arthritis, and a torn rotator cuff, but she wakes at 4:30am each day to work as a cleaner because she has to.
She recently lost her husband AND son. You can help her retire by reposting and donating a few bucks if you can.
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Lithuanian national costume apron with juosta.
Inkle loom with warped threads.
Inkle loom with warped threads. View looking at far side.
Inkle loom with warped threads. View from above.
The final colorway. I've woven 1 meter out of about 3. I'm also including pics of how I've warped up my Inkle Loom.
The absolute Game Changer is chaining each card separately rather than chaining it as one group!
#SkyWeave
#Weaving
That is a really unusual way to hold your yarn. I'm going to have to go look at your stockinette videos.
You're a married woman. You're not supposed to vote. Your husband has control over your vote, dontcha know?
Countries pushing accountability over the Epstein Files ⬇️
UK, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ireland
Meanwhile the U.S. President is telling Americans to move on after he appears 38,000 times with dozens of friends and associates.
It’s time for accountability!
Tablet woven band in shades of red and green with a smattering of yellow.
Thanks! Here's the new colors:
Wool tablet weaving sample in amber, reds, and blues is stretched onto an Inkle loom, the wooden shuttle lurking underneath.
The card woven tablet from the previous image has been taken off the loom and trimmed. Beside it sits alternating colors of wool yarn in reds, darker greens, and a very pale celery green in place of the amber.
A little sample of a new weaving pattern, mistakes and all. The colors aren't quite right, so I present you with the alternate colors.
This is my first time using the Inkle loom for a tablet project.
#SkyWeave
#Weaving
If our justice system worked the way it is supposed to, plenty of women (and men) would be alive and/or undamaged. But go ahead and think we're good.
Many of us read news from multiple sources, including from European sources and independent news. We aren't tied to corporate media.
What YOU don't want to see is that this is nothing new. Epstein's evil network went unchecked for DECADES because our justice system just doesn't care.
BREAKING: Lithuania has launched a human trafficking investigation related to Epstein files
Are you talking about the House Oversight Committee? Yeah, fat lot of good that will do with the current makeup.
The corruption and depravity is deep deep deep. We will probably never dig out the root.
Your apologetic nationalism is pitiful to witness.
bsky.app/profile/esme...
The deputy US attorney general, Todd Blanche, the point person on the Trump administration’s Epstein files release, told ABC News on Sunday that prosecutors’ review of the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case “is over”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Well here's a US citizen for almost 65 years to agree with the "foreigner".
Women and girls have DIED because of this ring of very rich, very connected pedos. Looks like some were possibly murdered. But no, the FBI & local LEOs didn't believe the women. Even now, our government refuses to act.
