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Join me for a unique lecture series of African American Traditions, at the Morris Museum

2011-12-04T10:21:00.005-05:00

2012 LECTURE SERIES: Photographer: O. Florian Jenkins Celebrating the Origins of African American Art & Craft Traditions In conjunction with ATA's 20th Anniversary Celebration, the Morris Museum will host the following lecture series, with Artist and Educator: Rosalind Nzinga Nichol MA, BFA Adjunct Professor of African American Traditions at Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Free

The End of an Era: Andy Rooney The Great Word Smith...

2011-11-07T08:13:00.001-05:00

Image from: http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/tag/andy-rooney/ Andy Rooney January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011 For nearly half my life I have watched and enjoyed the very masterful and personable results of this great word smith. His commentaries always made me chuckle at the daily irritations of contemporary society. It was comforting to know that in someways we are all alike, and Andy

Mama Franklin's Quilt....

2011-10-19T02:19:00.015-04:00

"LOVE is the only thing we leave behind. It is all around us, and it's our choice to make more grow from the seeds given us...." (my recent revelation) Mama Franklin's quilt Today, (meaning, Tuesday, October 18th), Mama Franklin's quilt came to live with me... I opened a box sent from my cousin. Carefully unraveling tissue and a black trash bag to reveal a quilt made by her hands many long

ROADTRIP: Asbury Park, NJ...

2011-09-17T07:02:00.000-04:00

Michelle at counter in Antique Emporium Above, part of the old pipe organ from the old board-walk For the past 12 years since moving to New Jersey, I have visited Asbury Park with my fiancee and later husband dozens of time. We have a sister church there and a dear friend, who has been in ministry with my husband since the beginning. So our trips are always been in the evenings for

Adventure of a Lifetime...

2011-08-22T13:20:00.000-04:00

Hi All, really was hoping to do a slide show by now with some of our pics from the trip to the Mediterranean, courtesy of Reggis & Kelly Live (mostly). Just still have not had time.... We took over 800 shots, and have put together a slide show of about 200. Can't seem to get around to uploading it to any on-line format yet. So hopefully will get to that a bit later. After I get through

Bunny Trail...

2011-05-17T12:13:00.001-04:00

I AM FREE!!! School ended Friday. Grades turned in, supplies tossed in my studio for sorting later. I am meandering through rainy mornings sipping hot tea by candle light, amidst freshly laundried linens. Mapping out plans for summer projects and completing travel arrangements for our trip to Rome next month (courtesy of Reggis & Kelly Live). Leafing through the latest issue of Veranda

Resurrection Day....

2011-04-24T09:45:00.000-04:00

I woke this morning thinking about many things. Standing outside myself, and checking out this me I have become. In the process of preparing for the day I watched the PBS Master's special on John Muir. Oh my! What a fitting program for me to see this Resurrection Sunday... The legacy of John Muir is that he not only helped set things in motion for creating and protecting our national park

I AM.....

2011-04-21T06:13:00.002-04:00

Can not wait for this documentary to come to a city near me. OMG! The things that Tom Shadyac said, how they resonated in my soul... My goodness. His interview on Oprah's show yesterday was amazing! I Am 2011- Click link to sign up when DVD is available on Amazon. Read more about the Documentary / See Video Clip HERE Interview on OPRAH.

AHHHHH.... IT IS SPRING!!!

2011-03-27T19:14:00.001-04:00

...It's SPRING!!!! Though we might not yet see it! Snow plaguing much of the country.... Still there is an air of excitement all around. A sense that the NEW is just around the corner. I am always excited about the change of seasons. The opportunity for renewal... This year however was different... So much personal turmoil. So many loose threads. Unfinished process. Unresolved decisions. I

Empress PERSONA...

2011-03-10T08:55:00.001-05:00

"Families are like peanut brittle. It takes a lot of sugar to hold all the nuts together." ~ Unknown ...One of my favorite quotes. Just back from Indianapolis last night unraveling my thoughts about this particular journey home. It was an important pilgrimage for me personally and my family. In laying to rest my favorite aunt, I was force to come

RALPH & ROSALIND ON LIVE WITH REGIS & KELLY!

2011-02-17T02:44:00.005-05:00

What an amazing week it has been! The staff at Live are beautiful, and Kelly and Regis are the best!They made us feel relaxed behind the scenes -- always. And the week long visit to the city as tourist was a lovely Valentine present in and of itself.... We stayed at the Plaza Athenee upper eastside.... Enjoyed being driven around by Bermuda Limo .... Were treated to dinner at La

NY City's BEST!

2011-01-12T07:08:00.000-05:00

...One more week to go before school begins again. Still working on my quilt... I had occasion to surf a New York City resource for vintage... Hmmmm.... Why not create a list of my favorite places in the City to keep handy on my blog (which I often click to for resources when I am out and about on a hunt). Places I have either been, or still want to go, to hunt for vintage details for my work,

QUILT FEVER...

2011-01-04T08:34:00.004-05:00

...Somewhere between teaching an African American Traditions course I taught for the first time this past fall at Bloomfield College. Showing students how to create their own paper quilts. And, reflecting on the end of the year, I began making a cloth quilt.... Took it home to Indiana with me... Worked on it crossing 11 states by train until I got there. Sewed on it at Mama's house all week

An African Princess...

2010-11-13T17:07:00.003-05:00

This time of year I am given to flights of fancy - where ever they lead me... Must admit I was smitten by the story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta... captured in a book for young readers called: " At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England" by Walter Dean MeyersOnce there was a little girl--an orphaned African princess--who narrowly escaped death by human sacrifice in a

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Part III - Fashion

2010-09-05T09:42:00.006-04:00

...My iPhone and blogger being WHO they are, I could not correct all the bugs between the two programs to make all my images upright.... which, in a way, is fitting commentary about Brooklyn fashion -- a mass rich history of style and contradiction from the nineteenth century until now. Still a hub of unique experimentation such as the work of this fiber artist (who's card I lost, so can't tell

BLOG SURF: dreamy...

2010-08-30T07:51:00.001-04:00

Image from spread on Rachelle Ashwell's London home (http://www.shabbychic.com/) ...Recently back from a dream cruise to Bermuda (something I have wanted to do for a long time, will most likely blog about St. George the original settlement, and still a very charming 18th Century village feeling place). Teaching last papermaking workshop of the season today. Begin teaching as adjunct professor

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Part II - Object d'Art

2010-07-21T08:27:00.001-04:00

....What makes the Brooklyn Museum so fascinating for me is the fact that within such an intimate setting there is much variety style and objects d'art. The above Art Nouveau brass gate being displayed in front of a hot pink wall is but one of the many little surprises that await you at every corner... There is much to inspire.... (Photos below: 1-2,4 Victorian personals, 1) calling card case,

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Part I

2010-06-28T18:21:00.002-04:00

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BLOG SURF: Vintage...

2010-06-26T08:31:00.001-04:00

...Well it's Saturday Morning! Hallelujah! Taught my annual paper making workshop last Saturday - SHEW!!!! I must really love hand made paper, and introducing people. Otherwise, no one in their right mind would do so much work for so little financial gain.... OK, Thursday June 24th was my 10th Wedding Anniversary. Guess where we spent it -- in line at the Apple Store! 7 Hours. But lovin' my

NYC Here I Come!

2010-06-15T06:18:00.001-04:00

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BOOK CORNER: Victorian Collage...

2010-05-24T20:53:00.007-04:00

...So much going on this month I neglected to head to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see an exhibit entitled: "Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage" before I left New Jersey. It ended on May 9th. Fortunately there is a wonderfully comprehensive catalog of this little-known Victorian phenomenon available through Amazon.com.... The product description says: this book "

SATURDAY MORNING...

2010-05-22T10:17:00.005-04:00

I don't believe there is anything on earth as wonderful as an Indiana thunderstorm in May... The few we have had since I've been here have provided some delicious sleeping weather. May in fact, is that perfect transition month in the Midwest when gentle breezes blow, the sun if often slightly over cast, and the hint of rain is ever present. It revives the soul like nothing else I know (except

Michelle's Garden...

2010-05-12T15:57:00.002-04:00

...My friend Michelle's back yard is a real special place. Like her it is a creative oasis, where everything has been re-purposed for fanciful use, and the feeling of Provence is all around... Ma's surgery finally scheduled for next week, my heart now turns toward planning a few Indiana roadtrips.... Today, however, it happens to be a virtual excursion especially for my friend Chris, who herself

CIVILITY...

2010-05-05T08:13:00.005-04:00

CIVILITY: a standard of conduct of human interaction; always endeavoring to treat each other with consideration and respect. Even during heated debates or differing opinions, people should behave politely, calmly and reasonably, in order to keep the focus on improving the process of building productive social interaction by helping to maintain a pleasant environment... HAVE WE LOST IT? WHAT DO

VISIONS OF ROADTRIPS DANCIN' IN MY HEAD...

2010-04-22T09:07:00.001-04:00

Hotel Monaco, Alexandria, VA Dimbola Lodge, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, England ...beautiful iron work from some gem of the past... Vizcaya, Miami, Florida... View from the Grand Hotel... Mackinac Island, Michigan ...A MUST OWN for the wander hearted IT'S SPRING AGAIN... Just like every year before, this is the season when my heart turns toward flights of fancy and roadtrips

Princess for a day....

2010-04-11T08:38:00.006-04:00

...ONCE UPON A TIME, their lived a fair young maiden named Princess Zuri. Now it happen that Princess Zuri was turning two and requested her mother make for her a grand celebration. "What manor should ye ball take?" the Queen Mother asked. "The Princess and the Frog of course!" came young Zuri's response without hesitation. And thus the preparations began.... Now as things would have it, at

New Blog Templates...

2010-03-28T09:58:00.002-04:00

Just friended Blogger in Draft.... and as you can see, I changed my blog look. Blogger in Draft is Blogger's blog about all the new things happening at blogger.com. One of those new things is a entire new system for creating a "designer" look for your blog without the designer price -- I was just about to fork out some cash too. So glad I waited. Blogger's new templates have all the simplicity

USA: Welcome to Spring!!!

2010-03-22T08:50:00.004-04:00

...In the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Greenland, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago...; ...In Asia: Bhutan, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, North and South Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan; In Europe: Austria, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, France, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy,

STUDY IN WHITE....

2010-03-07T08:51:00.001-05:00

I have shopped and loved Ballard Designs for years... The March issue of their catalog is a symphony of white created by designer Suzanne Kasler... THINK I'M IN LOVE! Just found out Ballard is on-line, has a style-studio, and is on facebook (of course). Just love the immediate access to all things Ballard. But also this month's issue has forced me to listen to my inner voice.... Since early art

TROUVALILLE... Adds a ROSE!

2010-02-20T14:42:00.003-05:00

Know during the Revolutionary Civil War as "Beacon Hill", because bonfire beacons were lit on an eastern ridge to warn New Jersey militiamen of approaching British troops, Summit, New Jersey is one of my favorite places to go "breath." Beautiful rolling hills filled with eighteenth and nineteenth century architecture, and some of the most original inspiring little shops you will find in New

FINAL INSTALLATION

2010-02-04T07:44:00.011-05:00

Dear Friends... Last Friday night I sat in the Atrium Gallery near my work during the opening reception and watched how people interacted with art, some without knowing I was the artist... It was a night filled with affirmations of the work I have been doing. So I think it has finally dawned on me.... I am holding something rare in my hands. A gift. And I just must get to it to see where it is

iPHONE: The After Party...

2010-01-24T05:24:00.007-05:00

Monday we went to a birthday celebration. A fine program it was too... very orderly. Then most left and the DJ began to jam a bit of Motown. The children started first. Dancing around in circles like miniature Pied Pipers. Soon we adults followed, and the after party was on... ...been taking lots of motion images on my iPhone. Love the quality of the shutter speed. Thinking about pulling the

Book Two: Daniel and Amelia

2010-01-17T08:19:00.009-05:00

For the introduction to this story, please read Chapter I and Chapter II:Chapter III The Blossoming Amelia and her bow, Daniel. Had spent many hours by the fire in her parent’s living room. Talking of all the far away places they wanted to travel. Spring was in the air now and they took their encounters out of doors where the blossoming of their love took its place in eternity. One day

The Christmas Window Story: II

2010-01-02T07:28:00.011-05:00

For the introduction to this story,please read Chapter 1: Chapter IIThe Season of Love... Christmas was gone. All gifts tucked away like newfound treasure. Gloria and Raymond reminisce about their fantastic finds and the enchanting visit to Big City. Quietly in her room, their only daughter Amelia lay by the fire with memories of her own... While she mother and dad, talked of

The Christmas Window Story

2009-12-23T10:09:00.012-05:00

...For five miraculous years I had the opportunity to work in hospice care. First as a chaplain, offering spiritual support to patients and their families. Then ultimately by raising funds for the under insured managing a hospice thrift shop in Montclair, New Jersey... Stretched and molded in unimagined ways, I discovered a real love for creating displays. Re-purposing resale items with

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Carolyn Chris and Kim

2009-12-16T09:41:00.004-05:00

IT'S OFFICIAL!...On their way to school this morning the Riendear-Grands drew the names of the three blessed winners of my Holiday PAPER GIVE AWAY. ...AND THE WINNERS ARE: Carolyn (Draffin Bears); Chris; and Kim (Victorian Parlor). WINNERS please e-mail your address to me at: info@teaandwings.com and your little goody bag will be on it's way by the weekend...... Thanks to all who

PAPER GIVE-AWAY

2009-12-09T05:31:00.018-05:00

Holiday PAPER GIVE AWAY DETAILS: ...Feeling love all around, and inspired by a paper swap I participated in recently, I am cleaning out my paper bins once more, and offering a package of bits and pieces and sheets of my collections of decorative and handmade papers to 3 blessed winners.... All you have to do is post with your name and a brief line or two about what brings you joy during this

THE STICKLEY MUSEUM

2009-12-05T14:00:00.019-05:00