Mistaken For A Rebel

raising a family, making art, homesteading
APRIL 22, 2011 2:46PM

my candle burns at both ends

I've had poems dancing around upstairs as I go about my work - ideas for post that must wait. It's a critical time for preparing the beds and getting baby animals off to a good start around here. As helpful as the kids intend to be, we are learning a lot of new things,… Read full post »
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APRIL 21, 2011 3:04PM

meet Vicky & the new peeps

The new chicks came in two groups. The first ones are getting their adult feathers and have just gone out to the coop; the younger ones are still in the house under the brooder light. My daughter's new speckled Sussex, Vicky came back inside last night during the storm because she/… Read full post »
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MARCH 10, 2011 10:31AM

Making Goat Cheese at Home

I'm sharing a post from my series at Grown in the City called, Meet the Farmers. After Moving from my urban garden and city hen house to my much awaited plot in the country, I'm very interested in cities and their relationship with the region's farmers. While a… Read full post »

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MARCH 2, 2011 10:19AM

this beautiful evidence


As I pull information together for the next Meet the Farmers post I'm finding some very interesting people and some amazing stories. Their tales unravel like fables and now the posts, although hopefully helpful and informative, feel like they are just scratching the surface of a big… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 8:04PM

Sunshine and Easter eggs - in praise of the Ameraucana

Today the weather was in the high 60's again - what a treat for February! I did my best to split my studio time with farm work, but it was so hard to stay indoors and too windy to move the supplies outside. The sunny afternoon gave me the perfect opportunity to get around to… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 15, 2011 10:58AM

contentment and responsibility (sunbathing with a chicken)

I saw the hens laying on their sides this morning soaking up some rare February sunbeams - it reminded me of this post from from last June. Wouldn't that feel great right now?





Oh, the honest pleasure of soaking in the sun's rays close to someone you trust.


It's moments
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FEBRUARY 14, 2011 2:26PM

Valentine's Day - candy, goat hide, love and marriage

I've always found a tie between the institution of marriage and this "Hallmark holiday" because both are what you want them to be. With marriage we let the ugly bits of history lose themselves as we entwine personal relationships and a relationship with society.&nbs… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 4, 2011 4:38PM

studio audience

My little studio looks out toward the back yard - I always have an audience.





Their level of interest can range from endearing to spooky.
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JANUARY 29, 2011 2:51PM

acknowledging success

It seems that along with the benefits of  challenging myself to grow and explore, I sometimes suffer the undesired result of missing out on my own success. I'm re-posting a piece from last winter just to remind myself what has been accomplished. I'm taking a mo… Read full post »

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JANUARY 28, 2011 4:59PM

scrap craft - a snow day medal of bravery

Look who sneaked away from being the Snow Day Hostess. While the kids enjoy some bagel pizzas and hot chocolate I'll share the craft we'll be doing later. This is another craft that makes use of fabric scraps and beads. It's not complicated and gives you a chance to play around with… Read full post »

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JANUARY 24, 2011 6:51PM

no fear - tea with Kālī

At the beginning of the month I posted about an idea for the new paper-mâché series. I finished the first one today...








"Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction."

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JANUARY 15, 2011 9:41PM

this salad has no side effects

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”. Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 BC)


This salad was my medicine today.



I don't think I can get enough raw spinach and red onions. My body has had it with roasted root vegetables, lentils and stews...they were so comforting… Read full post »
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JANUARY 12, 2011 11:49AM

retro plants (can you help me identify this plant?)

I love house plants. There's a special kind of comfort I get from house plant heavy 60's and 70's interiors with begonias, bromeliads, spider plants and arrow heads...


photo of the Eames House from 1949, with a large Monstera delciosa in the foreground

 From an old macrame
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JANUARY 9, 2011 3:57PM

a new relationship with destruction and high tea

The paper people population continues to grow, but there's a new series that's been knocking at the door. It took some time to find a way for for them to integrate - it ended up being as easy as sharing a cup of tea.

My greatest satisfaction comes from taking complicated and/… Read full post »
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JANUARY 5, 2011 8:19PM

the angels by proxy

 

 

Today I read that time was slipping

and spent not a blink surprised.

The bouncing, slack and wrapping ribbon pulls a story

from there to here.

It's written by the hands of the angels by proxy

sent from ahead and behind.

Trapped behind glass -

writing secret codes -

tirelessly leading us home.

&… Read full post »

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JANUARY 1, 2011 1:52PM

new year's day

As the new year approached I continued to untangle the tendrils of distraction and complication. Some I set gently aside and some I whacked through with a machete. At the same time I sheltered the new growth and marveled at its invisible compass - its unwavering tie to the light.


So here… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 9, 2010 2:17PM

simpler living (my rasp and nippers)


 

The last couple weeks we've been having trouble with the Internet connection and I've been kept away from the blog. We have limited options for connection here and our first choice ended up being painfully slow....amazing being an hour from a major city! Thankfully our second

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010 7:27AM

white bean and kale empanadas


Every culture has its favorite stuffed dough; empanadas are a Spanish and Portuguese stuffed bread or pastry. The name comes from the verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Haiti, Indonesia...each area has its regional twists on the filling. I enjoy c
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NOVEMBER 15, 2010 1:26PM

holiday gift giving - picture books and bookplates

I'm starting to think about holiday gifts and one of my favorite gifts to give, or get, is a picture book. My list of favorites is long, but here are a few I've purchased already:
Little Beauty
 by Anthony Browne
A love story...and because any Anthony Browne is a beautiful,/… Read full post »
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NOVEMBER 10, 2010 11:32AM

new forestscapes

Here are a couple of the new landscapes. I'm enjoying the search for fall color that avoids some of the over used "autumn pallets" that end up looking like the artificial foliage aisle at the craft store.




 

I enjoy the horizontal lines that fir and pine trees add. This interplay… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010 11:10PM

the renegade pony and the little prince


I woke to a cold, grey morning - chewed granola and watched clouds roll themselves over the mountain and linger, dropping a steady rain over the forest and fields. As I settled into some work, I received a call, our little pony, who is staying at
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NOVEMBER 3, 2010 9:03AM

La Liberté éclairant le monde




I'm taking a break from late night studio time. Primer is drying and I guess it's inevitable that after being bombarded with politics all day my post won't escape the topic.

I've been writing about freedom a lot this past year - defining it for myself so that I could
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OCTOBER 29, 2010 5:14PM

art trading cards

Art trading cards - fun!


I was recently invited to trade cards with a group of other artist. We all made 2.5 x 3.5 inch pieces (no specific theme or medium for this round) and then we would send them out to each participant - receiving a small collection… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 29, 2010 12:26PM

for the wild things



As I work on preparing the outbuildings for winter, the kids have taken on a project of their own. They will be in charge of turning the upstairs of a small carriage house out back into a club house. They've filled a note book with plans and yesterday we
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OCTOBER 23, 2010 5:56PM

paper people



This piece was finished yesterday, but I missed the sun for photographing. It felt good to be reunited with the paper people; there are quite a few waiting to be made. I've written before about how I find them akin to the Mayan worry dolls; the
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