Textile museum – molas

I like fabric art. Here are some cushions I made from some molas (reverse-appliqued fabric panels made by the Kuna in Panama) from panels I bought in Panama a few years ago. I searched for blogs on “molas”. Here is a very nice collection of framed ones. I must try to go to the Textile Museum…

Book review: “A Sense of Direction” by Gideon Lewis-Kraus

This book describes the young (30ish?)author’s experience doing 3 pilgrimages: El Camino in Spain (Catholic), 88 temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku (Buddhist) and a Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage of Hasids in Ukraine (Jewish) Lewis-Kraus writes extremely well and has a bizarre sense of humour that I enjoyed. However, he went a little overboard at times…

Trooper at the PNE

Husband and I went to the PNE (Vancouver’s annual amusement park, arcade, agricultural fair and exhibition). Trooper was playing the free evening concert. For the international readers, or readers who are too young to know them, Trooper was a very successful Canadian rock band beginning in the 1970s.  Here is a recent short promotional video that highlights their…