They're Low, But I Do Have Standards

I understand that Tiger and his audience have brought literally millions to golf and the Florida economy, and that he's all Wackenhutted out for the Masters, apparently for fear of the crowds of ex-hunnies who would show up, but for reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I have almost no interest in Tiger and his ladies.

All I really care about in the gossip universe today is, a.) whether or not it's true Sandra Bullock fears that Jesse James will kill her, and b.) a photograph of Knox and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt that doesn't make them look as if they have narcolepsy and a learning disability. Equally, I have almost no interest in the whole Michael Jackson death scenario, and am slavering for detail on the $20 million Nicolette Sheridan suit against Mark Cherry, for hitting her. And then killing off her character on Desperate Housewives.

Godzilla Pillow #8: Harajuku Girl: The Digression

I need a needlebook, and thinking of a design, noticed how often ravens and blackbirds have been looking me in the eye lately. Ravens are power animals, and blackbirds have their medicine too. This blackbird, from Carry Akroyd's very special linocuts for the John Clare Society edition of The Wood Is Sweet, is just the blackbird I was looking for.

www.johnclare.org.uk/Wood_is_Sweet.pdf

The needlebook will fit into the candy tin and might could be the same color, with gold trellis. A small pair of scissors on a handmade blue kumihimo cord, a larger sewing bag for my smocking stuff, with perhaps the entire lower half of the blackbird lino appliqued on it.

We'll see.

Here's about 1000 free needlebook patterns. Love the intarnets.

Learning to smock -- joined the Smocking Arts Guild of America today -- and the local Zia Sun Smockers group, where the project is the sampler you see here -- is part of the regime of learning fine handsewing for the Godzilla Room. This particular skill will be deployed for Godzilla Pillow #8: Harajuku Girl.