A while back I wrote this post about people who give me hope in a cruel and disturbing world. Obama was on there, and Jon Stewart. Today I have a new one. Although I have long been a fan of his work, it was a playlist he wrote for the New York Times music blog that made me feel that he is a true American (but really Canadian, but I like the phrase ( Read more... )

Now that he has received it, I can post photos of the bizarre crochet animal I made torreycanyon in December. He's sort of a bear and sort of a wombat. Here is the artsy portrait of him:


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