Archive for February, 2008

Working with your hands and brain

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

My caregiver has just finished making a crocheted beaded hat for her friend who will be leaving for Mauritius soon. It’s quite nice though I’d like to have more beads on it! And today, a friend of hers who does reflexology massage and is a novice of the Sisters of Chartres (or something […]

Korakora Proyekto: Open On-Line Dialogue

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

You are invited to
Korakora Proyekto: Open On-Line Dialogue
“Surfers or Serfs: Digital Freedom or Digital Feudalism?”
From 26 February - 26 Marck 2008
http://korakora.org/proyekto/dfd08/
An on-line event organized in conjunction with
Document Liberation and Open Standards
26 March 2008 Document Freedom Day
http://documentfreedom.org/

In response to efforts of promoting, adopting and raising awareness for Free Document Formats and Open Standards, the Philippines-based art […]

Stepping outside the queue

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

The long wait at the National Statistics Office yesterday allowed me to complete two rows of crochet - this is just the long screening queue (we got number 5,796 and number 4,000 was being served when we arrived). There was, of course another long queue for payment but it wasn’t possible to do any crochet […]

The music, churches, of Bohol

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Continuing my account of our recent visit to Bohol. At the moment I am preparing the photos I took for Sandy’s book. It is a book about Spanish colonial church music in Bohol, in particular Baclayon. Below is a photo I took of the Kirial de esta Yglesia de Baclayon año 1826.

And below is a […]

Crocheted Olive-Yoke Sleeveless Top

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Last night I spent some time finishing up the crocheted sleeveless blouse that I started ages ago - and finally finished it! I even had time to finish mending the hem of Trevor’s new trousers.
The work may seem boringly domestic, but I am very glad to accomplish these things, especially the crochet. I […]