a good base is important

I made some salt dough for James to “transform” as he likes to say. He made a boot with roses in it. The boot, he said,  “…is very important because it is a good base for flowers”.  Now it may seem like he’s just mispronouncing the word ‘vase’, but for James, it is very important […]

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Geishas in Kyoto

A drawing of geishas walking through a street full of sushi and steak restaurants. You can see the chef from one of the restaurants standing at attention in the doorway at left. From a fabulous trip to Kyoto, a few years back. The geisha culture is still alive in this historic district of the city […]

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