Celebrating Reuse at the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse
It all started with a 7” inch white zipper. I could not find it at the national big box sewing and crafts store. So I did what anyone would do in that situation. I googled it. Among the list of usual suspects, was the name Center for Creative Reuse. There was an invitation to joy … Read more
Summer Shells
I love the beach. I love the water. I really want to be a surfer and I really want to learn how to sail. I plan to do both things. But for now in addition to just frolicking in the surf I pick up little shells that I like. Not a ton of shells just … Read more
Inspiration Point: Sailing, swahili and summer
Okay I have only been sailing about half a dozen times: Chesapeake Bay, Lake Michigan, Indian Ocean…Allegheny,Ohio and Monongahela Rivers (does that count?) Good Ship Lollipop? Okay, okay. But I love sailing, because I love the water. Mosley family legend has it when I was 2-years old I jumped into the deep end of the … Read more
Inspiration Point: Ostrich
Image: Masterfile During my first week as a grad student in Kenya, heck, my first week in Kenya, my Rotary host took me to the Nairobi National Park. It is so very close to the City Centre, here is a real picture of the park with the skyline of Nairobi in the background. So my … Read more
Inspiration Point: An Elephant Tale (+ear)
I had never given much thought to elephants before I lived in Kenya. Sure I had seen them at the zoo, on TV and read about them in books: Babar, Richard Scarry. So when I went on my first safari in Kenya and I was told at Amboseli there are a lot of elephant, I … Read more
Inspiration Point: Jaracanda
Inspiration Point As a fashion designer I find myself drifting off mid-sentence, or worse seemingly day dreaming when someone else is speaking. No, I am not bored or falling asleep (usually). I am thinking of a project I have to do or I am inspired by what I am seeing at that very moment, ‘Oh … Read more
