My talented relations

There are gifted people everywhere in my family. My brother-in-law, Adam, is one of the managers of Abbyshot Clothiers, a local Newfoundland company that makes trenchcoats and other clothing to replicate those seen in movies. My sister (his wife) is one of their seamstresses. Their custom-fit clothing is amazing stuff. Most of their business is…

Weighty work

After reading this, I'm rather glad I work in textiles.

Temptations abound

This is the time of year at which I find it hardest to force myself to work. There are so many other things that I'd rather be doing; gardening, hiking, photographing….. Often I partially yield and find ways of justifying my delinquency. Photographing is…. honing my artistic eye and gathering images that can be used…

MU like a cow

I usually steer clear of regional politics and stuff like this for two reasons; firstly, I feel strangely detached from the antics of politicians and frankly find them tediously dull, inane and plain dunderheaded and secondly, my blood pressure is very important to me and I like to keep it low. When you touch my…