Archive for the ‘Create’ Category


Steve McCurry’s Kodachrome career, and legacy

The famous Afghan Girl, taken by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry You may not recognize the name Steve McCurry, but I bet you have a vivid memory of this photo, and maybe a vague notion of the story behind it. McCurry has made a career out of photographing the world’s faces, many of which have [...]

July 28th, 2010

Thousands of tiny stitches: my first quilt

One day in April or May of this year, I was sitting in the living room at my parents’ house perusing some quilt books (my mother owns plenty) when Ben and I came across what would become my summer (and 2009) project. The modern design of the quilt he chose (it was to be his [...]

December 22nd, 2009