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Skye- continued
At the bottom of the Old Man of Storr trail, without a car and infrequent busses, we started walking. And walking. Hoping to get a lift anywhere in the right direction, north. After about half an hour,...
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my pals
As it is Spring vacation, I hadn't seen many of my ECA classmates in a while. One of my classmates held a birthday/flat-warming party the other night so we got to catch up and share some laughs and...
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St. Margaret's Complex Exhibition
The postgraduate students at ECA currently have an exhibition up at St Margaret's Arts Complex, located at 151 London Road, Edinburgh. Any locals are welcome to check out the show, open every day for...
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Entirely Gratuitous
Even living abroad, I can't help but check in from time to time at PerezHilton.com, the Hollywood blogger's celebrity report about entertainment and American pop culture. Perez reports on the...
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highland coo
The more I see of Scotland, the more I understand it to be a wonderfully wild and woolly place, much like this gal. Met her on the road from Isle of Lewis to the Isle of Harris. Talk about cute! Well,...
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Failte gu Steornabhagh!
Welcome to Stornoway! Three Rotary scholar girls and I recently returned from a visit to one of the farther reaches of Scotland - the Isles of Lewis & Harris. Is it a rule that the farther away you...
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Here Comes The Sun
The weather suddenly turned gorgeous! Seriously gorgeous! I sunbathed yesterday and even got a little burnt. Can't tell you how much I have craved this kind of weather. The art studio is conveniently...
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President's Dinner, Haddington
Thanks to the Dunbar Club for including me in their President's Dinner in Haddington on May 15. Got some Ceilidh dancing in......And as always good 'craic' with my counselors and Dunbar club...
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the earth is the one thing under my feet
(the be good tanyas, "ship out on the sea") The best way to get around Edinburgh is afoot.(If it's raining, you'll want the front seat of the bus, on top)The to-and-from walk to my campus studio is 3.6...
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Around the neighborhood
Here is Calton Hill, a nice green area near my flat. It used to be an ancient execution ground for warlocks! Scotland is crazy historical like that. I often go up here and sketch, take in the views,...
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Let's talk about British things I don't understand
Queue-ing This is the line of people waiting for a taxi cab last Saturday night. This is Leith Walk, but you'll see lines like this, and some that are much longer, scattered throughout the city. The...
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Sunday
Maybe it's obvious but cooking is very similar to making art whereas ingredients + some magical unknown element = potential for a masterpiece. That said, I find a bad day in the kitchen as frustrating...
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coffee break @ eca campus
When I look down, I miss all the good stuff. When I look up, I just trip over things. - a. difranco
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birthday present
art, music and coffee = happy lindsey Thanks to my dear friend and fellow music-maker Mike, for this wonderful birthday present, an Ozark mandolin. In his words, "It's small and blond, just like you"....
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sunday sessions
Sunday afternoons, with the studio closed, afford the opportunity to participate in any number of music sessions throughout Edinburgh.Dalriada, in Portobello, is particularly nice......what with it's...
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studio.
Here is the invitation to our degree exhibition scheduled to open August 20th from 6-8 @ Edinburgh College of Art. If you are in the area, I do hope to see you there. We have been working like madwomen...
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patterns
Patterns and repetitions are everywhere in Edinburgh. In any city, but I'm used to Los Angeles, which is all knots and tangles and palm trees and street signs in many languages. Even with its wynds and...
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art studios.
I'm in a great studio right now. With fewer students on the course, we've been able to stretch out in a way that wasn't possible during the year. It's a cube, 4 big walls, huge windows - from which to...
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I feel bad because I haven't kept up this blog as much lately, just so busy with my master's degree exhibition along with some travel and visitors (posts about this forthcoming!) As part of the...
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tonite ...
The Postgraduate Degree Exhibition at ECA is TONIGHT! I can't believe it is finally here.... Here's a small preview .... But if you are in the Edinburgh area please come!
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favorite things revisited: environment
Back in September I made a running list of likes and dislikes of Edinburgh. So, with a year now under my belt- here are my elaborations, adjustments, edits, re-assessments. I'll split them up into...
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Postcard from Greece
(adapted from an actual email I wrote to someone. pardon the rambling). Hello ______________!Greece is wonderful. I spent about 5 days in Athens and its accompanying coastal beach areas with local...
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motorbikes and watercolors
After graduating from University of Edinburgh as a Master of Arts, I congratulated myself with an extensive trip around europe including france, italy, austria, germany and the czech republic. There is...
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the sign o'er the door says haste ye back
There is so much to say about a year in Scotland; much of it has already been said to those who matter most - that is, the people who shared the year with me in some way, shape or form. Which may well...
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