A moment of levity.

Literally the "I told you so" I so wish I'd been wrong about.

When I designed this in 2017 in response to the "Muslim ban" I knew things were going to be truly awful. We are yearning to breathe free. Let us put that yearning into action.

Mainers, flood Susan Collins’ office with calls, emails, and voicemails asking if she’s watched the video of the lawless and brutal public execution of a Minneapolis man guilty only of dissent. Tell her his blood is already on her hands, but it’s not too late for her to actually do her fucking job.

In response to a call for art by the amazing Karen Miller for her book, The Art of Mothering. As I was food shopping alone the other evening, I was suddenly struck by how “empty nested” I felt. I’m going to write about it in an upcoming post for my Substack, A North Atlantic Narrative.

MAINE, USA - Maine Sec'y of State @shennabellows.bsky.social has paused issuing confidential, undercover license plates after request from U.S. Customs & Border Protection. More below via Common Dreams, and here: bsky.app/profile/pine... To ICE: "You will never be welcome here.” #RESIST #OPPOSE

Get these Nazis the fuck out of my beloved Maine. I feel violated. May every single one of them pay a thousand times over for their abject evilness. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

Follow our restoration story, just beginning now.

New post.

Ok, I'm frickin back on this platform because omfg Zuckerberg is a bootlicking fascist.

Right now!

WELCOME to the Parris House.

I've neglected my Bluesky recently, but I pretty much ran over here yesterday knowing it would be the best platform for having my popcorn. 🍿🍿🍿

New Substack post.

I had a phenomenally encouraging time at the Hands Off protest in Augusta, Maine today. Huge turnout! This was my sign. Let's keep this up, America!

New Substack post

Hello, @theatlantic.com

New paid post on Substack

Putting the finishing touches on 'Prey.' I *never* use glue on a fiber art piece except, well, when it's the best way to affix some sea glass. 🙃

New Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/northatl...

This is theft.

Every word of this.

Not a ton of progress on this one today because I had other stuff I had to get done, but I did go through my stash to see what else might go into it.

I found this TapRoot Fibre Lab yarn in Nova Scotia last week and knew immediately it was right for my fierce woman in "Don't Play Small." Fiery wool in the background is "Dragon's Breath" dyed by Shane (the Dye Guy) at Encompassing Designs Rug Hooking Studio in Mahone Bay, NS. Buy Canadian! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

"Prey" is finished with the exception of the eye embellishment on the fish.

Studio update. youtu.be/H28R-WTd5oo?...

Today's project is putting together kits for an upcoming beginner workshop. I don't often teach with kits anymore, favoring student deisgned and color planned pieces, but for specific venues and circumstances it makes sense. There's no single way to structure a beginner experience.

Happy Ides of March to all who celebrate. 🫡

Meanwhile Canada…

New Substack post on my weekend in Quebec City. open.substack.com/pub/northatl...

Nice resource!

Working on a Substack post about my weekend in Quebec. I have family on both sides of what used to be a friendly border. The destruction of this international friendship by fascist pigs in America is obscene. No matter where this ends up, I will side with Canada.

Another morning I wake up and he's not dead yet. Shit.

I've been saying this for a while. We have to scale UP with some centralized organizing. Who can be this kind of leader?

I may get flack for this, but I'm seeing evidence that many Americans of privilege are not prepared to do a hard core, across the board, long term boycott or general strike. And yet some of the people I know for whom this would be toughest are raring to go on both.

We need to get serious. New Substack up. open.substack.com/pub/northatl...

I hate Trump and Vance with the fire of a million suns. Perhaps they are simply so threatened by an actual hero like Zelensky in their midst that they can only lash out disgracefully. This is a new low for America and an obvious sign that this POTUS and VP are Russian assets.

Today would be a real good day to let your reps know that you don't want Medicaid slashed and that you're pissed in general: www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

A 1 or multi-day boycott is laughable. This moment calls for lasting change, not in days or weeks, but long term. Not everyone is in a position to boycott every harmful entity, but everyone can long term boycott one or more of them and together we can starve them out. Months/years, not days/weeks.

Quebec aquarium is sweeeeeeet.

Can we skip to the part where the fascist leadership are all dead and the complicit are getting convicted at trial? Like, before the millions of innocents are harmed?

Just dropping some tourist dollars in beautiful, sovereign nation, never, ever, ever to be the 51st state, Canada. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

This.

DIRIGO. I've always been proud of Maine. Now the world is chattering about why. We love our governor and we WILL see that orange motherfucker in court.

BE THERE.