Due process is under attack.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/11/26/us-senate-to-vote-on-bill-that-will-allow-the-military-to-arrest-americans-on-american-soil-and-hold-them-indefinitely/

Please contact your Senator now! http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Tanka challenge 11/27/11

Stitch and snip and stitch,
Each seam is victory,
Each hem is progress.
Like a climb up a mountain
The summit view is worth it.

Writer's Block: Background players

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This is a detail from a 16th century screen in the Tokyo National Museum collection, titled "Genre Scenes of the Twelve Months." It shows a bustling shop that sells kosode (kimono) and fabric as well as the street outside.

More scenes can be found at the museum's website: http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_collection/index.php?controller=other&colid=A11090&t=type_s&id=11

Still life with tea kettle

So, had a chat with Mom on the phone today - finally, as she'd gone home from Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's before they called me. And somehow we ended up talking about cooking and stoves and she asked me to take a picture of the Wedgewood. So I did, and sent it to her. (Then I sat down and cropped it a little and thought, "What the hell?" and posted it to lj_photophile.  I swear I do NOT get how they pick stuff for photo of the week anyway, so who knows if anyone will vote for this or not, but I kind of liked the composition. )

Anyway, I attempted to research the model on the internet and while I could find things that resemble it, I couldn't find an exact match. It probably dates from +/- 1950. Aside from the knob for the left rear burner being a bit sticky and hard to turn, it works beautifully and my reaction on seeing it when I first viewed the apartment is probably what convinced my landlord to give me a break on the rent.