Textile creativity in Ticino

Today was my first free day to leave Milan in over a month, and what fun I had with it!
I took the train to Lugano. Only an hour away, but I felt like a traveler again. Something about trains makes me feel free and adventurous.
Lugano is always a pleasant experience. Only an hour from Milan [...]

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Reuters Lifestyle section

Endangered Tibetan art form
blossoms in Italy
Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:42am EST

By Barbara Cornell
MILAN (Reuters Life!) – She left for Dharamsala, India, as an economic and community development volunteer and emerged nearly nine years later as master of a rare Tibetan art form, the fabric Thangka.
Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo painstakingly transforms horse hair, fine silk thread, colorful [...]

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COLOR! Around the world in 30 colors…

Take a look at this:
Around the world in 30 colors
Wow! I love it. I know nothing about this blog or blogger but I feel richly nourished as I scroll down the page. Drinking in this BOUNTY of colors, I feel full, at home, happy. Wow!
Update:
The original post is on Environmental Graffiti and was written and [...]

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Word for the year 2009: BOUNTY

BOUNTY
▸ noun:  generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
▸ noun:  the property of copious abundance
▸ noun:  something given generously
BOUNTIFUL
▸ adjective:  producing in abundance (“The bountiful earth”)
▸ adjective:  given or giving freely (“Bountiful compliments”)
▸ adjective:  ample abundant
December is word-of-the-year month on Christine Kane’s blog. Guest bloggers are writing about their experiences with their word for [...]

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