Color Me Sad

Color Me Sad

I truly enjoy playing Scrabulous on Facebook. I pride myself on finally having broken a 400 score and so far having won every game. So how should I react when I see this news? LONDON (Reuters) – The makers of word game Scrabble have asked Facebook to remove its popular online version “Scrabulous,” which they say infringes their copyright… Oh, my God. I think I’m going to cry. My real world Scrabble game doesn’t score my plays for me, and…

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Crochet: Green & White Granny Square Lapghan

Crochet: Green & White Granny Square Lapghan

I started this project before the move and finished it last week. I chose colors meant to match the interior of a guest room where I stayed at a house with H.E. in Maryland. Our hostess was just so nice, I really wanted to make something for her. I had intended for it to be bigger than its slightly larger than 3′ x 4.25′ dimensions, possibly a small blanket or a full-size afghan, instead of the lap-sized afghan that it…

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For Fellow Jane Austen Fans

For Fellow Jane Austen Fans

H.E. told me about this a couple of days ago. PBS will be airing The Complete Jane Austen stories, one every Sunday through April, starting January 13. Not only am I big fan of Jane Austen, I’m a big fan of Masterpiece Theater. I love the period pieces they play, like Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy), Bleak House (Charles Dickens), and Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte). Some movies they produce themselves; others are produced by A&E or BBC. When we…

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Tsunami Fa So La Ti Do

Tsunami Fa So La Ti Do

There was an earthquake off the coast of Oregon today, so naturally there was a tsunami warning all along the coast, just in case. Shortly after I moved, I spent some time on the Huntington Beach city web site to find out about all the recycling stuff, and somehow I stumbled onto the tsunami preparedness page, where I found a larger version of this map: Let me tell you, it was eye-opening. I used to live in the white area…

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Latest Work, 2008 Week 1

Latest Work, 2008 Week 1

Following is some of what I’ve been doing in the last days of 2007 and the first days of 2008. My favorite of the bunch is Body Parts, which almost wasn’t approved. Illustration by P. L. Nunn. Layout by me. Click to visit Pepper Espinoza’s web site. Share this post: