Lee Thomson

Mar 14
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

That’s the thing about sugaring weather – the nights freeze the melted snow and moisture laden air into fantastic shapes that vanish with the morning light. I nearly wiped out in the YMCA parking lot on a streak of meltwater that had frozen in an intensely corrugated black ice cascade. I didn’t get a picture of it, I was late to yoga…

This is the same image as a couple days ago, but I started to poke it and couldn’t stop. There are two layers. The underneath is grayer but shows more topography, printed on cotton. The top took three tries to get the color saturated enough, printed on organza. I fused the two layers together onto a layer of batting, to give the stitching depth, and then stitched away. I think I posted it upside down, but I like the sunrise effect in that corner, so it stays.

My shoulders and arms are tired! I climbed the fabric to the ceiling twice, one on each leg, yesterday at circus. Then we practiced hanging upside down in a straddle-up. I am finally starting to feel how my center of gravity changes with small changes in core strength and pelvis positioning. While hanging, if I point my tail at the sky, I hang straighter and more solidly, and feel less like I am about to tip out at any moment. When in a handstand, if I point my tail at the sky, and I can feel the square solidness of my hands under my shoulders. For about 2 seconds.

Someone asked about noggy boots, so I looked up the words over at Mudcat Cafe, and found nobby boots instead. I have a lingering affection for my version, so I’m sticking with noggy.

You should go look at Mudcat if you have ever tried to remember the words to anything. They currently house the Digital Tradition, which is all the words to all the songs that are even remotely folky, plus the mangled versions, the filked versions and some commentary. Did you ever wonder about the meaning of the words to some of the more mysterious ones (three three the rivals? WHAT is that all about?) Some of those are explained as well. One of my favorite places.