Sex, Time, and Power

So, I was reading Leonard Shlain's Sex, Time, and Power How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution. I'm not the one to go out of my way to read something located in the Women's lit section, but it's Leonard Shlain! The same guy who wrote Art and Physics and the Alphabet Verses the Goddess, two books that should be read immediatly by everyone. Before the very first chapter he wrote something that I thought most of the Coulsbyites would find entertaining so I thought I'd repost it for ya'll.

"The emergence approximately 150,000 years ago of Homo sapiens, an animal that opened a chasm between it and all other species, was as improbable an event as coming upon a nude Caucasian woman reclining on an Empire couch in the middle of the jungle."

The painting is Henri Rousseau's The Dream.

Placemats

When I first got to Tennessee I found some fabrics that I loved. But since I've just started learning how to piece things together or even use a sewing machine I thought that I'd start small so I made some placemats out the material. I'm really proud of these because I figured out how to line up the squares all by myself. It made me feel accomplished. Not like I'm a great sewer or anything, but by the end of the project I had even managed to sew straight lines and control the speed of the machine. Too bad I haven't been able to make anymore since I've been moving and I haven't gotten to set up my sewing maching yet. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be able to make more stuff. I'm going to make a Wildlife in a Jar quilt on my next attempt. It'll be very summery.

Child's Apron

I saw a picture of my cousin helping make cookies with her mother. She was covered in flour and dough. It was really cute, but she was in need of an apron. So, while my sewing skills are limited, I thought that I would attempt to make one for her. I had so much fun making it that I thought about attempting one for myself. This even has two little pockets for her in the front.