My thoughts on Textile History by Margy Norrish

  • Get Out The Vote

      Since 1845 Election Day has been set as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.  This is the general election for federal offices, many states hold state and local elections on different dates. In 1790 when the constitution was written only white male adults who were property owners were allowed to vote,…

  • Halloween

    Halloween “By the pricking of my thumbs-something wicked this way comes”                 Act IV Scene I  Macbeth Halloween was always my favorite of all holidays.  I grew up in a small town and for two nights we could go trick-or-treating.  Nearly every porch light was on, indicating CANDY !  We would plan our itinerary around…

  • Halloween

    Halloween “By the pricking of my thumbs-something wicked this way comes”                 Act IV Scene I  Macbeth Halloween was always my favorite of all holidays.  I grew up in a small town and for two nights we could go trick-or-treating.  Nearly every porch light was on, indicating CANDY !  We would plan our itinerary around…

  • Starry, Starry Night

    Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh, June, 1889   Starry, Starry Night  “Paint your palette blue and grey” ,  Don McLean, “Vincent” Living in New Mexico reveals the beauty of nature in a much different way that I had ever experienced living elsewhere.  One very special experience is called The Night Sky.  Looking up to the…

  • Starry, Starry Night

    Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh, June, 1889  Starry, Starry Night  “Paint your palette blue and grey” ,  Don McLean, “Vincent” Living in New Mexico reveals the beauty of nature in a much different way that I had ever experienced living elsewhere.  One very special experience is called The Night Sky.  Looking up to the dark,…

  • Autumn Gardens and the Textile Museum

    Autumn gardens are lovely riots of color, unlike the quiet spring gardens of pastel flowers.  Acres of pumpkins and fields of asters and sunflowers. Today, I wish to write about another garden: “The Sultan’s Garden”, an exhibition at The Textile Museum of Washington, D.C., through March 10, 2013. Opening reception for The Sultan’s Garden at…