Attended the Sackler Gallery’s Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey before it closed. My favorite piece was the intricate red and blue flowered kaftan (6th down on the Robes page), though I sat with the red with yellow circles robe for quite a long time and even drew it in my sketchbook in b&w.

i started a scarf today while home sick watching a movie. the colors of the yarn are pretty bright–golden yellow, sunset orange, fuschia, and sky blue. it looks like a california sunset to me. it should–i bought the skeins at Knit Cafe in West Hollywood. i’m trying to find a pattern that takes advantage of the variegated colors without being fussy, since it’s handspun chunky wool. will post photos when done.

• moved most photos into one folder out of hierarchical system
• installed iView Media Pro
• downloaded remaining photos from camera
• resized/uploaded October (!) photos to Flickr

next action: complete moving all photos into one folder

Skeletons on the Zahara by Dean King

Trashy yet true story of sailors stranded on the coast of Africa, taken as slaves by nomadic tribes, and their quest for freedom.

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