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I got an email a while back from Amy Clarke Moore, asking if they could include some of my silk in their upcoming calendar.  I was delighted – and they have done such a neat job on the whole thing!

The calendar is here, available for pre-order. I can’t wait to see it in person; they [...]

I was contacted last September by a video producer in the exhibits department of the American Museum of Natural History. They’re working on an exhibit about the Silk Road, and they want some footage of silk being made, silkworms doing their thing, etc. She asked if I would be willing to help out – [...]

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For the most part, my fabulous Day Job as Assistant Director of a performing arts center and my fascinating hobby job as a sericulturist and weaver stay pretty separate.  Everybody at the office knows about my weaving and silk work, [...]

This is especially for Darina, because she can’t believe my moths are SO KINKY.

These are both males.

They’re hooked together really well.

This little grouping is one male, mated with a female – and then another male who has hooked up [...]

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I am raising a Thai strain of silkworms.  This spring, I had one good-sized group, and they all made moderately sized cocoons – except for one, which turned out tiny.  The summer group, I will admit, got a [...]

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I haven’t been writing much lately, but a LOT has been happening.  Chris and I moved house, I’ve written an article, getting ready to film a presentation for a museum – I really need to write it all up, but [...]