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michele merges martens 
          mixed media artist & writer


links & miscellany

some of my favorite links:

http://www.turtlemoon.com/  web site for Susan Shie and James Acord, art quilt artist and leather artist

http://shopgoodwill.com   another great source for vintage items

http://www.quiltingarts.com   my favorite magazine

http://quiltart.com   the place for art quilts

http://lallyschool.rpi.edu  my day job as manager of enrollment services for the MBA program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

http://www.somersetstudio.com/html/somerset_studio_magazine.html Somerset Studio magazine

http://www.meinketoy.com/     Meinke Toy, source of embellishment supplies

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus - helps creativity

http://www.dimensional.com/~jthomas/oblique/ Oblique Strategies, a virtual card deck to help you with strategy

http://www.thebeachcomber.com/beach/       the Atlantic Ocean web cam site

http://www.darkpassage.com/gate.htm  a good place to find out about urban exploration

http://gurugita.vpweb.com  my friend Fred's website

 

michele's favorites:

favorite music:       any  Irish music, especially Danu, Solas, Gaelic Storm, Eileen Ivers, Riverdance, Lord of the Dance. Also Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings,              Byzantine Chant, October Project, Kate Bush, Madonna, Loreena McKennitt

favorite colors     blue, teal, turquoise, aquamarine cobalt, turquoise, cerulean.... & periwinkle!  and of course acid chartreuse green, maybe a coral fuchsia... i just like the color names.

favorite sea shell     abalone

favorite places   Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

                 Waterford and surrounding areas, Ireland

                 Chenango Valley State Park, Chenango Forks, NY

              Columbus, Ohio and Lowell, MA, where I have good times with artist friends

              Binghamton, Johnson City, Vestal, Endicott, NY, where I grew up

              Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY near where I live now

favorite clothing     jeans, clogs, and a soft fleece shirt in the winter, jeans, teva sandals, and a soft cotton shirt in the summer.  although i am learning to like tencel, it's soft too.  And Crocs!  I love Crocs!

favorite things to do:  read, dye fabric and yarns, knit, stitch, bake, go thrifting

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