anotherearth

My memory is poor. As for the purposes of updating, I will add new postings to the top of the list. Albeit not alphabetized in this manner, it is easier to maintain. I started the list so I would have all of the artists I love, places I've been, websites I like, all at a glance whenever I work on projects. Then I decided to share it. I mean, why not! At present it's mainly names without context. Which is a little unfair to artists. However, as I get more settled in my new home, I will provide more links, etc. (With Artists Permission Naturally.) Thank You For Being Here .... ~S

It was a great conference with really well planned and well organized speakers.

I wanted to take more photographs but I had only my camera on my phone & not my actual camera.

I still assumed I was "pre - 2019 travel ready", could swim 40 laps, then go to conferences all day, & still be up at 6 am the following day to start all over again! Well, the flight alone nearly finished me. I flew Economy because it wasn't a major trip. My legs, feet, & lower back disagreed with that reasoning. By the time I landed in Chicago, My calves & feet were so out of sync with the rest of my body, that you would have thought I picked up a wrestlers legs on the way in! I had never been so happy to see a hotel room in my life - (Wait. No. I lie. London, 1993. Ugh. That was exhausting.)

Anyway, After my legs returned to human form, I also had time to explore the hotel. It was quite beautiful. A little lax in the details of moving furniture when cleaning. But the staff was amazing.

Chicago is a fascinating city! I was sorry that I was not staying longer.

Highly reccomend Palmer House if you get the chance .....

S

I have been renovating, and find it is very therapeutic. Builders have stripped the rooms down to the concrete and steel which thankfully, were found to be in great shape with no cracking or shifting. (That mark you see is merely glue).

The flooring will go in smoothly. I think I will add baseboard covers. I have never even thought about adding them in the past, as baseboards were never an aesthetic priority. However, I admit that I always despised them. 😆 Although structurally necessary, they tend to gather dust far too quickly. Please don't judge too harshly. But🫢 I prefer Wainscoting😳 (I know! It's tacky as hell. But I like it if it's done correctly.) Maybe I'll go full retro & have it turn out like a happier Clockwork Orange design! LOL

Concrete and steel create the strongest base of modern buildings. I write this not to boast, rather as a hint to buyers. Structures that are concrete and steel maintain structural integrity.

If you are in buildings where imitation concrete is used, it is most likely 'Papercrete' or 'Fibre Cement.'

The problem with 'Papercrete' or 'Fibre Cement' materials is their lack of durability.

Builders choose them because of the cheap purchase price. I use the word cheap versus inexpensive, not for slang. Rather, apt definition. Yes the materials are inexpensive for builders yet cheap in terms of an easy adulteration to the real thing.

They absorb mousture leading to toxic mold.

They can both buckle and shift, as they settle and are very easily impacted by changes in weather.

They are often left with no top flooring in low income housing. Which is abhorrent. This can result in Chilblains, Shin Splints, and Bacterial Infections as the flooring cannot be properly cleaned.

If the material cracks and chips causing a scratch to a person with low immunity of any kind, it can cause a number of problems.