Via the Society of American Mosaic Artists, where you can view plenty more that are cool/suck/confusing/incredible.

Busy day today, but I wanted to confess to you all my new obsession. I won’t be able to garden for long months yet, and the need to do something with my hands (get your mind out of the gutter) has driven me to explore a new craft/art form. Also, poverty. If you like to craft but can’t afford all those expensive supplies, you can do some amazing things with some cement, paint, and broken shards of glass, clay or pebbles.

Recycling has to become a Way of Life for us. We have to learn to live the truth that everything we throw away has an “energy cost” as well as a landfill cost.  Read more 

Fess up, geek. Sometime, somewhere in your life, there was last year’s machine, sitting in some closet or basement, gathering dust as you got over your proud (however quiet) assertion in your own mind that you’d “rebuild” or “fix” it. There may even be the Uncorrect among you, who have thrown away computers and parts into improper and illegal dumpsites. Well, time to atone for those sins.  Read more