Member Meet-up

On February 8, 2012, Freethinker Teammates Berit (clingingimages and ClayImages) and Martha (MarthaHorman, MarthaHormanJewelry, GoodOldBooks and AuntMartha) met for lunch in Lakeland, Florida. They were accompanied by their husbands. The food was good; the company was good; the time  together was way too short.

Berit on left and Martha on right.

The Sunday Supplement - On Location with our next Tuesday Tinker

Most of the country, and particularly those of us on the East Coast, have been glued to the coverage of hurricane Irene.  We have several Etsy Freethinker Team members who live in her direct path.   I, altarspace, am one of those!  However, I live in Vermont, so it won't be as bad for me as for others.   The whole teams thoughts and prayers go out to MarthaHorman who is really really in the direct path of Irene and deciding to ride it out.  She has made good preparations and made sure she had all the beads she would need to weather the storm and complete the beading project she started.  In an effort to get the Sunday Supplement created and on the web before our power goes out, I figured I would share pictures of the preparations we have made for Irene.

Water storage!  We filled every container we had in the house.  Don't worry, this isn't all we have, there are 6 large jugs of water on the kitchen floor.  We are keeping these cold to help cool the frig when the electricity goes out.

Weather radio, lantern, flashlight.  We have candles too.

Our makeshift altar, where lot's of praying is being done to protect us, our house and those we love.

We know we will lose power so we plan to spending the day making art, playing cards, and praying that the river by our house doesn't flood over it's banks, the trees behind the house don't fall on us and that the road to civilization doesn't get washed away!   So while we are riding out Irene, you can visit my etsy shop for all your spiritual decoration needs.   Stay tuned for aftermath pictures!

Tuesday Tinker - MarthaHorman

MarthaHorman sells Original Paintings, Photographs and digital prints of her fine art work.

This is an original limited edition linocut print and it is now for sale in her shop.

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Sunday Supplement - On Location with the Next Tuesday Tinker

We thought it would be fun to create a themed Sunday Supplement for a change of pace.  Since most of the nation is suffering from heat wave after heat wave, we thought we would ask the question of our Etsy Freethinkers members:

How do you beat the heat?

MarthaHorman is a team member who lives in Valley Stream, New York.  While it's not as hot as Texas, it still gets way hot and humid.  Martha's way to beat the heat?  A biggo double dipped ice cream cone!  She said she doesn't do it often, but this being National Ice Cream day and month, we think she has every right.

We hope that you will try Martha's way of beating the heat and while your at it, check out her wonderful paintings, drawings, and photography at her Etsy shop, MarthaHorman.
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The Recipe Corner - Plaintains

You need at least 1/2 a plantain for each person.

Melt butter and olive (or vegetable oil) in a frying pan. Turn your heat to medium or medium low. Add the plantain, sliced about a quarter inch thick, to the oil. Shake sugar and cinnamon over the top of the plantains. fry until golden, turn plantains and add sugar and cinnamon to the other side. Before taking them off the heat, flip the pieces back for about 30 seconds just to set the second sugar and cinnamon coating. Serve hot with ice cream for dessert or, my favorite, as a side dish to jambalaya.

Recipe compliments of MarthaHorman.
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The Recipe Corner - Grandma's Sponge Cake

6 large eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
Grated rind of 1/2 lemon
2 tbsps. lemon juice
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking power

Beat the egg yolks until thick. Add sugar slowly, still beating. Then add the grated rind, lemon juice and one half of the beaten egg whites. Mix well.

Fold in flour, baking power and salt. Add remainder of beaten egg whites and mix lightly.

Bake in an ungreased tin (cake pan) in a moderate oven (350〫F) for 35 to 45 minutes. Invert pan to cool.

Grandma always used an angel food cake pan for her sponge cake. She would also substitute orange rind and juice for the lemon. It depended on what she had in the house.

Recipe compliments of MarthaHorman.
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Tuesday Tinker - MarthaHorman

MarthaHorman does all kinds of drawing and painting and she does photography. She sells a variety of her own work plus the work of the late printmaker Jessie Fuchs and WPA artist Sidney Gotcliffe. Also available are digital prints of some of her pieces.

She would be very pleased to have you visit her shop.

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT - On location with our next Tuesday Tinker

MarthaHorman works in oils, acrylics and pastels. She also sells her photographs. Although she lives on Long Island, she gets into Manhattan at least once a month. These are photos she took in 2005 when the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude had their installation of 7500 gates in Central Park.