Hands down my favorite pattern from Valentono. I will be reworking it as a beading pattern for bracelets sometime soon.

Another gorgeous dress, this time an evening gown.

I love Valentino and this is my fav dress from the fall 2015 RTW.

News conference in Durham, NC at 2:30 EST today giving an update on the murder of 3 Muslim students in Chapel Hill, NC yesterday.

Chinese harassment of an American-based dance company. Such behavior is totally uncalled for.

Now it seems artists, entertainers, and possibly writers and other cultural figures are being targeted in Xi Jinping's so-called anti-corruption campaign. A return to the bad old days in China?

This sounds like some bad movie plot, except it really happened.

Hong Kong's own Jing Wong singing John Lennon's "Imagine" with new meaning in this time of calls for change in territory.

I work for an agency that serves special needs children 0-5. It is good that Hong Kong is leading the way in changing attitudes in Asia about disabilities.

And people in Hong Kong wonder why their calls for true democracy are falling deaf ears.