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Crafty Things -- Spinning, Knitting, Soap Making, NÃ¥lbinding, Weaving, Kumihimo, and any new craft I discover.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas visit to Arlington National Cemetery
Christmas was cool and beautiful -- the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and there was only a light breeze.
I visited Uncle Billy Rees's site first:
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And Uncle Jack Rees:
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They are right by the wall and the chapel, and a guard gate with some chilly, bored guards.
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Dad and I will head back after Christmas, and leave some evergreens.
I got lost driving around the cemetery, and finally located Diane's father, Thomas Moore, in the Memorial section. It's on the side of a hill, which Chris told me, but I started looking on the downhill side first, and worked my way up.
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There are mature trees, and nuts on the ground, and tribes of fat, happy squirrels.
Uncle Dick Rich is in a flat part of the cemetery (instead of mostly vertical). The site looks over the Pentagon, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument:
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That's some pretty expensive real estate!
Labels: Arlington Cemetery
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Sock Wars !!
Picked a nice warm golden yarn from Persimmon Tree Farm, and hit gauge right off.
Cast on the first sock Saturday morning, knitted through a tour of Antietam National Park (battlefield and cemetary) -- had to look and sound intelligent while keeping my fingers in motion.
Got this far by Saturday night:
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Got this far by Monday evening:
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Socks will be lovely and warm, but not machine-washable.
Labels: Sock Wars
Monday, October 01, 2007
Spinning Wheels
In preparation for my talk at the Pioneer America Society conference, I have been photographing every spinning wheel I can find.
First my Hitchhiker:
Next, Nina's Charka:
And whatever wheels were hanging around the store:
I will be talking about innovations in hand spinning wheel technology.
My abstract is:
Being a brief overview of the glorious history of spinning tools and techniques, with a special consideration of the Venus of Lespugue, Leonardo Da Vinci, Revolutionary Acts of Spinning, Hippies, Bicentennial Celebrations, and Hen-Pecked Husbands.
Labels: spinning wheels PAS
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Photo of Gerald Ford from 1976
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On May 12, 1976, we got to skip school to go to a political rally in the main square in Birmingham, Michigan. President Ford was campaigning for re-election.
I managed to get in the front of the crowd and shake his hand, and I also got a blurry picture of Ford riding in his motorcade, and a good one of him meeting the crowd.
Google is wonderful; I found a copy of his remarks that day:
remarks
Labels: 1976, Birmingham, Ford, Michigan