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Friday Nov 25, 2016
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Reynolds Homestead activities.
Fort Caswell CoastalRetreat and Conference Center.
| Print by Cindy Howe, RagtopDesigns |
Herrera Vineyards, Dobson, North Carolina
A Little Sweet...
Slow TV from Norway for knitting along.
| Frieze Shawl by Lisa Hannes |
| Yarn Sheep Brooch byDanielleVGreene |
A Little Tart...
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Great books that have been a huge influence on the hosts |
Taylor Caldwell
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Science Fiction
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Merlin Series by Mary Stewart
The Madness of a Seduced Woman by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
King James Bible and other versions
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Irving Stone
Jayne Anne Phillips
Roots by Alex Haley
Jane Austen
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Aphrodite by Isabel Allende
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons
A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
A Little Unexpected...
The Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Music Attribution
by _ghost
featuring Pitx
ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389
Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 Ft: Airtone
Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn
Monday Oct 17, 2016
Monday Oct 17, 2016
Pancake Days in Meadows of Dan
A Little Sweet...
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| Alpaca Spinners WPI Gauge |
Great little handspinner's tool by GirlOntheRocks.
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| Mermaid Tail Blanket |
Popular on Ravelry: Mermaid tail blankets for children and adults.
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| Angora single plied with merino single handspun yarn |
Not much knitting for Leslie, but she has been spinning angora and plying it with merino.
A Little Tart...
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| Black Book Detective Magazine |
A discussion of pulp magazines from the early 1900s, including the writers and the wide range of subjects covered by the cheap and popular issues. About John C. Campbell and his influence on the development of science fiction and on young authors that became the giants of the genre.
A disturbing and critically acclaimed short story that was published in Astonishing in 1954 and later found by Leslie as a teenager, "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin.
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| Fate Magazine, 1952 |
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| Fate magazine table of contents |
Changes in the magazine industry leading to a different format and rising costs of production of the pulp magazines.
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| Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September, 1958 |
A Little Unexpected...
Music Attribution
Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/37792 Ft: Airtone
Don't Be Scared ft. Christine Autumn by Calling Sister Midnight (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/romancito/50155 Ft: Klaus Neumaier, Christine Autumn
Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
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| Enchanting little bag by our friend Ruby Boyd Asbury, found at the craft show |
Millennium Falcon Knitting Needle Gauge by MythWorksUK
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| Dragon Scale Gauntlets by Stephanie Soikkeli |
It's all about dragons on Ravelry this week with the hot Dragon scale mitts patterns
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-tears-fingerless-gloves
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragonscale-gloves
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-scale-gauntlets-2
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-scale-gloves-2
A Little Tart...
Achieving your bucket list
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| Blue Highways Revisited
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| 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Boxall |
Quotes:
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” - Michaelanglo
“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” - Ayn Rand
“If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone.” - John C. Maxwell
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
About commemoration: 9/11 and more
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| Beth's Chautauqua postcards |
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| Beth at Chautauqua |
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| Chautauqua |
Leslie's Chautauqua Press books
A Little Sweet...
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| Types of spindles and how handspinning came to be |
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| Pandamonium Hat |
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| Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London |
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| E. S. German Sunday School Book Store, Harrisburg, PA |
Collecting bookseller's labels
http://www.sevenroads.org/Bookish.html
http://www.booksellerlabels.com/
A Little Unexpected...
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| The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter |
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| Beth's Hillsborough, North Carolina poscards |
VOTE!
Monday Aug 22, 2016
Monday Aug 22, 2016
About confusion and clarity
A little sweet...
Leslie is still working on zick-zack
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| Popular on Ravelry this week: Caramel by Isabell Kraemer 1861 projects |
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| Also on Ravelry in crochet: Jordan - sleeveless pineapple top by Vicky Chan 253 project |
A clever knitting tool: Increase Decrease Knitting Stitch Marker - Size US 5 - Item No. 64 by HIDEandSHEEP on etsy.
Montpelier, Orange, Virginia
Meadows of Dan Folk Fair, August 20
Peach Festival in Stuart, Virginia
A Little Tart...
Concerning working with Alzheimer's patients
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
Beth's postcards for sale illustrating confusion
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| Leave a comment if you are interested in one of the postcards or the unique set!
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A Little Unexpected...
Review of Murder and Moonshine by Carol Miller
Sharyn McCrumb and her mystery series
"I have nothing to offer to anybody except my own confusion." - Jack Karouac
“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard." - David McCullough
Monday Aug 01, 2016
Monday Aug 01, 2016
Elizabeth's Pizza in Patrick Springs, Virginia
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| Beautiful little dishes with vintage style insect prints from Mattie B's. |
Mattie B's Shop in Stuart, Virginia
Home Comforts, also in Stuart
Reynolds Homestead activities
A Little Sweet...
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| Completed Reyna Shawl, made with Unplanned Peacock Peacock Sock yarn in colorway Gummi Shark |
Reyna shawl (picture) made with Unplanned Peacock Gummi Shark
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| Zick Zack Scarf by Christy Kamm made with Queensland Collection Uluru cotton blend yarn |
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| Chinese Tile Fail |
Three loop knitting ring by ItsVera on etsy.
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| Silverleaf by Lisa Hannes Most popular pattern on Ravelry this week and it is beautiful! |
A Little tart...
Discontinued post offices in the Meadows of Dan area and Hemlock, West Virginia.
Discontiued post offices Virginia at Scraps of American history.
A Little Unexpected...
"Why I live at the P. O." by Eudora Welty. Inspired by a photo she took of a woman ironing in back of the post office. Photos by Welty.
Quotes by Eudora Welty:
"A great snapshot keeps a moment from running away."
"We are the breakers of our own hearts."
"It doesn't matter if it takes a long time getting there; the point is to have a destination."
"The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow and when you go looking for your joy."
"Never think you've seen the last of anything."
Genetics may influence why we are liberal or conservative in politics.
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
A Little Sweet...
Old Shale Variations by Mary Spanos A lovely collection of the Old Shale lace stitch pattern and one of the stitches used in the hap shawl.
The Delmar Sweater, a 1920s crochet pattern. Gauge 19 stitches = 2 inches, 4 rows = 1 inch. probably a light fingering weight yarn. Pattern originally published in Fleisher's Knitting and Crocheting Manual, 1922.
Leslie's Leaves sweater, made with vintage yarn.
Review of Spin-Off, Summer, 2016
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| Bucket presented to Henry Ford by Calvin Coolidge, with Thomas Edison and others Postcard |
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| President Coolidge at Plymouth, Vermont Postcard |
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| Plymouth, Vermont, birthplace of President Coolidge postcard |
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| President Coolidge Leaving Rutland, Aug. 3, '23 Postcard |
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| President and Mrs. Coolidge at Plymouth postcard
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“It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." - Agatha Christie
“Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.” - Dylan Thomas
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Word of the Day - Fortitude
Synonyms for fortitude
West Virginia floods of 2016
A Little Sweet...
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Quill Shawl, finally completed by Leslie! |
New project for Leslie:
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Reyna Shawl |
Reyna Shawl, pattern by Noora Laivola. Yarn is Unplanned Peacock Studio's Peacock Sock in the colorway Gummi Shark, from the Tailfeathers Club. Leslie also has a lovely skein of yarn from Unplanned Peacock's Rainbow Unicorn of Love Yarn Fundraiser. Buy a skein of yarn and Natasha will donate 10 pairs of socks to a homeless shelter for teens.
Beth has been working with some interesting postcards, including a miniature postcard with a fascinating tiny British postage stamp. She also worked with Patrick County middle school aged kids with the Reynolds Homestead and the STEM camp.
A Little Tart...
Fortitude by Hugh Walpole
“A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.” - Jacqueline Bisset
“Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.” - Emile Dorian
A Little Unexpected...
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Building a bunny house requires some fortitude |
Baby goats are fun.
Beth enjoyed a visit with her cousin and visited the beautiful Rocky Knob picnic area.
Holiday weekend, yard sales, working the shop and candy store.
Your hosts wrap things up and will return in a couple of weeks with a new word.
Wednesday Jun 15, 2016
Wednesday Jun 15, 2016
Word of the Day - Reading
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”― Lemony Snicket
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| Hand dyed angora wool for spinning
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.” - J. D. Salinger
Wednesday May 25, 2016
Wednesday May 25, 2016
Word of the Day - Color
“On and on they flew, over the countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers winding through the landscapes like strips of matte and glossy ribbon.” - J. K. Rowling
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| Martha and her baby |
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." - Alice Walker
“Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?” - Suzanne Collins
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| Hand dyed, hand spun yarn, one of several new yarns at Greenberry House |
“The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.” - John Ruskin
“Music gives color to the air of the moment.” - Karl Lagerfeld
“You know those days when you get the means reds?’
‘Same as the blues?’
‘No,’ she said slowly. ‘No, the blues are because you’re getting fat or maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re sad that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. You’re afraid, and you sweat like hell, but you don’t know what you’re afraid of." - Truman Capote
Your hosts wrap things up and will be back with a new word in a couple of weeks.
Music Attribution