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Celia was able to make it out our way today, for lunch and an afternoon of fiber dyeing. Last year I got some acid dye samples in “primary colors” (red, yellow, blue, and black) and they were finally put to use. Before Celia arrived I mixed up the dye stock solution according to instructions. John […]

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As usual we got out early to drive out to Tonopah to help Rob with the Farm Stand. However, the highlight of today was a short hop over to Chile Acres once I was done with the CSA boxes for the local pickups. Celia and Jimmie were not due home until later today and Mary […]

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Yesterday morning our 2006 Hyundai Accent bit the dust. I had just stepped out the car into the parking lot at my office and John was driving away when the car just croaked. John tried to start it a couple of times, unsuccessfully, and then we pushed it into parking spot. Alan, one of my […]

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We drove back out to Tonopah to spend more time with Celia and Jimmie at Chile Acres and, more importantly, for some shooting practice for me. I’ve always considered that I should try shooting a gun while I have the opportunity here in the US and this was a good one. Jimmie owns several firearms that […]

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After a busy morning at Tonopah Rob’s farm stand where I boxed up almost scores of CSA boxes John dropped me off at Chile Acres just before lunch. I visited the new foal Lunar, helped clean out his stall, and just had an all around good time. The friendly horse above is Oachelita, who is one of my […]

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After our day out at the Farm Stand we stopped at Indo Euro to chat with Sonal and picked up a mehendi cone that Rinku left there for me. I applied two design, the one above (from a book by Lezard Cheung) and some flowers on the palm of the left hand. I love having […]

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Although tempted to stay at home and spin, spin, spin, I opted for the nice thing to do and joined John at Tonopah Rob’s Farm Stand today. Of course that meant getting up at an ungodly hour but it is nice to pitch in (yes, I have my own chore – fill the CSA boxes […]

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My mother arrived tonight, tired, but happy. Lucky us, nothing went wrong this time with her flight or customs. We’ll let her blog in German so her 7-year-old granddaughter can read about her Grannie Jutta. I’ll continue sporadically, as usual.

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After another early morning MacDonalds trip we left Santa Barbara to drive home to Phoenix by way of the “Danish town” Solvang, north of S.B. Some might say Solvang is a bit of tourist trap, but it is definitly nice to see a town that is NOT looking like any other town. The old town is full of little shops, pastry places, and […]

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After breakfast at Cajun Kitchen for the second time this trip we did the usual stuff, like one more Costco stop and the park, but there was also something different and special this time. On the way back to the house we noticed a nervous dog by the side of the road at a busy […]

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