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Tonight was the company Christmas Party with the infamous white elephant game. We just found out about this a couple of days ago and I really don’t like this game. I would just prefer not to blow $20 on something “crazy” that people won’t care for. Secret Santa so much more my wavelength! So, after I agonized […]

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I left shortly after 8 am, filled the tank, and hit the I-17 north. Since I made good time in spite of getting lost in Prescott (forgot to bring my directions, go figure) I met up with Sandy at her house. We picked up Janie on the way to the center where the Prescott guild’s gallery and fashion […]

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One more time I attended the Friday night get-together of the AZ Rhythm Connection at the Crescent Moon Yoga studio in North Scottsdale. This time, Footbear was there to lead the group along with Frank Thompson. He’s an amazing drummer with a completely different method of teaching than Frank. We went through some very challenging […]

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We made it! After flying to Chicago in the wee hours of the morning, picking up the rental car and throwing ourselves into local traffic with a northerly aim we hit the shores of Lake Michigan. I can’t get over how tropical this lake looks in the sun. Of course I pretty much immediately doffed my shoes and […]

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We’ve been wanting to check out the Salt River area near Power Road/Bush Highway in Mesa ever since our Navajo weaving instructor Sharie mentioned it would be a good spot to harvest salt cedar sticks. We use these sticks as shuttles and shed sticks in our weaving because they are relatively thin and, most importantly, […]

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I stumbled across a test which is supposed to tell you whether you would be a good wife or husband if you lived in the 1930s. Well, you might have guessed I am a failure as a 1930s wife… but as a husband… 59 As a 1930s husband, I am Superior Take the test!  

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Tonight we were invited for dinner at Rinku’s house. As we stepped in, everyone was, of course, surprised because they had never seen John without beard. Rinku couldn’t stop laughing of course. We watched Rinku’s engagement video, which was very well done with nice music and made me tear up just a little. Our little […]

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Wile John drove out to the farm stand I finished the baby top, sewed buttons on, and washed it. I’m still pretty excited about it because, albeit tiny, this is the first article of clothing with buttons I have ever finished knitting. Then I devoted a few hours to weaving until John got home and it was […]

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I came across a new challenge, La Tour de Fleece. Participators set themselves a spinning goal and try to attain it while the Tour de France is going on. I’m a bit late because the tour started last weekend but I’m going to try to reach my goal anyway. I decided to challenge myself to […]

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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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