Category: road trip
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From the Archive
Sweden 2002 Sweden in the winter can be grey, but the warmth of the people makes up for the short days and gloomy aspect of the countryside. My trip to Sweden in November/December of 2002 came about primarily because of the wedding of my studio assistant, Karena. Karena’s mother is Swedish, married to a…
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Here We Go…Again
Yesterday was set up day for the other local show we do – Studio Fair. I have been doing this show, first as a volunteer, then as an independent crafts person for a very long time. I’ve watched it grow into the higher end show it now is, attracting artisans from across the country. I’ve…
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Culmination
I’m at the fun bit of weaving – sitting at the loom, contentedly weaving away, piling up the yards/meters. Thinking. Because when everything is going well and you only need surface attention for the task at hand, the mind can go wandering. This morning I was thinking about how cyclic in nature being a professional…
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Rolling Deadlines
We got home last night and are still dealing with a time zone change of 9 hours. One of the benefits, so to speak, is that my body thinks it is ‘later’ than it actually is local time, so I got up ‘early’ and got started on my day. I’m trying to stick to the…
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Passionate
Me, probably off on a tangent… So what are the odds of everything going smoothly when I travel to teach? 50-50. Either they will…or they won’t. And when they don’t, they usually don’t in a rather spectacular fashion. I’ve grown used to things not being ideal. You learn to get flexible very quickly, or you…
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Packing
This trip is a little different from my usual. Olds College puts teachers up in their student condos which have kitchens…but no dishes. Since three of my roommates are flying in and I’m driving, I am also bringing cups, cutlery, coffee and tea makings. I will be adding extra blankets because the beds only come…
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Packing
This trip is a little different from my usual. Olds College puts teachers up in their student condos which have kitchens…but no dishes. Since three of my roommates are flying in and I’m driving, I am also bringing cups, cutlery, coffee and tea makings. I will be adding extra blankets because the beds only come…
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Packing
This trip is a little different from my usual. Olds College puts teachers up in their student condos which have kitchens…but no dishes. Since three of my roommates are flying in and I’m driving, I am also bringing cups, cutlery, coffee and tea makings. I will be adding extra blankets because the beds only come…
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‘Shadow’ Bucket List
Mysterious object – attached to an ‘industrial’ loom at an old mill in England. If I remember correctly, it is a carousel holder for pirns for the fly shuttle on the loom. It seems as though lately ‘bucket’ lists have become popular. I’m quite sure we all have things we would like to do, places…
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No ‘Sale’
So, it looks like Canada Post is going to be shut down after all. Since my usual ‘sale’ is ‘buy two, get free shipping’ and I just cannot afford to use courier to send things, the ‘birthday’ sale will not happen this year. I was hoping that they would settle today, but so far I…