Category: teaching
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The Void
There are times I feel as though I am a broken record (young uns may not get the reference), saying the same thing over and over again, trying to find different ways to convey the information. Because a student once said to me ‘saying the same thing over and over exactly the same way…
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Things Suck Less
I first started having acute pain in my hip last December. It’s been nearly a year now that I’ve been dragging my right leg around (quite literally some days), and dealing with chronic pain from various sources. Getting in to see the local pain doctor was a watershed event, and I finally feel as…
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Behind the Scene
when the show was over… Friday I did the guild program for the Tacoma, WA guild, then Saturday two seminars for the same group. It was lovely seeing some people I hadn’t seen in far too long and talk about weaving – my favourite thing to do. As usual I had to set up…
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CHAT GPT
Abby Franquemont’s book Respect the Spindle A couple of days ago I posted about Abby’s book and tools. Then she discovered that her book, Respect the Spindle had been used by a LLM (Large Language Modeling?) site to train AI. Without her permission, of course. Along with hundreds of other authors who had their…
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CHAT GPT
Abby Franquemont’s book Respect the Spindle A couple of days ago I posted about Abby’s book and tools. Then she discovered that her book, Respect the Spindle had been used by a LLM (Large Language Modeling?) site to train AI. Without her permission, of course. Along with hundreds of other authors who had their…
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Influence
shuttle held ‘under’ hand A while ago someone contacted me indicating that since I was an ‘influencer’ they would like to give me the opportunity to present their products to my ‘base’ – for payment. I declined. This summer I was contacted by someone who wanted me to arrange for them to post content…
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Puzzles
latest puzzle Yesterday the new puzzles I ordered arrived. I found this brand by ‘accident’ when one was given to me, then found another of the same brand in a local shop. Both were challenging, but not impossible and I found them pretty much the ‘right’ amount of challenge for me. I bought some…
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Experience
graphic by Dr. Victoria Grinberg This morning I saw this diagram created by Dr. Victoria Grinberg on Mastodon. In the wake of so many people who assume that they can be told how to do a *skill* one time and create ‘perfect’ results, this resonated with me. I’ve been told my ability to diagnose…
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More Gifts
made by two different people (three if you count the prep done in Peru, which I do) the lanyard is woven Andean style from wool, the narrow band is, I think, cotton front of hat back of hat, band woven as part of Franquemont University class using a warp made from hand spun wool,…