The items I submitted sold for a total of $618. The most expensive was Stonington at $155 and the least was Ditto at $20. ?
Overall, I am happy. :)
Next year, I need to submit felted slippers. A pair was sold as an order (to allow custom sizing) for $65. Way faster than even a hat!
- Jacqueline?
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? Completely love this!!
Confused though - what are bars? ;) - Jacqueline? On Nov 18, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
Right now, I am using scrap yarn to make Izzy dolls for the preschool story hour kids. I’ll add a little tag introducing them as a “Book Buddy” encouraging the kidlets to “tell me a story or read me a book.” If restrictions are lifted, those will be distributed in the spring. ? It keeps me off the streets and out of the bars. <g>
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I deliberately kept the reserve price down for a silent auction at the conference I attended this time last year. I was worried the student attendees wouldn't have something to bid on. Two friends did a bidding war & the final price was a worthy one. That is a freak event.
We never get our skills regarded in these things, and as Jaya pointed out her nicely made photos would have gone for a higher price.?
Ultimately, I hope the school raises the funds required. I've always aspired to the adage: I live for the day schools have adequate funds & the Defence Force hold stalls to pay for weapons.
Lubbs
Petey
On Thursday, November 19, 2020, 10:24:27 AM GMT+9:30, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
Places from The Before Time? Ann McManus in PA ?Sent from my iPhone On Nov 18, 2020, at 7:48 PM, jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote:
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Completely love this!!
Confused though - what are bars? ;) - Jacqueline? On Nov 18, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
Right now, I am using scrap yarn to make Izzy dolls for the preschool story hour kids. I’ll add a little tag introducing them as a “Book Buddy” encouraging the kidlets to “tell me a story or read me a book.” If restrictions are lifted, those will be distributed in the spring. ? It keeps me off the streets and out of the bars. <g>
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? Completely love this!!
Confused though - what are bars? ;) - Jacqueline? On Nov 18, 2020, at 4:20 PM, Ann McManus <mcmanusab@...> wrote:
Right now, I am using scrap yarn to make Izzy dolls for the preschool story hour kids. I’ll add a little tag introducing them as a “Book Buddy” encouraging the kidlets to “tell me a story or read me a book.” If restrictions are lifted, those will be distributed in the spring. ? It keeps me off the streets and out of the bars. <g>
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Completely love this!!
Confused though - what are bars? ;)
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Right now, I am using scrap yarn to make Izzy dolls for the preschool story hour kids. I’ll add a little tag introducing them as a “Book Buddy” encouraging the kidlets to “tell me a story or read me a book.” If restrictions are lifted, those will be distributed in the spring. ? It keeps me off the streets and out of the bars. <g>
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I keep two totes in my clothes closet. One (the larger) is for fair entries. The other is my “gift stash.” Someone has a new baby, or a new grandbaby? Head to the stash for tiny hats, booties, bibs. Library having a basket social (aka Chinese Auction), add some dish/face cloths or towels or the odd afghan or laprobe to round out a spa or kitchen basket. After the fair judging, the items in that tote move to the Other tote. ? Right now, I am using scrap yarn to make Izzy dolls for the preschool story hour kids. I’ll add a little tag introducing them as a “Book Buddy” encouraging the kidlets to “tell me a story or read me a book.” If restrictions are lifted, those will be distributed in the spring. ? It keeps me off the streets and out of the bars. <g> ? ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of jacqui whittemore Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 2:53 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Pricing suggestions ? Thanks everyone for your feedback. I agree that it doesn’t make sense to purposefully make labor-intensive items for an auction.? On the flipside, I have lots of small yarn units people have given me over time with few people I consider worthy of handmade gifts that can be made with them. As a result, I have pursued a strategy of making things of interest to me to use up stash as its own end. The items then can go wherever without distress. ;)
On Nov 18, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
? I forgot to attach pricing info. I think things priced under $50 tend to sell better than things over.? ? Hello! Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime… My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.? The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate!? I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.? Thanks in advance for your thoughts, - Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
Other: - Hitchhiker:
- Menelaos:
- Pivot Cowl:?
- Stonington Shawl:
- Two GORGEOUS handwoven alpaca scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can find, images attached)
- Two also GORGEOUS scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can see, images attached)
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Thanks everyone for your feedback. I agree that it doesn’t make sense to purposefully make labor-intensive items for an auction.?
On the flipside, I have lots of small yarn units people have given me over time with few people I consider worthy of handmade gifts that can be made with them. As a result, I have pursued a strategy of making things of interest to me to use up stash as its own end. The items then can go wherever without distress. ;)
- Jacqueline?
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? I forgot to attach pricing info. I think things priced under $50 tend to sell better than things over.? Hello!
Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime…
My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.?
The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate!? I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
jacqui?
Hats:
- Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
Other:
- Hitchhiker:
- Menelaos:
- Pivot Cowl:?
- Stonington Shawl:
- Two GORGEOUS handwoven alpaca scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can find, images attached)
- Two also GORGEOUS scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can see, images attached)
-- Jaya
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I forgot to attach pricing info. I think things priced under $50 tend to sell better than things over.?
Hello!
Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime…
My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.?
The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate!? I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
jacqui?
Hats:
- Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
Other:
- Hitchhiker:
- Menelaos:
- Pivot Cowl:?
- Stonington Shawl:
- Two GORGEOUS handwoven alpaca scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can find, images attached)
- Two also GORGEOUS scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can see, images attached)
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We are in the second?nasty battle in the county for the position of the Democratic Commissioner of Elections. This is a paid position at the Board of Elections where?the members of the county Dem committee vote in their choice every two years. The County Legislature then appoints that person to the position.?
Our county Democratic Commission is a bit of a "my way or the highway" person. She's been in the job a long time. Two years ago she wanted the current commissioner out and endorsed this person B for the job. I didn't think B was qualified but the committee voted B in.?
Now everyone is railing against B and another person H is running for the job with the support of the commissioner. H is very competent and seems like a good fit because she's both worked the election process and has run for positions. B has not. She was a union leader. But B is a hard worker.
The argument against B is that a) she's cooperating too closely with the Republican commissioner and that is hurting Democratic candidates and also voters and b) she's trying to extend her appointment to a 4 year term along with the Republican commissioner. I have no personal knowledge of any of this but emails have been retrieved using the state's freedom of information act, and show some proof of what is being alleged in a).?
But it is all so nasty. Instead of sticking to facts, words of people like me are being twisted and reported behind our backs. I corrected a couple of statements at our meeting yesterday - when B said there was absolutely no voter suppression here, I said she couldn't possibly know that unless someone complained. So she corrected her statement by adding 'to my knowledge'. Then another (troublemaker) member said that when he voted, he saw no intimidation or suppression of voters and I said that he couldn't know that. People who are intimidated or turned off are going to walk away, not make a big deal about it. I'm sure he's the one who twisted my words into a complaint that I saw voter suppression when I worked at the Board of Elections during early voting.?
Le sigh!? End of rant
-- Jaya
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Beautiful items. My experience is like Sarah's. Hand made stuff - unless it takes very little time to make - brings in just about the cost of materials and no more, whether it is at a fundraiser for wealthy people or a mixture.?
The baskets sell really well and are easy to put together. Another option that I found went for reasonable money given?its cost and effort, was printing some of my photos from travels and framing them in simple white or black frames from Michaels. My cost was less than $10, hardly any time and I think they brought in about $20-30 apiece. I did 4 and I don't remember if they went for $80 or $90 for the set. i bought a set of 4 frame for $20 and the printing was about $7 or so with a coupon at Wagreen's
Hello!
Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime…
My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.?
The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate!? I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
jacqui?
Hats:
- Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
Other:
- Hitchhiker:
- Menelaos:
- Pivot Cowl:?
- Stonington Shawl:
- Two GORGEOUS handwoven alpaca scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can find, images attached)
- Two also GORGEOUS scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can see, images attached)
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Jacqui, your hats are great!
I have had mixed results with handicrafts at silent (and live) auctions. I've had shawls I thought were wonderful receive no bids (on air/online for a Rotary project similar to Smile Train). In that case, I had put a fairly high reserve and said I would retrieve the shawl and donate that amount. I redonated it to another event and it sold, so, different audience. I've donated food related items to Second Harvest the last couple of years-- handwoven placemats and napkins, a bowl of felted fruit-- that sold for decent prices ( though not what the time involved would dictate, but what does?). In that case, I suspect that name recognition drive the prices up, but I'll take anything I can get. Lol
I hope the auction does well and raises the funds that M's school needs. Lord knows this virus is costing a lot more than any of us can afford!!
Ann? McManus
Ann in PA
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On November 17, 2020, at 10:05 PM, jacqui whittemore <jackiechris.is@...> wrote: Hello!
Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime…
My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.?
The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate! ?I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
jacqui?
Hats:
- Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
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Hi Jacqui,?
My experience with silent auctions both at work and school is that people want a bargain on hand made goods. ?I hope that your school is different. ?
I set minimum bids at the approximate cost of the materials. ?In all cases the auction organizers thought that was too high and lowered it, and final bids weren’t great. ?So my woven alpaca scarves went for about $40. ?
I really hope that the market/culture at your school is different but I don’t donate hand made items anymore. ?On the other hand theme baskets that people put together like “movie night” or “tea and biscuits” get bid up like crazy. ?
Sarah?
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? Hello!
Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime…
My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.?
The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate! ?I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
jacqui?
Hats:
- Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
Other:
- Hitchhiker:
- Menelaos:
- Pivot Cowl:?
- Stonington Shawl:
- Two GORGEOUS handwoven alpaca scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can find, images attached)
- Two also GORGEOUS scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can see, images attached)
<Black and Tan 1.jpeg> <Cafe au Lait 1.jpeg> <Purple Ribbons 1.jpeg> <Rainbow Muffler 1.jpeg>
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Hello!
Hope you all are well. I am on clinics and buried, but I look forward to reading everyone’s updates as soon as possible. In the meantime…
My daughter’s new school is holding a silent holiday auction to cover material costs for COVID-related safety changes. I have rounded up a passel of items but am unsure what to recommend/set as appropriate minimum bids.?
The items are listed below. Four are gifts from <3?Ann McManus <3?toward the cause - definitely want to make sure minimum bids on those treasures are appropriate! ?I doubt Stonington will go, but the office manager was extremely intrigued so I figure it cannot hurt as long as it has a sensible minimum bid.?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
jacqui?
Hats:
- Ditto, small:
- Ditto, large:
- Latu:
- Owls:
- The Leafy Beanie:
Other:
- Hitchhiker:
- Menelaos:
- Pivot Cowl:?
- Stonington Shawl:
- Two GORGEOUS handwoven alpaca scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can find, images attached)
- Two also GORGEOUS scarves donated by Ann McManus (not on Rav that I can see, images attached)
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Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] Friday the 13th check-in ...? The universe is an interesting place; just now I got an email from Food52 that included this link to a recipe for elisenlebkuchen. ?
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On Sunday, November 15, 2020, 8:55:38 AM CST, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote: You said " taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out)." That is exactly how I use my Swedish Heartwarmer shawl. It takes a lot of concentration because of a) stranding, b) Philosopher's Wool Method and c) knitting backwards two-handed. Some charts are easy and I can listen to podcasts or listen to TV when I'm doing them. Others require silence and total concentration.? ? On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:45 AM Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote: Hi everyone, it was delightful to read so much news of people managing to stay sane and keep going. Fighting something by lying low? is so counter-intuitive. ? We’re okay here. DD2 successfully crossed the border form Scotland late August at the end of her year’s post at the Glasgow veterinary hospital, travel then being allowed, and flew to Geneva as she had not seen her Dad since Christmas last. Had a? good week with him but got caught by the new quarantine requirement for those returning from Switzerland, so spent her last two weeks of vacation quarantining in the opposite side of the house from myself. At that time Swiss cases were much lower than in the UK so it seemed a bit daft, but she was fine and spent a lot of the time in her room going? through drawers and cupboards and removing things no longer wanted. So all good. ? Got back over the border late September, to her anaesthetics post in a new hospital just outside Edinburgh, but now caught again in high level restrictions. No idea when I will see her again. She’s had a tough year, like most of the central belt in Scotland. Hard lockdown, very heavy work schedule, off work 5 weeks with? coronavirus, straight back? into heavy schedule, no travel over 5 miles allowed from March until late July ?- so only 4 weeks of relative freedom before returning home. They have not reinstated the 5 mile strict limit yet but by mid-September no-one is supposed to leave the health area they are in (to prevent high infection rates spreading to relatively “clean” areas!!). The exclamation marks are because lots of people ignored it and drove into the areas which were still open for dining etc, and now these areas also join the high infection restrictions. So thoughtless. ? I got out to Switzerland late September, had a wonderful ten days with DH, we visited Kandersteg and St Moritz which are stunningly beautiful. I then had to do my 2 weeks of quarantine so did a lot of those household jobs which are always on the upcoming” list but never make it to the top. ? In between all that, taking my regular turns for a couple of days with parents in London, piloting them to hospital appointments, sorting out their muddles and trying to keep them going.? With both developing dementia and heart problems, Mum now having some nasty face cancers which she is refusing to have treated, and general limited ability to cope with anything but the most basic, regular tasks, there will be a day of reckoning coming soon. We hope to keep things on an even keel at least until January, maybe even until Easter. But it depends…….. ? So, current state of play. Swiss figures atrocious, worst in Europe and no-one sure how it happened so quickly. DH may not get home at Christmas. DD2 likely to be stuck north of border, Dd1 with husband about 80 miles away, because I am on my own at present and they are shielding for her DH, we have special access arrangements allowed so she can pop over when she feels it is safe to do so. So we have had a few day visits and one stop-over since the rules changed in July. How we hugged and hugged when we first saw each other after 8 months ? But currently all England in? a 4 week lockdown where only education, work which can’t be done from home, exercise, essential shopping and medical visits are allowable reasons for leaving home – all to be done “locally”. We’re lucky to have a nice home and a small garden. And lovely woodlands nearby. ? I’ve done surprisingly little knitting, taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out). Started some drawing and painting again, thinking about playing with basketry. I’m a real introvert but I am getting tired of the situation. I want my friends and family back. But I have been sure since last January that this would be the state of play until at least? Easter 2021, so we just have to hang on in there, plenty of time for reading anyway. ? Vaccine won’t be a quick fix, with 2 doses 2 weeks apart, a 4 week wait for protection after that, the very first to get vaccinated will have to wait 6 weeks before feeling more safe. And it will take ages for enough people to be done to make much difference to transmission rates. But it will come. If nothing else, the better spring weather will hopefully get us “out of jail” by April and by the end of next summer things should look more normal. Roll on 2022!!!!!! ? Best of luck to everyone meanwhile, in new jobs, relocation plans, in managing to keep connected to those we love. I try to remind myself of the lonely onlies who don’t have anyone to miss seeing, for whom this is their normal everyday life. I do hope that ?out of all this will come more community effort to engage with these people and give them more connection and less enforced solitude. ? Jenny ? Happy Diwali to all of you! Today is the day that Hindus believe light triumphed over darkness, good over evil. May the light dispel your darkness and may you have good triumph over evil in your life. In some parts of India, today is also New Year’s day and I also wish you a very safe, happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! My Diwali traditions these days are far removed from what I did when I was growing up. Work, the inability to take the day off in the early days of my career (before personal choice or floating holidays), and the demands of raising kids meant that all I ever did here was make sweets and light lamps.? We’ve been pretty much home-bound since March. My sister occasionally comes over to see my father if she comes upstate. My father would have gone to visit my brother for some months but that hasn’t happened. He is confined to the house except for doctor’s appointments. We go to the grocery store, to the hardware store, and the pharmacy around once a week and most other things are quite rare. DD was supposed to come at Thanksgiving with an extra two weeks of working from here when she would be quarantining in our house. In her bedroom with access to the other bathroom upstairs and maybe exercising in the basement when we weren’t there. But we canceled due to spikes in her area and in ours. We’ll reschedule when levels are down and not plan but just do it spontaneously. However, some things have worked out well - I now have a Sat am Zoom call with Ravefry friends from the US, Canada and India. I taught DD to make Indian sweets yesterday so she can celebrate Diwali on her own. My yard is looking good. I’ve been doing some weaving, knitting, spinning, but not as much as I thought I would.? ? On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM erica <knitzz@...> wrote: I feel like I have been asleep ... on a bus ... and when I woke up ... y'all musta got off a few stops ago :-)
Can you tell I just finished listening to an interview with Mary Karr ... love her word*crafting ... knock*knock ... anybody out there? erica in sunny <blue> arizona
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Checking in from Wyoming.? We're pretty much isolated on the
ranch or at the town house, but not much has changed from our
usual life. We've stayed healthy.? Virus cases have increased out
here so everyone is on guard - social distancing, wearing masks,
etc.? We keep contact with our family via email and Whats App on
our phones. Some of our kids will probably be with us for
Thanksgiving.? Our son is working for Google in Texas and will be
home for a few days after Thanksgiving.? I've been knitting?
(blanket, socks, sweater) and reading.? I'd like to get back to
doing some spinning and weaving, but just can't seem to get up the
energy to do that.? Funny how this sitting around saps ones
energy.? My chemo is going well, blood work stays normal.? I just
get treatment once a month.
Good to hear from all of you and wish you all well!
Ann in WY
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Checking in from Boston. ?
Work is work. ?
I'm primarily in the outpatient?setting (and will be 100%
come January), but that means we are trying to figure out how
to see kids w coughs and fevers in a way that is safe for out
other patients, and the other practices in the building. The
hospital is much more structured.? The office feels?a lot like
the Wild West.?
Parker is in the process of moving to NYC (Manhattan rents
are **super** cheap ?just now), and hopefully will find a job
relatively?soon.? It is very exciting, but nerve-wracking too,
as he will be outside of where I can rescue him.? He has been
staying w me since late October, but going down to NYC to tour
apartments. ? After one back and forth, Scott and I decided to
just put him up at an AirBnB for 10 days so he would just be
there, apartment hunting.? He has an application in on a great
lofted studio in Chelsea for the same rent I paid for him in
Waltham.? Hopefully they will accept it and he will have a new
home.? Then he'll be back (testing first, of course) to pack
everything and move down.? The back and forth is hard to be
comfortable with... and then he's there until the numbers get
better....? I am totally isolated from my pod until he has
been gone for 2 weeks, so it will be a lonely stretch in
December.
Such an anxious time for everyone...
Laura
I almost feel bad checking in after reading how awful
things are for all of you.
We are living an almost normal life, there’s been no
Covid-19 cases in my little part of Australia for months.
We have to sign in at coffee shops & restaurants &
try not to get too close to people around town but otherwise
nothing much is different apart from reading about the rest
of the world & worrying.
I’m not complacent though, I know how quickly things could
change.?
Son & family live in Manhattan and are still working
& schooling from home & being very careful when out.
They are preparing for what they think will be another
lockdown.
Work has begun on building daughter’s new house, will be
months until it’s ready.
Please all of you take care
Beryl
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Checking in from Boston. ?
Work is work. ?
I'm primarily in the outpatient?setting (and will be 100% come January), but that means we are trying to figure out how to see kids w coughs and fevers in a way that is safe for out other patients, and the other practices in the building. The hospital is much more structured.? The office feels?a lot like the Wild West.?
Parker is in the process of moving to NYC (Manhattan rents are **super** cheap ?just now), and hopefully will find a job relatively?soon.? It is very exciting, but nerve-wracking too, as he will be outside of where I can rescue him.? He has been staying w me since late October, but going down to NYC to tour apartments. ? After one back and forth, Scott and I decided to just put him up at an AirBnB for 10 days so he would just be there, apartment hunting.? He has an application in on a great lofted studio in Chelsea for the same rent I paid for him in Waltham.? Hopefully they will accept it and he will have a new home.? Then he'll be back (testing first, of course) to pack everything and move down.? The back and forth is hard to be comfortable with... and then he's there until the numbers get better....? I am totally isolated from my pod until he has been gone for 2 weeks, so it will be a lonely stretch in December.
Such an anxious time for everyone...
Laura
I almost feel bad checking in after reading how awful things are for all of you.
We are living an almost normal life, there’s been no Covid-19 cases in my little part of Australia for months.
We have to sign in at coffee shops & restaurants & try not to get too close to people around town but otherwise nothing much is different apart from reading about the rest of the world & worrying.
I’m not complacent though, I know how quickly things could change.?
Son & family live in Manhattan and are still working & schooling from home & being very careful when out. They are preparing for what they think will be another lockdown.
Work has begun on building daughter’s new house, will be months until it’s ready.
Please all of you take care
Beryl
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I almost feel bad checking in after reading how awful things are for all of you.
We are living an almost normal life, there’s been no Covid-19 cases in my little part of Australia for months.
We have to sign in at coffee shops & restaurants & try not to get too close to people around town but otherwise nothing much is different apart from reading about the rest of the world & worrying.
I’m not complacent though, I know how quickly things could change.?
Son & family live in Manhattan and are still working & schooling from home & being very careful when out. They are preparing for what they think will be another lockdown.
Work has begun on building daughter’s new house, will be months until it’s ready.
Please all of you take care
Beryl
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
That recipe is from the book I have ツ Classic German Baking by Luisa Weiss.?
The universe is an interesting place; just now I got an email from Food52 that included this link to a recipe for elisenlebkuchen.
Patricia in Austin
On Sunday, November 15, 2020, 8:55:38 AM CST, Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote:
Jenny, You said " taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out)."
That is exactly how I use my Swedish Heartwarmer shawl. It takes a lot of concentration because of a) stranding, b) Philosopher's Wool Method and c) knitting backwards two-handed. Some charts are easy and I can listen to podcasts or listen to TV when I'm doing them. Others require silence and total concentration.? On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:45 AM Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote: Hi everyone, it was delightful to read so much news of people managing to stay sane and keep going. Fighting something by lying low? is so counter-intuitive. ? We’re okay here. DD2 successfully crossed the border form Scotland late August at the end of her year’s post at the Glasgow veterinary hospital, travel then being allowed, and flew to Geneva as she had not seen her Dad since Christmas last. Had a? good week with him but got caught by the new quarantine requirement for those returning from Switzerland, so spent her last two weeks of vacation quarantining in the opposite side of the house from myself. At that time Swiss cases were much lower than in the UK so it seemed a bit daft, but she was fine and spent a lot of the time in her room going? through drawers and cupboards and removing things no longer wanted. So all good. ? Got back over the border late September, to her anaesthetics post in a new hospital just outside Edinburgh, but now caught again in high level restrictions. No idea when I will see her again. She’s had a tough year, like most of the central belt in Scotland. Hard lockdown, very heavy work schedule, off work 5 weeks with? coronavirus, straight back? into heavy schedule, no travel over 5 miles allowed from March until late July ?- so only 4 weeks of relative freedom before returning home. They have not reinstated the 5 mile strict limit yet but by mid-September no-one is supposed to leave the health area they are in (to prevent high infection rates spreading to relatively “clean” areas!!). The exclamation marks are because lots of people ignored it and drove into the areas which were still open for dining etc, and now these areas also join the high infection restrictions. So thoughtless. ? I got out to Switzerland late September, had a wonderful ten days with DH, we visited Kandersteg and St Moritz which are stunningly beautiful. I then had to do my 2 weeks of quarantine so did a lot of those household jobs which are always on the upcoming” list but never make it to the top. ? In between all that, taking my regular turns for a couple of days with parents in London, piloting them to hospital appointments, sorting out their muddles and trying to keep them going.? With both developing dementia and heart problems, Mum now having some nasty face cancers which she is refusing to have treated, and general limited ability to cope with anything but the most basic, regular tasks, there will be a day of reckoning coming soon. We hope to keep things on an even keel at least until January, maybe even until Easter. But it depends…….. ? So, current state of play. Swiss figures atrocious, worst in Europe and no-one sure how it happened so quickly. DH may not get home at Christmas. DD2 likely to be stuck north of border, Dd1 with husband about 80 miles away, because I am on my own at present and they are shielding for her DH, we have special access arrangements allowed so she can pop over when she feels it is safe to do so. So we have had a few day visits and one stop-over since the rules changed in July. How we hugged and hugged when we first saw each other after 8 months ? But currently all England in? a 4 week lockdown where only education, work which can’t be done from home, exercise, essential shopping and medical visits are allowable reasons for leaving home – all to be done “locally”. We’re lucky to have a nice home and a small garden. And lovely woodlands nearby. ? I’ve done surprisingly little knitting, taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out). Started some drawing and painting again, thinking about playing with basketry. I’m a real introvert but I am getting tired of the situation. I want my friends and family back. But I have been sure since last January that this would be the state of play until at least? Easter 2021, so we just have to hang on in there, plenty of time for reading anyway. ? Vaccine won’t be a quick fix, with 2 doses 2 weeks apart, a 4 week wait for protection after that, the very first to get vaccinated will have to wait 6 weeks before feeling more safe. And it will take ages for enough people to be done to make much difference to transmission rates. But it will come. If nothing else, the better spring weather will hopefully get us “out of jail” by April and by the end of next summer things should look more normal. Roll on 2022!!!!!! ? Best of luck to everyone meanwhile, in new jobs, relocation plans, in managing to keep connected to those we love. I try to remind myself of the lonely onlies who don’t have anyone to miss seeing, for whom this is their normal everyday life. I do hope that ?out of all this will come more community effort to engage with these people and give them more connection and less enforced solitude. ? Jenny ? Happy Diwali to all of you! Today is the day that Hindus believe light triumphed over darkness, good over evil. May the light dispel your darkness and may you have good triumph over evil in your life. In some parts of India, today is also New Year’s day and I also wish you a very safe, happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! My Diwali traditions these days are far removed from what I did when I was growing up. Work, the inability to take the day off in the early days of my career (before personal choice or floating holidays), and the demands of raising kids meant that all I ever did here was make sweets and light lamps.? We’ve been pretty much home-bound since March. My sister occasionally comes over to see my father if she comes upstate. My father would have gone to visit my brother for some months but that hasn’t happened. He is confined to the house except for doctor’s appointments. We go to the grocery store, to the hardware store, and the pharmacy around once a week and most other things are quite rare. DD was supposed to come at Thanksgiving with an extra two weeks of working from here when she would be quarantining in our house. In her bedroom with access to the other bathroom upstairs and maybe exercising in the basement when we weren’t there. But we canceled due to spikes in her area and in ours. We’ll reschedule when levels are down and not plan but just do it spontaneously. However, some things have worked out well - I now have a Sat am Zoom call with Ravefry friends from the US, Canada and India. I taught DD to make Indian sweets yesterday so she can celebrate Diwali on her own. My yard is looking good. I’ve been doing some weaving, knitting, spinning, but not as much as I thought I would.? ? On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM erica <knitzz@...> wrote: I feel like I have been asleep ... on a bus ... and when I woke up ... y'all musta got off a few stops ago :-)
Can you tell I just finished listening to an interview with Mary Karr ... love her word*crafting ... knock*knock ... anybody out there? erica in sunny <blue> arizona
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
The universe is an interesting place; just now I got an email from Food52 that included this link to a recipe for elisenlebkuchen.
Patricia in Austin
On Sunday, November 15, 2020, 8:55:38 AM CST, Jaya Srikrishnan <ermabom@...> wrote:
Jenny, You said " taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out)."
That is exactly how I use my Swedish Heartwarmer shawl. It takes a lot of concentration because of a) stranding, b) Philosopher's Wool Method and c) knitting backwards two-handed. Some charts are easy and I can listen to podcasts or listen to TV when I'm doing them. Others require silence and total concentration.?
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:45 AM Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote: Hi everyone, it was delightful to read so much news of people managing to stay sane and keep going. Fighting something by lying low? is so counter-intuitive. ? We’re okay here. DD2 successfully crossed the border form Scotland late August at the end of her year’s post at the Glasgow veterinary hospital, travel then being allowed, and flew to Geneva as she had not seen her Dad since Christmas last. Had a? good week with him but got caught by the new quarantine requirement for those returning from Switzerland, so spent her last two weeks of vacation quarantining in the opposite side of the house from myself. At that time Swiss cases were much lower than in the UK so it seemed a bit daft, but she was fine and spent a lot of the time in her room going? through drawers and cupboards and removing things no longer wanted. So all good. ? Got back over the border late September, to her anaesthetics post in a new hospital just outside Edinburgh, but now caught again in high level restrictions. No idea when I will see her again. She’s had a tough year, like most of the central belt in Scotland. Hard lockdown, very heavy work schedule, off work 5 weeks with? coronavirus, straight back? into heavy schedule, no travel over 5 miles allowed from March until late July ?- so only 4 weeks of relative freedom before returning home. They have not reinstated the 5 mile strict limit yet but by mid-September no-one is supposed to leave the health area they are in (to prevent high infection rates spreading to relatively “clean” areas!!). The exclamation marks are because lots of people ignored it and drove into the areas which were still open for dining etc, and now these areas also join the high infection restrictions. So thoughtless. ? I got out to Switzerland late September, had a wonderful ten days with DH, we visited Kandersteg and St Moritz which are stunningly beautiful. I then had to do my 2 weeks of quarantine so did a lot of those household jobs which are always on the upcoming” list but never make it to the top. ? In between all that, taking my regular turns for a couple of days with parents in London, piloting them to hospital appointments, sorting out their muddles and trying to keep them going.? With both developing dementia and heart problems, Mum now having some nasty face cancers which she is refusing to have treated, and general limited ability to cope with anything but the most basic, regular tasks, there will be a day of reckoning coming soon. We hope to keep things on an even keel at least until January, maybe even until Easter. But it depends…….. ? So, current state of play. Swiss figures atrocious, worst in Europe and no-one sure how it happened so quickly. DH may not get home at Christmas. DD2 likely to be stuck north of border, Dd1 with husband about 80 miles away, because I am on my own at present and they are shielding for her DH, we have special access arrangements allowed so she can pop over when she feels it is safe to do so. So we have had a few day visits and one stop-over since the rules changed in July. How we hugged and hugged when we first saw each other after 8 months ? But currently all England in? a 4 week lockdown where only education, work which can’t be done from home, exercise, essential shopping and medical visits are allowable reasons for leaving home – all to be done “locally”. We’re lucky to have a nice home and a small garden. And lovely woodlands nearby. ? I’ve done surprisingly little knitting, taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out). Started some drawing and painting again, thinking about playing with basketry. I’m a real introvert but I am getting tired of the situation. I want my friends and family back. But I have been sure since last January that this would be the state of play until at least? Easter 2021, so we just have to hang on in there, plenty of time for reading anyway. ? Vaccine won’t be a quick fix, with 2 doses 2 weeks apart, a 4 week wait for protection after that, the very first to get vaccinated will have to wait 6 weeks before feeling more safe. And it will take ages for enough people to be done to make much difference to transmission rates. But it will come. If nothing else, the better spring weather will hopefully get us “out of jail” by April and by the end of next summer things should look more normal. Roll on 2022!!!!!! ? Best of luck to everyone meanwhile, in new jobs, relocation plans, in managing to keep connected to those we love. I try to remind myself of the lonely onlies who don’t have anyone to miss seeing, for whom this is their normal everyday life. I do hope that ?out of all this will come more community effort to engage with these people and give them more connection and less enforced solitude. ? Jenny ? Happy Diwali to all of you! Today is the day that Hindus believe light triumphed over darkness, good over evil. May the light dispel your darkness and may you have good triumph over evil in your life. In some parts of India, today is also New Year’s day and I also wish you a very safe, happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! My Diwali traditions these days are far removed from what I did when I was growing up. Work, the inability to take the day off in the early days of my career (before personal choice or floating holidays), and the demands of raising kids meant that all I ever did here was make sweets and light lamps.? We’ve been pretty much home-bound since March. My sister occasionally comes over to see my father if she comes upstate. My father would have gone to visit my brother for some months but that hasn’t happened. He is confined to the house except for doctor’s appointments. We go to the grocery store, to the hardware store, and the pharmacy around once a week and most other things are quite rare. DD was supposed to come at Thanksgiving with an extra two weeks of working from here when she would be quarantining in our house. In her bedroom with access to the other bathroom upstairs and maybe exercising in the basement when we weren’t there. But we canceled due to spikes in her area and in ours. We’ll reschedule when levels are down and not plan but just do it spontaneously. However, some things have worked out well - I now have a Sat am Zoom call with Ravefry friends from the US, Canada and India. I taught DD to make Indian sweets yesterday so she can celebrate Diwali on her own. My yard is looking good. I’ve been doing some weaving, knitting, spinning, but not as much as I thought I would.? ? On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM erica <knitzz@...> wrote: I feel like I have been asleep ... on a bus ... and when I woke up ... y'all musta got off a few stops ago :-)
Can you tell I just finished listening to an interview with Mary Karr ... love her word*crafting ... knock*knock ... anybody out there? erica in sunny <blue> arizona
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Jenny, You said " taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out)."
That is exactly how I use my Swedish Heartwarmer shawl. It takes a lot of concentration because of a) stranding, b) Philosopher's Wool Method and c) knitting backwards two-handed. Some charts are easy and I can listen to podcasts or listen to TV when I'm doing them. Others require silence and total concentration.?
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 12:45 AM Jenny Swanson < jenny@...> wrote: Hi everyone, it was delightful to read so much news of people managing to stay sane and keep going. Fighting something by lying low? is so counter-intuitive. ? We’re okay here. DD2 successfully crossed the border form Scotland late August at the end of her year’s post at the Glasgow veterinary hospital, travel then being allowed, and flew to Geneva as she had not seen her Dad since Christmas last. Had a? good week with him but got caught by the new quarantine requirement for those returning from Switzerland, so spent her last two weeks of vacation quarantining in the opposite side of the house from myself. At that time Swiss cases were much lower than in the UK so it seemed a bit daft, but she was fine and spent a lot of the time in her room going? through drawers and cupboards and removing things no longer wanted. So all good. ? Got back over the border late September, to her anaesthetics post in a new hospital just outside Edinburgh, but now caught again in high level restrictions. No idea when I will see her again. She’s had a tough year, like most of the central belt in Scotland. Hard lockdown, very heavy work schedule, off work 5 weeks with? coronavirus, straight back? into heavy schedule, no travel over 5 miles allowed from March until late July ?- so only 4 weeks of relative freedom before returning home. They have not reinstated the 5 mile strict limit yet but by mid-September no-one is supposed to leave the health area they are in (to prevent high infection rates spreading to relatively “clean” areas!!). The exclamation marks are because lots of people ignored it and drove into the areas which were still open for dining etc, and now these areas also join the high infection restrictions. So thoughtless. ? I got out to Switzerland late September, had a wonderful ten days with DH, we visited Kandersteg and St Moritz which are stunningly beautiful. I then had to do my 2 weeks of quarantine so did a lot of those household jobs which are always on the upcoming” list but never make it to the top. ? In between all that, taking my regular turns for a couple of days with parents in London, piloting them to hospital appointments, sorting out their muddles and trying to keep them going.? With both developing dementia and heart problems, Mum now having some nasty face cancers which she is refusing to have treated, and general limited ability to cope with anything but the most basic, regular tasks, there will be a day of reckoning coming soon. We hope to keep things on an even keel at least until January, maybe even until Easter. But it depends…….. ? So, current state of play. Swiss figures atrocious, worst in Europe and no-one sure how it happened so quickly. DH may not get home at Christmas. DD2 likely to be stuck north of border, Dd1 with husband about 80 miles away, because I am on my own at present and they are shielding for her DH, we have special access arrangements allowed so she can pop over when she feels it is safe to do so. So we have had a few day visits and one stop-over since the rules changed in July. How we hugged and hugged when we first saw each other after 8 months ? But currently all England in? a 4 week lockdown where only education, work which can’t be done from home, exercise, essential shopping and medical visits are allowable reasons for leaving home – all to be done “locally”. We’re lucky to have a nice home and a small garden. And lovely woodlands nearby. ? I’ve done surprisingly little knitting, taken up cross stitch which I have to really concentrate on (so it blocks stuff out). Started some drawing and painting again, thinking about playing with basketry. I’m a real introvert but I am getting tired of the situation. I want my friends and family back. But I have been sure since last January that this would be the state of play until at least? Easter 2021, so we just have to hang on in there, plenty of time for reading anyway. ? Vaccine won’t be a quick fix, with 2 doses 2 weeks apart, a 4 week wait for protection after that, the very first to get vaccinated will have to wait 6 weeks before feeling more safe. And it will take ages for enough people to be done to make much difference to transmission rates. But it will come. If nothing else, the better spring weather will hopefully get us “out of jail” by April and by the end of next summer things should look more normal. Roll on 2022!!!!!! ? Best of luck to everyone meanwhile, in new jobs, relocation plans, in managing to keep connected to those we love. I try to remind myself of the lonely onlies who don’t have anyone to miss seeing, for whom this is their normal everyday life. I do hope that ?out of all this will come more community effort to engage with these people and give them more connection and less enforced solitude. ? Jenny ? Happy Diwali to all of you! Today is the day that Hindus believe light triumphed over darkness, good over evil. May the light dispel your darkness and may you have good triumph over evil in your life. In some parts of India, today is also New Year’s day and I also wish you a very safe, happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! My Diwali traditions these days are far removed from what I did when I was growing up. Work, the inability to take the day off in the early days of my career (before personal choice or floating holidays), and the demands of raising kids meant that all I ever did here was make sweets and light lamps.? We’ve been pretty much home-bound since March. My sister occasionally comes over to see my father if she comes upstate. My father would have gone to visit my brother for some months but that hasn’t happened. He is confined to the house except for doctor’s appointments. We go to the grocery store, to the hardware store, and the pharmacy around once a week and most other things are quite rare. DD was supposed to come at Thanksgiving with an extra two weeks of working from here when she would be quarantining in our house. In her bedroom with access to the other bathroom upstairs and maybe exercising in the basement when we weren’t there. But we canceled due to spikes in her area and in ours. We’ll reschedule when levels are down and not plan but just do it spontaneously. However, some things have worked out well - I now have a Sat am Zoom call with Ravefry friends from the US, Canada and India. I taught DD to make Indian sweets yesterday so she can celebrate Diwali on her own. My yard is looking good. I’ve been doing some weaving, knitting, spinning, but not as much as I thought I would.? ? On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM erica <knitzz@...> wrote: I feel like I have been asleep ... on a bus ... and when I woke up ... y'all musta got off a few stops ago :-)
Can you tell I just finished listening to an interview with Mary Karr ... love her word*crafting ... knock*knock ... anybody out there? erica in sunny <blue> arizona
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Re: Friday the 13th check-in ...
Erica,? Elisenlebkuchen use these. We didn't realize they were edible so peeled them off the ones we bought in Nuremberg. There are many, many lebkuchen recipes. I bought a German baking cookbook to get the recipe for the Elisenlebkuchen and it has a few different?ones in it. I may make some of the others at some point.
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 10:35 PM erica < knitzz@...> wrote: lebkuchen ... thanks Jaya ... that word took me on a *several* hour German food imagineTasting odyssey?...yum!The recipes I was reading about?lebkuchen and its cousins ... all used large Altar Bread as the bottom layer ... you said paper ... just a thought. And never.would.I.ever ... have realized Amazon sells Altar Bread (communion wafers if you ask this lapsed Catholic) ... in multiple sizes!
With fancy patterns! It took all my willpower NOT to order a box ... since I have an empty Catholic Church right across the street :-)
THANKS for the European vacay! erica - livin' large in a small sandbox
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 3:25 PM Jaya Srikrishnan < ermabom@...> wrote: Forgot to add: I am cooking a more experimental menu because I need to plan and I can look up recipes and get ingredients.
Also, we had a very successful cookie exchange a few weeks ago when the weather was nice. A bunch of us retired IBMers met outside on my lawn and had a carefully socially distanced gathering. It was lovely to see people.
I am planning to make Elisenlebkuchen in a few weeks when all the ingredients show up. DH and I loved this when we were in Nuremberg and I’ve tried buying lebkuchen here but it isn’t the same. This is a flourless cookie made with hazelnuts and almonds and the stuff you get here is more like fruitcake. It is complicated as the cookies are baked on edible paper bases. If it works, it might become an annual thing. On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 5:21 PM Jaya < ermabom@...> wrote: Happy Diwali to all of you! Today is the day that Hindus believe light triumphed over darkness, good over evil. May the light dispel your darkness and may you have good triumph over evil in your life. In some parts of India, today is also New Year’s day and I also wish you a very safe, happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!
My Diwali traditions these days are far removed from what I did when I was growing up. Work, the inability to take the day off in the early days of my career (before personal choice or floating holidays), and the demands of raising kids meant that all I ever did here was make sweets and light lamps.?
We’ve been pretty much home-bound since March. My sister occasionally comes over to see my father if she comes upstate. My father would have gone to visit my brother for some months but that hasn’t happened. He is confined to the house except for doctor’s appointments. We go to the grocery store, to the hardware store, and the pharmacy around once a week and most other things are quite rare.
DD was supposed to come at Thanksgiving with an extra two weeks of working from here when she would be quarantining in our house. In her bedroom with access to the other bathroom upstairs and maybe exercising in the basement when we weren’t there. But we canceled due to spikes in her area and in ours. We’ll reschedule when levels are down and not plan but just do it spontaneously.
However, some things have worked out well - I now have a Sat am Zoom call with Ravefry friends from the US, Canada and India. I taught DD to make Indian sweets yesterday so she can celebrate Diwali on her own. My yard is looking good. I’ve been doing some weaving, knitting, spinning, but not as much as I thought I would.? On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:00 PM erica < knitzz@...> wrote: I feel like I have been asleep ... on a bus ... and when I woke up ... y'all musta got off a few stops ago :-)
Can you tell I just finished listening to an interview with Mary Karr ... love her word*crafting ...
knock*knock ... anybody out there? erica in sunny <blue> arizona
Jaya
Jaya
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