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Spun up a batt I got at the Handweavers' Show and Sale last weekend.  Joan Contraman's Stone Soup -- Warm Glow.  It's a catch-all batt from bits and pieces.  I've always loved her color sense.  If my memory hasn't completely left me, Joan and I were both in Designing Weavers before she moved to Big Sky country to raise sheep.

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It's our 37th anniversary!  8-]

Ok, so I joined a community called Sestina Week.  No way I'll manage one a day, but I have managed this:

Garden Plots

Not the ages of man, but of woman
occupy my thoughts in these passing hours,
passing now with no particular care
whatsoever, if once again the sleep
I seek mocks me tauntingly.   So it leaves
me musing on the garden I have made.

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Fiber Retreat was a blast -- I know 'cuz I'm blasted. ;- y   Thanx Bjo and everyone for a great time.

My pin-woven tapestry classes seemed to go well. I was more organized for the second one, but I was also less chatty, so I shouldn't schedule two classes for the same day again.

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Hippo Birdie 2 Ewe!!  W00t!!1!

Happy 26th birthday Will!  8-]  You're a pretty kewl frood.  ;-]

Dove ewe,
Mom

It's my un-birthday.  I'm 14 1/4 this year (counting in leap years).  8-]

Another 100 items meme

Bold the things you have done, strike out what you will never do:

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland / Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain [does a butte count?]
9. Held a praying mantis
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Here's the flickr link to see a sketch of my steampunk garb for Loscon:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95472896@N00/3013769371/in/pool-steampunkgear

I'll upload an actual picture when the cape gets here. 8-]