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Dw i eisiau siarad Cymraeg
And since I’ve run out of lessons on duolingo and am doing revision (aka review) I am starting to do Say Something In Welsh Lessons in the car. In other life goal news – washed my car today.
Posted in badass-ness, Bucket List, Do the Work, Journey to Wales
Tagged Cymraeg, duolingo, wales, welsh
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Field trip
Mom and I set off to Gloversville Sewing Center so my trusty machine could get looked at. I am hopeful that it will be a belt or something easily fixed but I’ve had this machine since January 1994 and rode it hard. I did dutifully clean and oil it during all those years but I get it being tired and cranky now. Will wait and see what the report is.
And of course since we were there, we had to look at all the fabric. She found some fun stuff. I found a couple things which may get used for like a vest lining or something: Continue reading
Posted in bobbin number, Do the Work, fountain pens, quilting, the creative process, travels, weather
Tagged dothework, fabric, machines, process, quilting, sewing, Travel
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NaPoWriMo Day Three
Thought I’d slide up route 22 to visit Robert Frost today a good cool bright-blue-sky day but big red signs at the state line warned me Vermont was closed well, sort of, you know and it was too hard to … Continue reading
Posted in covid19, Do the Work, haiku, In the neighborhood, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, travels
Tagged covid19, dothework, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, RobertFrost, vermont
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On Being Sick in Time of COVID-19
Yes I was struck down by something last week. I’d gone off to a talk at the Clark (sorry guys) and driving home felt sort of punk. Chest feels rough, that weird head thing when you’re probably running a temp. … Continue reading
Day Four, En Plein Air
Today as we were scoping out views at the top of the hill Bob, our teacher, suggested that I should try something with something in the fore and mid ground rather than just long views. So I picked a spot … Continue reading
Posted in Classwork, Do the Work, From the Quote Box, the creative process, travels, watercolor
Tagged Classwork, dothework, pleinair, quote, watercolor
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