In June I’m exploring photography in my “Try a craft” project. My daughter and I went to DisneyWorld last week and whenever I go I get their photography package, Memory…
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The May “Try a craft” was macramé and I found it more fun than baking bread or stamping, but less fun than crochet or knitting (which are different ways of…
In week two of learning about macrame, I figured out I need more string/rope than I think I need, because the ins, outs and arounds of knotting take a lot…
I knew Long John Silver and Dr. Jekyll, but I didn’t know David Balfour. I had also made some assumptions about the book “Kidnapped” by Robert Louis Stevenson. I thought…
As part of preparing for my trip to Scotland, I’m reading, watching and learning about Scotland. I’m working on my TV/Movie challenge list. I watched Braveheart when it came out.…
January is for organizing. You’ve just dealt with the chaos of holidays and there’s this promise of a fresh start mixed with the memory of frustrated cooking and baking and…
I’ve taught many craft classes over the years as a librarian, but I’m still messing up. Sometimes I know better but try to skip a step, sometimes it is because…
I didn’t quite succeed in my attempt, but I thought I should share anyway. We just got back from an epic trip to Disney World (hence the epic movie marathon…
Onward, 2020-Pixar. A movie about brotherhood, magic and searching for a father figure (at least upper half of a father figure). I think the Manticore and the mom stole the…
Zootopia, 2016 This movie was inspired by the Disney classic Robin Hood. All the mammals are anthropomorphic and apparently don’t eat each other any more (they eat fish I guess?)…
