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  • Meme text top line: SEW WHAT? Meme text bottom line: RIP IT OUT AND TRY AGAIN Image: A quilted oven mitt is sewn together wrong. The thumb of one side is folded over and sewn to the palm, and the two halves of the mitt are not mirrored.
    Sewing And Quilting

    Go Pro Sew Show – Genius!

    October 13, 2024 - By ginny

    This YouTube content creator shows his camera setup for recording sewing tutorials. It’s a GoPro on an articulated arm stuck to his sewing machine so there’s a clear view on the stitching and needle, using a bike helmet mount. Genius! m.youtube.com/shorts/AAjwsinqaG8 I don’t think I’m ready to be a YouTuber.

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  • Books

    Now Reading (Listening): Search The Dark by Charles Todd

    April 7, 2024 - By ginny

    Yes, the next book in the series, and yes, only the audiobook was available for borrowing. I’ve put a hold on for a library book, and also waiting on an ebook. Le sigh. #NowReading www.hoopladigital.com/audiobook/search-the-dark-charles-todd/13535076

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  • Books

    Reading “Wings Of Fire” – Not The Dragon One

    April 6, 2024 - By ginny

    Can’t finish this via audiobook – the reader’s soothing voice makes me sleep too well. It finally came up as an e-book at the library. As it’s NOT a boring book, I can read it faster than listening to it, without getting so relaxed I doze off. Wings of Fire, by Charles Todd, an Ian Rutledge mystery. The writing, pacing, and characters are solid and the style is beautifully melancholy. The Hamish character, a sort of inner voice, isn’t as intrusive as I thought he’d be.   UPDATE: Fell asleep and had a lovely nap after reading 7 or 8…

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  • All Things Interesting - Home Improvement - Sewing And Quilting

    It’s #DeclutterChallenge2024

    January 1, 2024 - By ginny

      My sewing room serves multiple functions – guest room, computer room, exercise room, extra TV room… and it needs decluttering and reorganizing to make those functions work. #DeclutterChallenge2024 youtu.be/Y_XxkKGDe0o And my multipurpose room was full of Xmess stuff, badly arranged furniture, and clutter. Day 1 was Garbage Day. Days 2-3 were for clearing out magazines & books, but don’t have many, and they’re in my home office. So I rearranged the furniture to open up space for my training bike – goal is to get it set up this weekend. Then today, Day 4, was to get rid of…

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  • Politics, Schmolitics

    Can’t Decide Which Color I Like Best…

    November 11, 2023 - By ginny

    www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Little-Things-You-Can-Do-to-Save-the-Environment-by-hollyatodds/69181176.121KU

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  • Cluttered guest room/sewing room/dumping room needs reorganizing love
    All Things Interesting - Home Improvement - Sewing And Quilting

    The #DeclutterChallenge Day 1

    June 4, 2023 - By ginny

    After months of remodeling chaos, my sewing room is a mess. Time to take out the garbage according to her Day 1 declutter challenge.

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  • Reconstructed mammoth or mastodon
    Mastodon - Today

    Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation | John Naughton | The Guardian

    January 21, 2023 - By ginny

    The Guardian takes notice of Mastodon. The new social network with its interconnected ‘fediverse’ is a welcome alternative to blustering rival Twitter and Elon Musk — Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/back-to-the-future-how-mastodon-is-restoring-the-lost-art-of-online-conversation

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  • Space Karen Elon Musk
    Social Media - Twitter

    Elon Musk Will Step Down As Twitter CEO (and burn it down by proxy)

    December 20, 2022 - By ginny

    My guess is he’ll pick someone guaranteed to offend everyone and to totally ruin the company.

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  • Hot Off The Presses

    Harvey Weinstein…Wait, What?

    December 19, 2022 - By ginny

    There’s a bizarre detail about Weinstein’s anatomy at the end of this story. It’s a gift link, so you’ll be able to read it. Don’t read it at work or people on Zoom or in the next cube will look up and wonder why you’re gagging at your desk.  A Los Angeles jury on Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and a third sexual misconduct charge after a weekslong trial. — Read on https://wapo.st/3G7Hz81

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  • Uncategorized

    In Review: Macally Backlit Portable Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad Mini/Pro, iPhone

    December 18, 2022 - By ginny

    This is a review of a review plugin for WordPress.. It’s not a book… but it’s also a review of the wireless keyboard I’m trying to type it on.  A year or more ago, I thought I’d be reading more books, so I enthusiastically read about 3 books and looked for a way to add stars and so on like I’ve seen on other blogs.  The review plugin is called Recensio Book Reviews, and it’s a little too powerful for someone that doesn’t read as many books as she should.  But I’ve read a few lately and so I’ll keep…

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  • Insurance season is almost over, thank Dog

    Avoid health sharing plans, they're not that great a deal. A friend had one while getting some pretty serious treatment, and he struggled to get the care he needed.

    Elisabeth Yoder and her son Darragh recently experienced a huge gap in their health care "coverage." They stand in  front of the family home, and they belong to a Christian "health sharing" plan that didn't reimburse for a recent ambulance ride.

     

     

    Link: Not serious enough to turn on the siren, toddler’s 39-mile ambulance ride still cost over $9,000

  • Charm Patch Quilt: On Point

    From Sew Can She - this looks like a great way to use up charm squares and scraps that can be at least 4 1/2-5 inches square. The contrast fabric and on-point arrangement add good visual interest without being too busy.

    Link: Charm Patch Quilt Pattern: Free Throw quilt Pattern for Pre-Cut Charm Squares!

  • Tea Towel Hems

    Bought some tea towels for gifts, looking for tutorials for adding colorful hanging cuffs after hemming.

    I lean toward Method 1, mitred corners. Will decide once the towels arrive in case the selvage edges are good quality.

    https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2023/03/26/tutorial-how-to-make-a-tea-towel-three-ways/

  • Sorry About The Mess: Trump Wrecking World Economy

    Post: He’s nuts if he thinks manufacturers will move to the US; they like paying rock bottom non-union wages and they’ll pass the higher costs to American consumers. Lose-lose! What can possibly go wrong?

    Since he lives in his own bubble universe, I’m wondering how long his big donors, the few relatively sane conservatives in Congress, and his “IKEA cabinet” will hold out until the murmurs behind the scenes become screaming fights in the Oval Office.

    Spine of steel? Nope. Skull of rock.

    Maury Povich lie detector meme: It says here… Trump is as dumb as a box of rocks.

    Global economy rocked again as rates on imports to the US from dozens of trading partners rose further, with China hit by 104% tariffs

    Link: Donald Trump unleashes new wave of tariffs against dozens of countries

  • Now Listening: Joni Mitchell | Black Crow

    Joni Mitchell album cover Black Crow. A woman is superimposed over an empty road that leads into her silhouette.

    Text:

     

    ”Black Crow - There's a crow flying Black and ragged Tree to tree He's black as the highway that's leading me Now he's diving down To pick up on something shiny I feel like that black crow Flying In a blue sky I took the ferry to the highway Then I drove to a pontoon plane I took a plane to a taxi And a taxi to a train I've been traveling so long How'm I ever gonna know my home When I see it again I'm like a black crow flying In a blue blue sky In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving diving diving diving Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing Just like that black crow flying In a blue sky I looked at the morning After being up all night I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light I looked out the window And I I saw that ragged soul take flight I saw a back crow flying In a blue sky Oh I'm like a black crow flying In a blue sky”

     

    Link: Check out this song I heard on Radio Paradise

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