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Lanolin for Healing by Suzanne Artley
Mar 10, 2009
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When I was sixteen, I was given a pair of riding gloves made from goatskin. They were soft and supple with lanolin...
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Nora Meets Milan by Stephen Beal
Jan 28, 2009
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I’M THROUGH! Nora declared to Aunt Betty over lunch. The Russian Tearoom. Both women were Manhattan lawyers...
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Standing On the Shoulders of Giants by Judith MacKenzie...
Jan 28, 2009
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As a spinning teacher I hear many wonderful stories: about children and animals, strangers and friends, travels...
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Spinning a Cautionary Tale by Deborah Free
Jan 28, 2009
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Once upon a visit to my community library, I discovered a lovely old book of fairy tales. The cover illustration...
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Wishful Thinking by Evelyn Clark
Jan 15, 2009
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Sometimes I wonder if I ever will graduate from the school of hard knocks. My latest lesson involved my dog, Mica...
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Have I Got Worms! by Jeannine Glaves
Jan 15, 2009
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Last year, a spinner in my neck of the woods (Oklahoma) had more silkworms than she could feed and was looking...
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Fiber Optics and Yarn by Diane Mulholland
Jan 15, 2009
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When I was very little, my mother taught me how to spin and knit. She taught me many other skills, but these are...
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What Are You Doing? And Why? by Abby Franquemont
Jan 15, 2009
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Someone asked me the other day, “What are you doing?” “Oh, I’m cooking food,” I explained...
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Finding My Wheel by Linnea Tippett
Jan 15, 2009
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I am, like so many other spinners, a professional. Oh, no—I’m not a professional spinner—that’s...
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The Andean Connection by Amy Clarke Moore
Jan 15, 2009
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We’re just back from our twenty sixth Spin-Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR)—this year it was held at Pocono...
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