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A Denver Destination Vacation: Spun, Adventures in Textiles
Whether as warming layers that comfort us during sleep, decorative furnishings on our walls and floors that enhance our waking hours, or shields providing protection from the elements or evil spirits, textiles are present throughout all moments of our lives. more »
Recycling Guilt
Joan L. Cannon writes:
The wakeup call was the realization of how much we were still using that's intended to be disposable and can't be reused. The hundredweight of magazines and catalogs astonished me every time we loaded the trunk of the car. Then there was the prohibition on dry cat food pronounced by our vet. You don’t know what it’s like to collect aluminum cans until you’ve fed a voracious feline for a month on wet food. more »
I Remember When
Rose Madeline Mula writes: We never had to struggle to learn how to fold a fitted sheet, because we never had fitted sheets. You could buy a house for about one-third the price of today’s car; and you could buy a do-it-yourself home permanent for about a dollar. Unfortunately, you couldn’t leave the house for at least a month after doing-it-yourself for fear of frightening dogs and small children. more »
Unintimidated by a Domestic Crisis and Moonlighting Repairmen
Joan L. Cannon writes: You know how Mickey Mouse looked in the Disney version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice? I emptied the bucket four times and the wastebasket three times before I finally got the level of soapy water too low to immerse the upper end of the siphon, and so had to give it up. Besides, I was whipped. I was wet. The floor was awash. It was time for lunch. more »