everyone loves a parade

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time to get packing—in two days i’m traveling to california with david to attend the TNNA winter show and spend some time with our friend kim and her family (we can’t wait to get reacquainted with the sun). not that we have anything against winter, but seven in a row days of shoveling snow and […]

plied and satisfied

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ooooh, it’s bitter cold here—in the single digits all day, brr. this morning, a heavy flurry of iced snowflakes swirled across the windows facing the street. with the black trees in the background, it gives the effect of a snowfall in the forest. these are shapes i haven’t seen on the windows before—i was entranced […]

it’s a new day

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i’m sensing an unusually high excitement in the air about this new year—many of us are pinning our hopes on a better, more promising time ahead and i fervently hope that our collective energy will make it so. happy new year, indeed. i’ve been so fortunate this year to hold steady and even grow our […]

a sockwork orange

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a winter club kit than a juicy orange to break up the gray? but the color needed a name, so we put it to you to decide and the votes are in—thank you to everyone who participated! we had 338 comments for suggested names and 858 votes in the poll (you can view the results […]