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Friday, 3 April 2015

So what's been going on for the last few months?

It’s been all systems go with lots of conservation and maintenance work being carried out across the park. So where to start…

With the help of volunteers we have planted 48 new trees across the park. Species planted include oak, beech and small-leaved lime. Once established, these trees will create new habitats and niches for native wildlife and will hopefully be enjoyed by many future generations to come.

Planted 'whips' require guards to protect them from grazing damage
in the early stages of their development.
Ongoing HLS works have also seen over 2km of top wiring installed along the boundary wall on the moor, stretching from Bowstones all the way down to middle moor wall. This will help keep the red deer safe within the park for the next 15-20 years.

Rangers Craig and Gary have dug three scrapes in the red deer sanctuary. The scrapes are shallow depressions in the ground which will seasonally hold water and support the development of a variety of important invertebrate communities. Once established, these communities will become highly attractive to breeding wading birds, such as Lapwing and Curlew, as they provide important feeding areas for adult birds and their chicks.

Digging the scrapes caused quite a stir among the locals.
18 new bird boxes have been put up in both Elmerhurst and Hampers wood to encourage more breeding migratory birds into our woodlands. The boxes have been designed and installed to provide suitable nesting sites for redstart and pied flycatcher. These birds return to the UK to breed in open broadleaf woodland after spending most of their winter in central and western Africa.

Our team of park maintenance volunteers have continued improving infrastructure in need of attention; most notably in Elmerhurst wood where sections of footpath were getting waterlogged and quickly becoming boggy in the winter rains. Many of these sections have now been improved and should provide a much firmer footing whilst enjoying spring walks through the woods.

Rhododendron clearance has continued in the West Park drive area of the park. Our dedicated team of regular conservation volunteers, along with a number of external volunteer groups (thank you MNTV and SSNTV), have been chipping away at it over the winter months and it's starting to look like were edging ever closer to the final stages of clearance.

Our regular maintenance and conservation volunteers have also been working in conjunction with employees from Vodafone to install a new flight of steps leading up from the gate at the Knott car park towards Pursefield wood. The steps are almost complete and should hopefully make for a much easier transition along this section of the footpath.

This month we also sadly say goodbye to John Mead. John has spent the last twelve months on secondment working for the Eastern Moors Partnership, a joint venture between the National Trust and RSPB, managing some of the most stunning landscapes in the Peak District. Unfortunately for Lyme, his hard work over there hasn't gone unnoticed and the Eastern Moors team have snapped him up permanently. On behalf of the ranger team, thank you for all your great work here at Lyme John and we wish you all the best on your new adventure.

Although it’s goodbye to John we won’t be saying goodbye to the blog which he started and we will continue posting updates on ranger related activities and goings on in the park, so watch this space!


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Thursday, December 16, 2010

A message came in my inbox this morning, just in time, I might add because I woke up feeling like the world was coming to and end and I was caught with a kitchen in disarray, laundry not done, shopping incomplete, a friend who misunderstood me, the diet not started, cats that need to find a new home but a daughter not understanding why, things I can't fix and relationships I haven't tended well enough, Christmas candy still unmade, a birthday present undelivered, letters not written, cookies not baked--they must be ready by 3:30 when my Achievement Days girls are going caroling to the widows in our ward and leaving them a package of cookies (that they probably don't want)--, the date for the Christmas dinner not decided on, food not purchased, packages not mailed, clutter, clutter everywhere, blogs I've neglected, watercolors still in the same spot I put them in two months ago when I was ambitious and thought I could do it all, eternal differences of opinion, and the Christmas tree still not decorated. Maybe your life is like this, too. If so, put your name where mine is in the following quote:

"Tell me, Lynne, if you were to walk out of your home tomorrow morning, gaze upward into the heavens and see me there, in all my splendor, pacing, pining, and worrying; hoping, wishing, and yearning; and questioning whether or not my boldest dreams would ever come true, would you or would you not, wonder if I had gone stark raving mad?

"Well then...? The Universe

"Lynne, you're every bit as splendid."

If you would like words of encouragement, sign up with "The Universe," here. And I hope you can afford to hire a maid...but then, you'd clean before she came. I know that, because that's what I would do.

So, in the midst of all the minutia and undone tasks, my wish for you today is that your burden's be light, along with your worrying, and that you might have a song in your heart .

Laura~peach~ said...

whirligigdaisy said...

Ah. I get the Universe messages, but for some reason I missed this one. And it's a good one. I hope we all listen. Love you.

Colette Amelia said...

ahhh I found comfort in that message too! And even though I am not as high functioning or at least high goal setting as you I too feel like I am behind even though I haven't got anything planned!

Been thinking that I haven't heard from you in ages...but then I have been remiss...Got a nasty congestion. Can't sleep, can't breathe (quietly) so I guess that is my excuse.

Take care and maybe plan less so you can have success in getting through what only any mere mortal could possibly do! Don't worry!

hillary said...

You can charm actual warts, can you charm worry warts too? I bet so. You're that super.

I love you the very most.

hillary said...

Alzabeth loves the stinky cats more than she loves Max and Liza. HOW RUDIE pants of her.

Karen Deborah said...

awh Lynne I haven't been able to do anything. i just recently have been able to type again. the reason for the season is the joy. Not all those lists. Jesus came to bring us liberty and peace. I'm going to pray for you to get a dose of that. Too many burdens are clouding up your Christmas wonder and joy. sounds like somebody needs to come and give you a hand and a hug.
You know 98% of the stuff we worry about never happens-- so it must work right?
that should stop me but it doesn't.

Michael Rawluk said...

I like to do my worrying a 3 in the morning. There is nothing like worrying yourself into a sweat when you are trying to not wake the next person up.

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Nine films have been selected for nominees consideration at the upcoming Academy Awards, including recent Golden Globe winner 'In a Better World'.
Oscars' Best Foreign Film Shortlist Unleashed

Golden Globe Awards winner "" and 's "" have been selected in the final Best Foreign Film Oscar shortlist before next week's nominations. The field has been narrowed down from 65 films to nine.

Algeria, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa and Sweden are represented on the list. Films up for contention include "Simple Simon", "Hors la Loi (Outside the Law)", "Dogtooth" and "Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain)".

Japan's "Kokuhaku (Confessions)" is East Asia's only representative on the short-list. "We're really happy to be selected for the short-list, but now we have to hope we make the last five. It would be tough to miss out now," producer Genki Kawamura told The Hollywood Reporter. "It would be good to see at least one Asian film represented, and I definitely want to go to the Kodak Theater - I guess all we can do now is pray."

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ONTARIO, CA — Against the backdrop of a new U.S. federal government that will no doubt impact the future of the plumbing and water efficiency industries, the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE), the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), and Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI), in cooperation with the World Plumbing Council (WPC) will convene the sixth biennial Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS) in Ontario, Calif., in May 2018. A Call for Abstracts for this highly respected event has been issued and is available for download at http://www.iapmo.org/Documents/EWTS_Call_for_Abstract.pdf.

Previously called the International Emerging Technology Symposium, the EWTS has been renamed to better associate the event with water and plumbing related issues. The sixth EWTS is co-convened by the four associations that have worked together closely over the past few years to grow the symposium and make it a can’t miss event for those who work or are interested in the fields of safe plumbing, water distribution, and water efficiency. The co-conveners stress that the EWTS is still an international event and welcome abstracts and participation from across the globe.

“Speaking on behalf of Barbara Higgens (PMI), Mary Ann Dickinson (AWE), Billy Smith (ASPE), and myself, we are looking forward to continuing our long-term commitment to convene the EWTS,” said GP Russ Chaney, CEO of The IAPMO Group. “The EWTS continues to grow and build upon a reputation for being a highly respected forum where attendees can learn about and discuss the challenges associated with delivering safe water in and around buildings and the new technologies that will play a role in addressing those challenges.

We’re excited to work with ASPE, AWE, and PMI on developing another exciting technical program and networking event, and look forward to welcoming the many industry professionals who so graciously give of their time and share their knowledge to keep our homes and buildings safe.”

A series of videos from previous EWTS symposiums are available for viewing online at http://www.youtube.com/user/IAPMOGroup.

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Hillary Clinton said over the weekend that requirements for women to ride in the back of some Jerusalem bus routes reminds her of segregated busing during the height of the civil rights era in the south. She also said that the country's growing religious right reminds her of Iran, according to press accounts of her closed-door remarks in Washington.

Israeli papers reported that Mrs. Clinton expressed her concerns at a Saturday meeting of the Saban Forum at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center, a think tank funded by US-Israeli billionaire Haim Saban (his fortune rests in the Power Rangers franchise and other shows for children). The State Department confirmed her appearance, but did not release a transcript of her remarks.

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According to the Israeli press, Clinton said gender segregation on some Israeli buses reminded her of Rosa Parks; that proposed legislation in Israel to control the funding of left-leaning groups worries her; and that the attitudes of a growing and increasingly powerful ultra-Orthodox community, particularly its attitudes toward women, are reminiscent of Iran.

Her remarks – and the response – are embedded within a growing reality: Culturally the US and Israel are drawing further apart. The ultra-Orthodox right has gone from strength to strength in Israel, with the Orthodox rabbinate having sought and gained influence over policy in Israeli society. At the same time, the country's democracy is increasingly seeking to shut down avenues for nonviolent dissent, whether through the NGO legislation that Clinton referenced or a law passed by the Knesset earlier this year that seeks to outlaw calls for political boycotts on Israel.

I wrote a little bit about this on Friday, in connection with a tone-deaf series of ads that Israel recently ran in a number of US cities warning Israeli expatriates to return home or risk losing their Jewish and Israeli identities. The ads angered a number of prominent Jewish-American organizations.

Clinton's comments are telling, coming as they do in an election year. Her boss, President Obama, has taken flak from American Jews for being insufficiently supportive of Israel and  is heading toward what promises to be a dog-fight for a second presidential term. In that context, the fact that Clinton was willing to make these kinds of comments is a sign the administration believes many supporters of Israel in the US share their concerns.

Palestinian activists will be annoyed that her Rosa Parks reference was in regard to Israeli women, not a recent protest by Palestinians in the West Bank against what they say are discriminatory bus policies. But Clinton's criticism was a warning that the "common values" that are often used to explain the close US-Israel relationship are eroding.

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz from the prime minister's Likud party said at a Cabinet meeting Sunday that Clinton's comments were exaggerated: "I don’t know many better democracies in the world. It is of course necessary to fix things sometimes. The matter of excluding and segregating women is completely unacceptable and needs to be put to a stop, but there is a great distance between this and the argument that there is a threat to Israeli democracy."

Perhaps, but Likud legislator Ofir Akunis, sponsor of the bill that will extend government control over non-government organizations, didn't help Mr. Steitz' argument when he took to Israeli television on Sunday night to respond to Clinton. What did Mr. Akunis say? That former US Senator Joe McCarthy “was right in every word he said.”

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McCarthy believed that union organizers and communist sympathizers made up a dangerous fifth column in the US that needed to be controlled by extraconstitutional means.

Referring to the senator who is synonymous in the US for seeking to destroy the lives of Americans who didn't agree with him – and who targeted American Jews with particular relish – was probably not the wisest course if the intent was to put Clinton's concerns to rest.

Writing in Israel's left-leaning Haaretz newspaper, Chemi Shalev said "he was capping a week of deep divisions between Israelis and American Jews by demonstrating that the two are not only miles away and oceans apart, but actually living on different planets - Israelis are from Venus, and American Jews are from Mars, or vice versa."

"Here was a Likud MK, a deputy chairman of the Knesset and one of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s closest Likud allies, choosing to respond to criticism leveled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton against the Israeli right’s anti-democratic initiatives by giving a kosher stamp of approval to who? To Joseph 'I have here in my hand a list' McCarthy, one of the most discredited American politicians in history, and one whose memory is particularly abhorrent to American Jews."

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Lungs at Off the Wall Productions

Not once was my attention anywhere else.

British playwright Duncan MacMillan achieves a rare feat with his 2011 play Lungs, making its Pittsburgh premiere at Off the Wall Productions. He’s written a two-character play about a man and a woman, stuffing it with every single relationship cliché you can imagine, and has come up with some of the most compelling 100 minutes of theater around.

I sat there as the extremely, let’s be charitable and call them well-worn plot points and events duly made an appearance, and yet I fell for each one: Woman and Man (the characters go unnamed) are thinking about wanting to have a baby. She does and he doesn’t, then he does but she doesn’t. He’s forced to give up his musical-career dreams, she deals with in-law problems. There’s the inevitable break-up, infidelity, reunion … I could go on, but what’s the point? Anything that flashed into your head when I said “play about a relationship” finds its way into Lungs. And not once was my attention anywhere else.

Alfred Hitchcock once said that drama is life with the boring bits cut out. MacMillan takes the same approach and doesn’t waste time on transitions: We are continually dropped into the middle of high-voltage scenes only long enough to get the idea, then whisked off into another happening days or months later. Most flamboyantly, he uses a highly idiosyncratic stage vocabulary that’s so elliptical it would make David Mamet seem loquacious.

His only stumble is, oddly, the element he employs to make the play “fresh.” Woven into the couple’s arguments are worries about global climate change … and they always sound like PSAs. In the hermetically sealed world of this play’s theatricality, any mention of anything in the real world seems false.

But mostly, I think, I was riveted because of the extraordinary performances of Sarah Silk and Alec Silberblatt. With Spencer Whale’s unbelievably focused and achingly controlled direction, Silk and Silberblatt burst onto the stage and for an hour-and-a-half burn their way through this play with a style and intelligence that I’m sure has left scars.

My hat is lifted to some brilliant, brilliant work.

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What are the highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in Pittsburgh? Are we being affected by global warming?

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One of the things you can count on in Pittsburgh is that, no matter how hot or cold it gets, some oldster down the street is going to claim that it used to be much colder back in the winter of ought-six, or hotter in '37. "You kids today, with your iPods and your roller derbies don't know what hardship is," they say. And then nod sagely to themselves. As someone who aspires to be Pittsburgh's oldest living young person, I've said this sort of thing myself. (If you ask me, the coldest day in Pittsburgh history was Dec. 8, 2002, when the Steelers lost to the expansion Houston Texans. But to experience temperatures that low, you had to be at the game, watching it.)

But the truth is if you're old enough to be reading this newspaper -- especially the pages in the back -- you're old enough to remember the coldest day in Pittsburgh history.

According to the National Weather Service, which has temperature information back to 1871, that date was Jan. 19, 1994, when the temperature hit a low of 22 degrees below zero. Jan. 19 also holds the Weather Service's distinction for being the "coldest day on record" -- the 24 hours with the lowest average temperature.

How cold is 22 degrees below zero? Cold enough to kill an 81-year-old housewife in West Mifflin who'd stepped out to get her mail in her bathroom slippers, and as you know, nothing kills 81-year-old housewives in West Mifflin. Cold enough to compel then-Gov. Robert Casey to declare a state emergency and urge workers to go home early: Demand for electricity was so high that in some parts of the state, utilities engaged in "rolling blackouts" to prevent the entire grid from shutting down.

Of course, later on that day, things warmed up to a balmy -3 degrees. Along with a similarly chilly January day in 1982, it marks what the Weather Service calls the "lowest maximum temperature" in Pittsburgh history. But no doubt by 3 in the afternoon, some old dodger was muttering, "You call this cold? You don't know cold -- it just doesn't get as cold as it was this morning."

On the other end of the thermometer, three days in Pittsburgh's recorded history have topped out at 103 degrees. That temperature was recorded in July of 1881, August of 1918, and on July 16, 1988. That last date was at the end of the longest heat wave in history: a 13-day sweat-a-thon in which the high was never lower than 90 degrees. The closest Pittsburgh has ever come to that was all the way back in 1878, when even our really old people can't claim to remember.

Is Pittsburgh being affected by global warming? A lot of us will be hoping so come February, but just looking at highs and lows won't tell you much. For example, of the 10 lowest temperatures ever recorded in Pittsburgh, 5 were registered in the past 20 years. By contrast, only two of the 10 hottest temps every recorded took place in that time, and both of those were notched in the summer of 1988.

But obviously you can't just look at a handful of days to determine whether global warming exists. (You can't just look at Pittsburgh either -- that's why they call it global warming.) Even the Pentagon believes climate change will have sweeping and strategic effects on the U.S. When I heard this, I started making plans to buy up all of Hazelwood, on the assumption that someday it will be beachfront property. I mean, if our military planners say a threat exists, you know it just has to be real.

And now, a correction: Last week I called the Allegheny County municipality of Liberty a township. It is, in fact, a borough. And some readers may have inferred that the borough, like the city neighborhoods we know as "liberties," was so named because it had once been open grazing land available to all. Not so. As Jason Togyer, a son of Liberty himself, notes, Liberty Borough took its name when it separated itself from Port Vue. My apologies to Liberty, and to those who paid the ultimate price in casting off the yoke of Port Vue oppression.

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Let the technology help you, instead of getting in your way. For a feature-rich, but intuitive method of creating rhythm for performance and recording, the Spark LE gives you what you need when you need it.

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"Freedom" is the key word
Freedom is having naturally placed controls to create, tweak and recall your sounds easily, edit your work with simple software and move it wherever you want, including other software. If you already have a workflow in your process, Spark LE is there to fit in and make it even more comfortable for you as you incorporate the machine's intuitive layout and response as a vastly superior controller into the software you know and love, like ProTools, Logic, Digital Performer, Ableton and others.

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House Speaker John Boehner’s office released the following statement:

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following statement after the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee approved a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Fast & Furious operation:

“Despite being given multiple opportunities to provide the documents necessary for Congress’ investigation into Fast and Furious, Attorney General Holder continues to stonewall.  Today, the Administration took the extraordinary step of exerting executive privilege over documents that the Attorney General had already agreed to provide to Congress.  Fast and Furious was a reckless  operation that led to the death of an American border agent, and the American people deserve to know the facts to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.  While we had hoped it would not come to this, unless the Attorney General reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week.  If, however, Attorney General Holder produces these documents prior to the scheduled vote, we will give the Oversight Committee an opportunity to review in hopes of resolving this issue.”


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 Subject:  Another use for Captive Portal?
 Date:  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:07:42 +0300

I got an idea to use captive portal as a notice page. If the WAN is down and
operator is trying to fix it (hopefully) I could turn on the captive portal
to announce that the problem is at operators end not in users computer or
our lan. So there would not be 20 people calling me and asking whats wrong.

It would be nice to have it automated with ping or similar. But I think it's
not in the area of m0n0wall. Have enjoyed to use it, and thanks to all
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VMware Extend C Drive Windows 2008 R2

VMware Extend C Drive in Windows 2008 R2 is easy when you have unallocated space followed C Drive, but most of us will not leave space as unallocated after a new disk is added to VMware, so how to extend C Drive without deleting partition to make space unallocated? Try Partition Expert Server Edition.

Steps to extend C Drive in VMware Windows 2008 R2

  1. Download Partition Expert and run the portable edition, so you don't have to install it again;
  2. Click on D Partition, the partition next to C Drive, or one partition with large free space available;
  3. Click Resize/Move Volume from the operation column, and drag the handle on the sides to resize volume;
  4. Move unallocated space next to C Drive, click Resize/Move again, drag the handle again to extend C Drive;
  5. Final step to Click OK and Commit.

Partition Expert runs smooth when extending C Drive, how about diskpart command line and server manager disk management? Windows Server 2008 upgraded disk management with Extend Volume and Shrink Volume to better manage server disk space with limitations. You can always find out extend volume greyed out when you have all free space distributed and assigned drive letter. Why would Windows do so? Why doesn't it just add a handle in disk management, so we can resize partition at will when we want to?

Microsoft released Windows Storage Space program, so I don't think they will improve disk management in future, so let's turn to other system utility to extend C Drive when the following issues come up.

Windows 2008 R2 Extend C Drive Greyed Out

Extend Volume grayed/greyed out in Disk management is the common situation when you partitioned all the free space on your disk, Extend Volume is only active when continues unallocated space followed to NTFS partition, but disk management provides no methods of moving technology when you shrink partition and make space unallocated, so once Extend Volume option greyed out, you have to:

  1. Delete neighbor partition;
  2. Repartitioning;
  3. Reinstalling;
  4. Reload system with previous snapshot;
  5. Try Partition Magic Server software: Partition Expert.

So next time when extend volume grey out again, use Partition Expert to extend C Drive, and make a snapshot, a backup, recover it when low disk space alert shows in your Server system.

Windows 2008 R2 Cannot Extend C Drive

Windows 2008 R2 cannot extend C Drive problem happens when you're using diskpart command line to extend C Drive without bootable CD, that's to say, you have to reboot server and run diskpart in pre-os if you want to successfully extend C Drive.

How to make this success when running Server, because we don't have bootable CD for VMware Server 2008 R2, we don't want to pay much to solve C Drive running out space problem, nor do we'll cost extra fee to New Windows Server 2012.

When Server 2008 cannot extend C Drive, you can try disk management we mentioned above by deleting partition to make space unallocated and make extend volume active. Or you can try Partition Expert to Extend C Drive without deleting other partitions with fast speed and fewer steps.

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You Thought You Was Cute: Styles We Thought We Looked Good In When We Really Looked A Mess

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Achieving personal style you can be proud of takes time. Many of us have worn a thing or two that we’ve later wanted to burn, or found a picture where we were rocking an ensemble that we should have known was dead wrong. We thought we were killing the game when we really looked crazy. But like I said, to get fly and fabulous takes time. Just ask newly minted fashion icon Solange Knowles, who once said, “Look at my fashion choices back in the day. You know how people say ‘Who let her walk out the house that way?’ or ‘She needs more people?!” Sometimes you need to strike out before you can hit a home run sartorially. Here are a few looks that many of us rocked back in the day and once thought we looked good in, only to realize years later we looked a mess.

Jumpsuits and Jersey Dresses

Raise your hand if you had a terry cloth or velour jumpsuit.

*Raises hand* Damn you J.Lo! I spent good money back in the day when I was trying to be seen in expensive Rocawear and Baby Phat jumpsuits. One in cream cotton, the other in pink velour. While I was trying to look fly in those materials, my classmates were also rocking denim and terry cloth jumpsuits. And don’t get me started on the Boston Celtics jersey dress I was thirsting to covet. While I thought I looked like a stunner or would look like one in a jersey dress, about a year later I was throwing such attire in the back of my closet and watching such looks quickly go out of style.

What were we thinking? It’s like hammer pants meet culottes. While they looked pretty good long, this short gaucho look? We now know better. But don’t feel bad if you were out here rocking brown and black bottoms trying to let your lady business breathe. We all were. They were the go-to church look and were often paired with a blazer or bell-sleeved top. The polyester/rayon pants definitely lost their luster quick.

Net Shirts

How many women did you peep rocking a hot pink, blue, purple–whatever mesh top with a white or black tube top/tank underneath? For a time there, folks would rock such shirts with their flared denim jeans and crisp white K-Swiss Classics thinking they looked fresh out the magazine. After these shirts got tore up one too many times in the washer, someone finally figured out that it was time to let the net look go.

French Rolls

Every special event at someone’s school, wedding, party or ball (Cotillion that is) required a french roll. I was never that good at doing them so I used to beg my sister and mom to show me how to tuck and roll my unruly locks. All these years later I wouldn’t be bothered with the style (though some naturalistas look fabulous with an improved take on the look), but for a good decade or two there, special occasion/school pictures = french roll.

All Knockoff Everything

Remember that time when everybody was out here with the fake rainbow colored Dooney & Burke? What about the small Louis Vuitton bookbags? Can’t forget the fake Gucci belts and bags. Even though folks could barely pay their phone bill in college, they wanted everyone to think they were Gucci Fendi Prada’d out. But when the strap started peeling, everyone could tell we were living a lie…

Love Spell and Glitter

It was the worst-kept secret in beauty. Folks were coming out the house glowing in the sun with their glitter rollerball-induced looks. You had glitter on the eye, glitter on the neck, and inadvertently that mess ended up on your face and clothes. And if that wasn’t enough, everybody had a bottle of Victoria’s Secret Love Spell on deck, trying to smell like a mix of candy and fruit. We were bathing in that mess, spraying it on us and putting it on our hands when we were ashy. It was all an overkill and I’m glad we left the glitter and splashes behind for actual perfumes.

I know many folks still love their Uggs (including my niece, hey boo!), but I was just about done with these joints when they started being worn outside of cool and cold weather seasons. Not to mention that when they were worn in actual snow they were damn near liable to make you slip and bust your head open if you actually picked up a stride over some slush. They were cute for fashion purposes, but you and I both know they weren’t all that functional. Warm? Yes. Had actual grip? Nope.

Brown and Black Lip Liner

Oh lip liner and lip gloss. The combination was a must back in the day, but in retrospect, it was actually a mess. We were smiling in school pictures and hitting up parties with our black and brown lip liner and gloss thinking it was the cutest thing ever. Too bad we didn’t realize that putting some actual lipstick in the middle of it all would look a whole lot better. But hey, you live and you learn.

The Struggle Ponytail With Bang or Baby Hair

I was just sharing the tale of my struggle to get to school on time because I was so pressed to try and make sure my baby hair was together under my rhinestoned bandanna. Ponytails weren’t just ponytails back in the day. They included bangs that were glued to your hair with gel, thin bangs that fell like waterfalls, bangs bumped to the gods, and other colorful things we can do with ProStyl and a rat-tail comb. And don’t get me started on using gym socks for buns.

Platforms and Melissas

There’s no shame in your game, girl. You weren’t the only one in platform sneakers (not today’s wedges, but full-on platform) and see-through kicks. Melissas were like the grown-up version of jelly sandals we wore as kids, and platform sneakers were just fun and funky. Unfortunately, they couldn’t make it last for more than a hot second and are now sitting in the bottom of a trash bag. Good times though…

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  • LiiSH

    I still have and wear those red melissas! Lol and we will NOT diss the gym sock bun. Oh and Uggs are perfect for southern states where it can be below freezing (or close to) and still not snow. #justification lmao

  • Shamika.

    I’m 23, I’m still a little guilty of some of these things!!

  • kimmie lucinia

    I STILL WANT A PAIR OF MELISSA’S lol!!! lol me and my girlfriend were just talking about this. Melissa’s had gotten popular when I was in 4th grade in 2002 and my mom never bought me a pair but I think I would still rock them if I could a hold of them lol

  • Dee

    I used to be so envious of my mom’s french rolls with the pearls going down it! I’m def rocking a french roll for my wedding lol

  • Ce1999

    I remember for a minute girls were wearing chopsticks in their hair and looking like a cowgirl was popular. Just watch some Destiny’s Child videos for that last one.

  • JohnSStagner

    my stepmom recently purchased an awesome 9 month old Lincoln MKC SUV by working parttime online. you could try this out

  • jontel

    Females kill me on how they hate on Chilli’s hair texture. HATERRRRRR!

  • enlightenment

    Gauchos are so ugly. Idk why people wear them…

  • liliana

    does anyone remember parasuco jeans??

  • Veeee!

    I HATED Victoria’s Secret Love Spell! It smelled horrible to me, like dead flowers! I’m so glad women don’t OD on that scent anymore! And where is Chinese slippers???? The slip on ones and the ones with the strap were the must haves yet looking back, they were a complete and utter mess!! lmaooo

  • Buggiiprincess

    i have a net shirt….in this same colour…….-____________-

  • Emdot

    Jeans with designs (especially rhinestones on the butt)
    All club shirts had the back out or one sleeve.
    Coogi Dresses
    Sergio Valente Jeans
    Shrugs w/ matching tube tops
    Aaliyah swoops, waterfalls, fingerwaves w/ a frenchroll
    Sunglasses with colored lenses (blue, purple, pink,

    You couldn’t tell me nothing!

  • Ajavee

    I never cared for the jersey dresses, black/brown eyeliner, Melissa clear tennis shoes, Uggs (which I think stands for Ugly LOL) .

    However I liked “Love Spell” by Victoria’s Secret, french roll, gauchos (depending on style and body type). I liked the velour suits.

  • IAJS

    did everything on this list and you couldn’t tell me squat!!

  • Cleveland Cutie

    Wow…right down memory lane!! LOL

  • Nope

    Jersey dresses are always hot. F what ya heard. The problem was that women with the wrong body types were trying to wear them. Matter of fact I’m going to pull up that Mya video right now and reminisce.

    • Cleveland Cutie

      I loved jersey dresses too! I remember I had one with all of the NBA team patches on it, I think that thing cost like $100!

  • guest

    I think I did it all….LMAO…loved my gauchos I can’t lie!!!!!!

    • IAJS

      I did too! they were comfortable and I though they were cute idc

  • CKT76

    Ugh my cousin still does the black lip liner!

    • Ajavee

      I never liked the black lip liner look.

  • Drey

    Lol I agree except for the French roll and ponytail … Can look cute if styled right.

  • swtchocolatykizz

    *laughing w/ tears rolling* @ my gauchos( a pair of dress boots and printed leotards)… you couldn’t tell me I wasn’t cute:). Aww sheesh @ the eyeliner on top of the lipstick…I had forgotten that I use to do that. And I loved, loved the French roll ( with the pearl balls on the bobby- pins) and the pony tail with the pump on the top! Thanks for the laughs & tears!

    • Ms.Brilly

      OMG! Yes, the french roll with the “pearls” on the bobby-pins!!! That was my go to “dressy” hairstyle, lol.

      • swtchocolatykizz

        Yessss…. Very cutesy and dressy! How about you could buy different sizes in the pearls(oh yeah and they had gold ones too). I use to have a fit when I would drop them in the sink and down the drain they went:)

  • hollyw

    OOH, quit telling my liiife! Lmbo I came into high school straight out of uniform-wearing Catholic school and was always exactly one year behind every trend! My only solace was my dad was the “bootleg purse/dvd/mixed cd” man, so that helped until the year he gave me a velour Apple Bottoms track suit. The apple was shaped like an actual apple (as opposed to a butt)…

    Needless to say it took an entire day of me trying to stunt and having my spot blown up b/f I learned the ugly truth. Lesson learned, hot trends not for everybody!!

  • yella blk and blu junkanoo

    We…rocked the he11 out of them melissas here in miami. My crazy mom even brought her a pair in every color and had the audacity to wear sock with them smh. I rocked everything on this list from 1995 to 2003

  • December86

    Gauchos with a blazer “Girl Yaaaa ssssss!” But one you can add that me and all my girls used to do is the “White eyeliner” and those damn big butterfly clips that would bounce when you walk! THEY WERE HIDEOUS!

    • all day every day

      Too funny lol I was just looking at a picture of me and my girls and we had the butterfly clips. Idc what nobody says. Those clips were hot!!

    • Trisha_B

      Not the butterfly clips LMAOOOOOOO I loved them things.

      Another thing I was stuck on was Chinese slippers (they were slip ons w/ the front being mess). Idk if it was just a dmv thing, but every single girl had them, in ever color to match their outfits

      • sabrina

        CHINESE SLIPPERS!!! YES GIRL!! Me and my friends all had one in a different color and would wear them with matching outfits thinking we were so cute! Haha! Definitely was a trend up in NYC too.

        • Ajavee

          I remember those Chinese slippers LOL.

    • swtchocolatykizz

      Did you say butterfly clips…! Aww gosh I remember them….and had forgotten about them until you mentioned them….wow @ those trends:)

    • Leigh

      *Hiding my butterfly clip in my desk drawer* O_o

  • Kaho’olawe

    The only thing that applies to me on this list is wearing ‘Love Spell’. Even then, I dropped ‘Love Spell’ around the time it really became popular and began wearing real perfume.

  • lovely

    The only thing from this list i’m guilty of is the knock off bags *lol*… never even heard of melissas.

    • Ajavee

      I still have a few of the knock off bags LOL.

  • IllyPhilly

    Damn, y’all keep coming at me MN! 😉

  • TC

    My first time ever seeing Melissa’s (dont think those were hot here on the west coast). However, I sho nuff had me a few pair of them god awful Spice Girl-esque SODA shoes. I thought they were the hotness back in the day. Looking back????? Girl BYE!!!
    Oh and yes I am super guilty of the dark lip liner and lip gloss combo. SMH

    • Smarty86

      Melissa’s were def hot on the west coast.. In la at least. Velour sweats were really cute and so were jersey dresses

  • Gworl!

    Lol I didn’t get into most of these, but I admit to having a pair of uggs. The only reason I ever wore them was because they were free and my other boots had seen better days. Never liked gauchos, I thought the jersey dresses were wack, I don’t even remember Melissa’s. lol

    • NatashaDecemberBabyThomas

      I never heard of Melissa’s either, it sure wasn’t big here in Chicago.

      • FamuRattler85

        I live in Chicago too but I remember Melissa’s being a big thing when I was in my late grammar school/early high school years. One of them.

        • NatashaDecemberBabyThomas

          Shoot I prolly was in college back then when they came out, my friends or family never wore them, it was K-Swiss, Sketchers and Nike Air Max for us.

  • JDubb

    Couldn’t tell me anything when I was wearing my Melissa’s!!! Lol. I had too many pairs of those nonfunctional shoes that made my feet slip & slide!

    • kimmie lucinia

      How much were Melissa’s back in the day. I wanted some soooo bad lol

  • MsCeCe757

    You took me back down memory lane!!! All I could do was SMH!!! We live and we learn. Oh the memories!!

  • NatashaDecemberBabyThomas

    Guilty of French Rolls, black lip liner, velour jumpsuits back in high school and college, and the still is guilty of Uggs, even brought my daughter a pair last week, she loves those boots because they’re comfy and warm.

    • Ajavee

      I don’t care for Uggs….never did like them then again I live in SC so it does
      not get that cold here.
      i remember the Melissa shoes…I never cared for them LOL.

  • YeahISaidIt

    I love my Gauchos!!!

  • L-Boogie

    Guilty of the gauchos!

    • L-Boogie

      I am rocking the bootleg French roll now.

      • Ajavee

        I think the French roll is still a classic hairstyle.

    • Ladybug94

      I still wear gauchos. lol

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Tuesday, 21 July 2009

What To Do?

I am having a slight trauma. Not my trauma, a dilemma being experienced by my poor oldest girl R. Now I don't know if I've managed to convey just what a kind hearted, giving and loyal child my girl is.... but she is. This doesn't seem to be working for her at the moment as her friend of the last five years appears to be ganging up on her with another little darlin'. It appears that my girls "friend" is playing with this other girl (we have had problems with this other girl a couple of years ago) and is quite happy for this child to tell R to go away and say her friend (let's just call her A) doesn't like her any more and doesn't want anything to do with her. It has now escalated to the point where A is telling my little girl she hates her and to leave her alone. There is more complication in as much as A's mum is very anti this other child as she was actually bullying A a couple of years ago and she was very unhappy at school.

So eldest girl has started to play with another little girl, this is also not acceptable apparantly and A is showing signs of jealousy and trying to put obstacles in the way of the new friendship. I suspect a lot of the problem lies with A wanting to be in with the "in" crowd and as R goes her own way and has her own mind I don't think she fits the bill.

Tonight was my girls school disco for the end of term, and A's grandma very kindly offered to take her and bring her back for us. Ah good, methinks, maybe it's all settling down. Nope R has returned in a sad and low mood as A ignored her all evening and was running around with the other girl and her posse. Now, tomorrow is the last day of term and my instinct is to go and rip A's head off her shoulders and to let her mother know she is in fact hanging about with this lovely little madam (her mother would then explode!) However my girlie is not up for this scenario, and I know it is inappropriate for me to take a ten year old to one side and have words .

So, any words of wisdom or advice gratefully accepted.

Normally over the school hols there would be a lot of to-ing and fro-ing between our houses, but my girl doesn't want to invite her pal A over, and doesn't want to visit her's either...Mind you she is stressed as to how to put this cos she doesn't want to give these girls room to manouevre her into a worse position . I fell so sad for her, it's a hard lesson to learn that not everyone is as honourable as you'd wish. My daughter would never behave in this way and it makes me so cross that her good nature has been taken advantage of. I think her friend A thinks that she will act as a good safety net and that she can treat her anyway she wishes as R has always remained steadfast previously. I think R should just chalk it up to experience and stick with this other little girl who seems more genuine, but then it's not me who has to slink about the playground avoiding trouble is it? That was a good 27 years ago as I was recently reminded.

Fed up now, gonna listen to my boys (Take That in case you were wondering ) get a cup of hot choccy and try to unwind, whilst not picturing my hands round small childrens throats... I mean, whilst de-stressing from the evenings traumas .

  1. Very sad! Why can't we all get along? I hope someone has some good advice for you. I would tell my daughter to be nice to them all. To rise above the other girls behavior.

  2. Oh bless her, it's heartbreaking. All I can say is that it will surely all sort itself out and it will make your lovely girl stronger. Maybe the school holidays will put some distance between them.

  3. It is the worst feeling when you cannot solve your own child's problems. Some things must work themselves out. Just watch over her closely. It is a crazy world out there!

  4. Oh what a shame. I wish we could wrap our children up in cotton wool. I hope things settle down.

  5. Oh my goodness, I can't imagine how hard this must be for YOU to watch. This is a wonderful opportunity for teaching about friends, honesty, and so many things. Females are a mess and I've found it sometimes gets worse as we get older. Pray with your dear daughter as she goes through these growing pains. Sometimes it's best to let time tell all and watch how they handle things.


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Monday, August 13, 2012

Last week, Daniel finally reached this milestone:

I took him to the dentist for a routine cleaning and check-up, which was months overdue; there was one scheduled for April that I forgot about and I didn't get around to rescheduling until now. As if taking your kid to the dentist five months late wasn't bad enough, the hygienist informed me that he is doing a terrible job brushing his teeth and we really ought to be supervising him more closely and helping him brush. Stellar parenting there, huh? Yikes. At least there were no cavities.

"And that loose tooth is barely hanging on," she added as an afterthought before turning to go back for her next appointment. Loose tooth? What loose tooth?  He'd never noticed it before that appointment, and an hour later it came out in a bowl of yogurt.

The tooth fairy did visit that night and left a congratulatory note and two dollar bills, quite a generous sum. She was perhaps so excited to share in Daniel's enthusiasm over finally losing a tooth that she did not consider how many are left and that by Christmas she may very well be broke.

ann said...

No way. The first tooth pays lots more than the rest of them. She'll be fine.

Claire said...

Hopefully the boys don't share tooth fairy stories or the one who visits this house will be in big time trouble! Fun times!


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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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I'd received $20 from a friend for my birthday and decided to troll around for a few relatively un-heard of books that I could review here on the Maelstrom. The one I discovered that looked most interesting was Daughter of Statues by new author Phil McGrail. Thus, with a rather unsettled feeling I purchased it and had it sent in. After completion and contemplation, it appears that my fears were really all for nothing.

The story begins with Kae, a little girl who is content to live a quite life near the forests with her parents and her grandfather. Until one day when the crazed king of he
r land bursts from the horizon and confuses everything she thought she knew.

Suddenly, her grandfather is revealed as a magician who will do anything to protect his secret from the abuses of the king. Kae watches in horror as the trusted man transforms her parents and himself into statues, all the while signaling for her to escape. She runs into the forest and there her adventures begin. She must follow a string of clues and legends to a near-mythical castle on the edge of the sunset, where the secret of her family's liberation is waiting to be discovered. But at what cost?

This novel read very much like an old-fashioned fable (as the cover suggested), with familiar lessons and fantastic creatures. This is accompanied by quaint-ish writing and some fun dialogue. But creative worlds within worlds and challenges separated it from many stories in the fantasy/legend genre. It is obvious that the author put a great deal of work into the many details of his new universe, known as Lanofar. The main character, Kae, is a constant surprise and very well developed. I look forward to reading her further adventures in the next couple of books, which I will be looking out for.

While it is apparent that this
self-published author is new to the scene, I expect good things in the future. I think that there is a lot of promise in the story of Kae and I hope that he acts upon it.

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5 out of 7 lightnings. KRACHASHAW! Not too shabby.

Glancing Warily at Rocks,

*Heather* said...

Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out.

Medeia said...

Ooh, I love fables. Could I perhaps borrow that from you Ael?


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One World One Heart Giveaway 2011

I am going to take part in the 2011 One World - One Heart Giveaway. This is a unique experience where bloggers from all over the world participate and connect through their blogs.

This will be the fifth and final year for OWOH. This will be my third year and it's been a blast. Lisa Swifka came up with this idea to bring bloggers together and I have gained so much from the experience, having the opportunity to connect with bloggers worldwide. It's been wonderful. You can read about the OWOH Giveaway on Lisa's blog by clicking on the link to A Whimsical Bohemian. http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/2010/12/annoucning-the-fifth-and-final-one-world-one-heart-event-.html

The dates for the event will be January 30 - February 17, 2011.

Lisa describes the event like this:

"One World One Heart is a worldwide event for bloggers only. It gives all those who blog a chance to meet and mingle and form connections with those they may not have otherwise met from all over the world. In the past 4 years this event has grown to over 1,000 participants with lasting friendships (and even one love connection) formed along the way. Think of it as a GIGANTIC open house allowing you to travel without ever leaving your home........going from blog to blog(in various countries) seeing the wonder each one has created and meeting all the fabulous people behind those blogs. As a bonus each blogger participant will offer up a "door prize or prizes"....just for dropping by, saying hello and seeing their world. It's really that easy."

How cool is that? Please check back after January 3, 2011 for more information, and a chance to see what my door prize will be. Then, if you are wanting to participate, come back between January 30 and February 17 and leave a comment, including an email address so I can reach you if you win. The drawing will take place February 18 and I will use a random number generator to pick a winner, who will be notified on February 17.

This is an amazing ride and I hope you will get involved.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Professional Photos Make Such a Difference!

I was lucky to meet a professional photographer, Emily Jodoin (EAJodoin Photography), who works out of South Hadley, MA, and who is best known for shooting weddings, babies, and other celebratory events. My initial contact with her was to have her shoot a head shot of me. She was very patient with my nervousness, and by the time we were done, I had two great portraits.

We spent some time talking about the possibility of her shooting images of Magical Beadstalk jewelry that we could use when applying for higher-end artisan fairs. Some shows are very picky about what they require and often they require photographs that push the limited knowledge I have. I think I've become fairly good at shooting images for the website, but for the little extra, Emily's images are perfect.

Here are some of the images she created:

All in all, a fun and interesting process. A great learning for me, although I still tend to shoot in my lightbox on pine. Hopefully I will expand out and try other things - just not there yet.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

"Full of Fall" Necklace & Earring Set!

The fall is my favorite time of year. The air is fresh and the colors are vibrant and lush. It's also our busiest time of year for craft shows and jewelry parties. Sheryl and I have only a couple of free weekends until Christmas. When we aren't doing shows we are creating. We work so well together that we try to find as much time as possible to work together in the studio rather than on our own. We really seem to feed off of each other in creative, positive ways.

Another great thing about the fall is that Artbeads has their fall blogging event. For those of you who regularly follow this blog, you know that for Artbeads blogging events, which happen every three months or so, they have chosen a group of jewelry artist that are offered beads and/or findings from the Artbeads website to use to create jewelry. Once the piece is created, we are asked to write a blog about the piece that we link back to the Artbeads website. Sheryl and I look upon these events as a great time to play.

This time we chose a beautiful hand-painted porcelain and sterling silver pendant from their huge selection of porcelain pendants www.artbeads.com/porcelain-ceramic-pendants.html and Swarovski Crystals at www.artbeads.com/swarovski-crystal-beads to create a 'full of fall color' necklace and earring set. We added Onyx beads and sterling silver to complete the piece. The colors of Swarovski Crystal we chose to go with the pendant were Fire Opal, Olivine Copper, Crystal Copper and Khaki. The crystals seem to bring out the colors of the pendant with amazing vibrancy. Such fall colors!

We were both so pleased with how the set looks and I'm looking forward to putting it up on the website.

Busy is great, but sometimes it's important to take a break, get outside to enjoy the beauty of the day and breathe. Today is one of those days. Once this blog is posted, I'm out of here - enjoy your day!

Disclaimer: Artbeads.com sometimes sends us products to review on this blog. We are free to choose from designated beads/findings and are free to make whatever we choose. We do not receive any compensation from Artbeads and we are expected to review their products honestly.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Craft Shows Begin - No More Free Weekends!

Sheryl and I are gearing up for another busy season of Craft Shows. Life changes quite dramatically for me, as I am busy most weekends until two weeks before Christmas. Much as I love doing shows, meeting people, selling jewelry,etc., it's also a stressful time. Physically it is demanding, especially the setup and breakdown. We are at the mercy of the weather for the outdoor shows, and it's difficult to know how to prepare, especially with rain or strong winds. Lots of sun isn't much better. We did a show in Historic Deerfield, MA and the temperature and bright sun almost wiped us out. That was when Sheryl and I joked about changing the name of our business to "Two Old Broads Beading!" But we survived, as we always do.

A couple of years ago I posted a blog entry on what I bring to outdoor shows. I was looking it over and see that there are things I missed. I am going to post it here, with the additions I've learned about after another season or two of shows.

I bring:

canopy weights jewelry 4 tables covers busts for necklace, bracelets earring stands credit card machine tools earring backs business cards receipt books earring cards business card holders banner gift bags tissue paper table risers pine boxes to display things on pens anti-bacterial lotion clip board inventory list of jewelry price tags sterling silver "S" clasps in different sizes gift certificates signs - for earrings price; that I accept visa mastercard amex discover, sterling silver, etc. calculator camera sign up sheet for mailing list 2 chairs water hand truck paper towels

And I'm adding:

Hat Sunscreen Sunglasses Umbrella Earring Posts Risers for earring stands Brochures for Jewelry Parties Plastic bags fully charged cell phone sweater rain boots Granola bars

While I was going through pictures, I came across a bunch of shots I took at various shows and was struck by how much the display has changed as I've gained more experience. Most notable is the de-cluttering that seems to be taking place. I'm including some pictures so you can see how the display has evolved - still a work in progress, but better.

You will see by the images, starting with my first craft show, how over crowded my tables were. As time and experience has shown me, the less clutter allows for a better view of the jewelry. I used to have rocks, shells, goddess statues and other funky pieces to display jewelry on, but that's all gone. I have always struggled with wanting to put display too many pieces of jewelry. You can see by the last two shows that I've finally discovered that simplicity is best. Sheryl has been a great help with that. She's got a wonderful eye for display. And I keep reminding myself that less is better and simplicity is the way.......my daily mantra.

SIMSBURY, CT. - One of our favorite shows:

DEERFIELD, MA - finally on the right track:

I love what I do and, difficult as it seems some days, I hope to be able to continue for a long time........

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Sheryl Machat's Amazing Earrings!

Sheryl creates beautiful earrings and I thought I would showcase them today. Sheryl joined Magical Beadstalk as my business partner about 1 1/2 years ago and I've loved watching her process as she creates new pieces for our business. Sheryl often uses unusual combinations of stone and color with great results. We are quite different in what draws us, so we create different styles, which I think makes our product line more interesting.

Many people suggested it would be risky to bring in a partner because I would have to share control, but I've not had a moment of concern. If anything she has brought so much excitement and skill to the business that it's been a great boost. Plus I love working with her. We spend a minimum of two days a week working together, and we laugh a lot while getting things done.

Earrings are a big part of our business and we find ourselves moving into higher end earrings, using top quality gemstones (faceted Lapis Lazuli, Peridot and Aquamarine for example) which when paired with the fine sterling silver wire work, produces beautiful earrings that flow and sparkle as you wear them.

Here are some examples of her newer work:

Friday, August 6, 2010

Family Reunion

Beatrice (Roseman) Spier, circa 1943

I have been a wanderer most of my life, starting when my parents decided to move the family to California from Montreal when I was 5. We lived there until I was 12 and then we moved back to Montreal. I was gone for enough years that I never really bonded with my extended family. I went to family functions, and liked some of my relatives but I was dancing to a different drummer once I reached my teenage years.

I moved to Vancouver, BC at 20 and then was 3000 miles away from family again. I felt an amazing sense of freedom in Vancouver and my 20's may now be somewhat of a blur, but I had a great time. Once I moved to Toronto in 1976 I connected with a few cousins, but by then we all were involved in our own lives and there wasn't much contact.

So it was a surprise and a challenge when my cousin Howard wrote to tell me that my second cousin Eric was organizing a family reunion. I believe he was motivated after finding old films from the 40's and 50's of the Roseman family.

I decided to go even though I never have participated in events like this. To cool for that? Worried about not feeling welcome or accepted? Not sure why not, but I definitely felt like a fish out of water with most of my family when I was younger. I was the black sheep who never bought the party line, always pushing the envelope.

It was last weekend and I had a blast reconnecting. Elaine came with me and I believe she had a good time meeting my family as well. I am so glad I didn't give in to my resistance.

Here is a group shot of us all:

Aging is an interesting process. It amazes me how my perception has shifted. I no longer feel so much an outsider looking in on people I can't really relate to and instead I appreciate each and everyone of them.

Gary & Terry Spier, circa 1954

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Back on Track – Creating Again!

Moving is not a fun experience, even though setting up a new place is a challenge I like. If you don't look at all the boxes in the attic, our new place is looking quite good. I've also been setting up the studio and the space is going to work well, once I can find all the things I seem to be missing. Artbeads let us choose some new beads and it was the motivation I needed to get back on track. Sheryl and I worked and made two great necklace/earring sets which are quite different from each other and include both of our favorite colors. The first one is made with a wonderful Hill Tribe Silver Bumble Bee pendant - which you can find here: http://www.artbeads.com/hts126.html. We used Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and lightweight sterling silver beads to finish the piece. The earrings are quite funky, one of our new designs with lots of little dangles. Not sure why the colors seem so different than in the necklace. The color of the Sleeping Beauty Turquoise beads are more accurately represented in the earrings: We also chose an amazing shell rectangle pendant with a green ivy pattern that reminded us of our logo. You can see the pendant here http://www.artbeads.com/shl-lp137.html. We decided to use Smoky Quartz and some of Artbeads huge collection of Swarovski Crystals in Mocca and Palace Green Opal to highlight the pendant. Their collection of Swarovski beads are at http://www.artbeads.com/swarovski-crystal-beads.html. We decided on making longer earrings to go with the shell pendant for a dressier look: We aren't doing any shows in July and August, which is a good thing given how hot it has been here. So it's a great time to create and experiment with new designs. We are also moving our website to another hosting company and are having the website design revamped. As a way to lessen the amount of product we will have to move, we are having a 40% off sale on EVERYTHING on the website. If you are interested, go have a look and email Terry (terry@magicalbeadstalk.com) with the name and product number of the piece(s) you are wanting and she will send you the cost with the 40% discount applied. There is lots there but you will need some patience, especially if you are an Internet Explorer user because the descriptions do not open up most of the time, which is why we are moving the website. Difficult to have an online business when the shopping cart is cranky and doesn't work most of the time. Disclaimer: Artbeads.com sometimes sends us products to review on this blog. We are free to choose from designated beads/findings and are free to make whatever we choose. We do not receive any compensation from Artbeads and we are expected to review their products honestly.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Changes, Changes, Changes

Seems like forever since I posted. I am in the midst of some major changes, and am taking the time to try and get through it all with as little freak-out as possible. So my apologies to those who check for new blog entries on a regular basis. My partner Elaine and I have decided to leave our house, where we have lived for the past 9 years, and move into an apartment. It is tough in this economy to run a house, especially when one of us (me!) is trying to make a living selling handmade jewelry. Things were fine until the economy tanked! So I am spending my time packing, and trying to get rid of a lot of things collected over the 9 years. I didn't realize how sentimental I truly am. I remember who gave me the little something I just can't part with, or the tons of books, cds and dvds I've collected. When my mother died in 2007 I kept all her china and it's been sitting in the basement ever since. It seems particularly difficult to sell her things, even the things I don't particularly like. I think I will need more time for that to happen. And then there is my studio......it's packed with beads, findings, boxes, tools and many other things I can't part with. "What if I need those tools for a future project?" is said over and over again in my head. We are going to have the movers come and give an estimate on packing and moving the studio so I won't have to deal with it. Plus it's being moved to the attic, which is a lovely finished room and will be perfect as a studio. Definitely needs to be moved by a mover who is young and strong! While this is going on I am still doing shows with Sheryl, and trying to create some new pieces. I'm in the midst of a very full life and can't wait for it to calm down. I'll be back!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Spring Fling Earrings

It is going to be 65 degrees in Western Massachusetts today - and likely 70 on Saturday. Spring is definitely in the air. Of course, living in New England, one knows that the weather changes quickly, and we could have snow next week....but for now the weather has been glorious. I am so ready for spring! As Sheryl and I get ready for the craft show season, we've been coming up with some new designs that we are very pleased with. These earrings are one of them.

As many of you know, Sheryl and I participate in Artbeads Blog for Beaders. Every couple of months or so we are given the opportunity to choose beads from different categories of beads and supplies on the Artbeads website to use in our creations. We then write an honest blog post on the process. Last time we made an amazing piece using a Murano Glass pendant that we chose from the Artbeads website. This time we chose Swarovski Crystals to use with some sterling silver chain we had to make some unique, funky earrings.

Whenever we work on the Artbeads creations together we get so excited and energized as we work together from beginning to end. We sit together at the computer deciding what components we want to look at, each of us picks beads we like and then we discuss how they would work in a piece. Once we've decided what we want to make, we send in our order and wait for the package to appear. Once it does, we are like two school girls let loose in a candy store. It really is a fun experience for us. Am i using the word "fun" too often? It best describes the process for us.

We love Swarovski Crystals, of which Artbeads has a great selection, and we especially love finding different combination's of color that we both like and find pleasing to the eye. Sheryl leans more toward Topaz, Golden Shadow colors, and I'm the blue and purple one. As you will see from the pictures the look is totally different in each pair of earrings because of the different color choices, even though the pieces are basically the same design.

Disclaimer: Artbeads.com sometimes sends us products to review on this blog. We are free to choose from designated beads/findings and are free to make whatever we choose. We do not receive any compensation from Artbeads and we are expected to review their products honestly.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

New England Home Show - Craft Area

This is going to be a long post. Sheryl and I were in Boston (February 24 - March 1) for the New England Home Show, which for the first time had an Artisan Aisle. We had planned on leaving about 9:30 am on Wednesday so that we could set up our booth, have a good night's sleep, and then put out the jewelry on Thursday before the show opened at noon. The show hours were brutal - 12:00 - 9:00 on Thursday and Friday, 10:00 to 9:00 on Saturday, and 10:00 - 6:00 on Sunday.

This was the week of hellish weather in New England and by the time we got there it was too late to set up so we went to the hotel, arriving at the show at 7:00 am on Thursday to set up. Turns out our booth was as far away from the doors as possible and we had to walk back and forth what seemed like a hundred times to unload. Our one smart move was that we stayed in the hotel right across the street from the show which was in the Seaport World Trade Center. We were given a reduced rate on the room because of the show and the room was lovely. Of course not until we checked out did we find out that they charge $41.00 a night for valet parking, even though we only took the van out to unload and load but I digress.

I must tell you about leaving the show the first night, which was after 9:00 pm. The wind was so strong that neither of us could make it across the street. We are not small women. The wind was so strong (gusts of 50 mph) that both of us were walking sideways, having trouble getting across the street. I felt like I was in a wind tunnel....and of course it was also raining so we got soaked - and that was just to cross the street!

Here's a picture of the street to the hotel. Wonder where we would have wound up if we were smaller?

Here is a link to the vendors that I think deserve to be noticed. Other than the first two pictures to give you an idea of the show setup, and a picture from our setup, the rest are in no particular order.

Craft Area:

The craft aisle, long view.

Of course I am starting with our display - which looked so good, although I may be a bit biased. You can visit our website at Magicalbeadstalk.com

Great hardwood lamps and vases - northernlights.com

I love the name Cynthia chose for her jewelry business - Original Cyn Jewelry.

These felted designs are gorgeous - I particularly love the trees - Shades of Nature.

Mark's furniture is unbelievable. Talk about a Master Craftsman! Far Beyond Woodworking

Beautiful clay pieces, especially the birds. Visit Flynn Clay Studio to see Sheilagh's work.

Stone Puddles is a great name for these bird baths - they are primitive and wonderful. Their display was so cool - as you can see by the photo they lugged in earth to create a realistic backyard experience. Stone Puddles

Funky paintings that made me smile - love the cows! Kim Forney

Lisa is someone I talked with a lot - one of the many fabulous jewelers at the show. Two Son Jewelry

Beautiful rolling pins in a wide variety of woods. Vermont Rolling Pins

Ted is the artist that was staying in the same hotel. His photographs are amazing, especially the ones featuring the eyes of wild animals. I loved his work. Image Artisan

This was our neighbor at the end of the aisle. His stained glass work, especially the large Green Man piece, was so eye-catching. Chippaway Art Glass

I love Bonsai Trees and it was great to see them in the show. Nature's Highlight

Food Vendors:

Pumpkin Butter to die for! Tyler's Sweet Revenge

This was the best marketing I've seen - people seemed to love the dog treats - of course we all want to buy special treats for our pooches. Annies Pooch Pops

I didn't eat any of these whoopie pies, but I looked at them a lot. I've never seen anything quite like them. ...to the Queen's Taste

I also need to mention the nut guy, who had the best nuts. I thought I had taken a picture of his booth but don't seem to have one. Heitmann's - Gourmet Nuts & Specialties

The view from our room of Boston Harbor:

Seaport World Trade Center:

Our hotel:

Boston Harbor:

We expected a lot from this show but it didn't happen. It was the first time that the New England Home Show had a craft/artisan aisle. Some did okay, but the show was not a hit for most of the artists. I decided to write a blog post about the experience with pictures and links to the artisans whose work I respect. I am hoping that folks will go and check out their websites.

There are many lessons learned from this experience. Top on the list is that it's not a good thing to mix Art/Craft Shows with other groups - no Home Shows, Antiques, Wine Tastings and State Fairs.

Sheryl and I joke about changing the name of our business, from Magical Beadstalk to Two Old Broads Beading. We definitely felt like two old broads by the time we had packed everything up and were ready to go home. What a long trip this was, and so physically demanding. Many of the home show folks were saying that they are often in shows that are nine days. Not something I would want to do, nor do I think I would survive!


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Bachelorette Party Planning Tips

Whether or not you're planning a crazy drunken bash or a movie night with lots of popcorn for the bachelorette party, there are certain things you can do to customize the evening and make it a truly memorable occasion. As a fabulous and responsible maid of honor, it's important to plan out as much as possible ahead of time. You don't want to be worrying about how to get home from the bar at 2:00 in the morning! By figuring out the transportation, food, payment plan, itinerary, and creative flair ahead of time you're likely to find yourself with a more successful bachelorette party and a happier bride-to-be (making you an even happier maid of honor!).

Transportation at the bachelorette party is of utmost importance since drinking often plays a central role. There are several ways to solve the transportation problem. You could get a couple of people to volunteer as designated drivers (which works particularly well if the bride has any friends who don't drink). If that's not a constructive option, taking cabs could also work well. The maid of honor should arrange this with a cab company in advance (depending on where you're planning to go). Also, if you live in an urban area, public transportation is a convenient option which won't destroy your budget!

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If money is no object, why not rent a limo for the bachelorette party (anything from a traditional stretch limo to an SUV)? There are also "party buses" which specialize in events like bachelorette parties and often get VIP treatment at certain bars and clubs. This can take a lot of weight off the maid of honor's shoulders!

After transportation, the next thing you need to decide upon is a restaurant. A smart maid of honor knows that the bachelorette party, or at least the morning after, will be much more pleasant if everyone eats something. And hey, it's fun to go out to dinner as a rowdy group of bachelorettes! When choosing a restaurant, look for someplace with a festive environment (where they won't mind a bit of "spirit!"). Also consider: Does the bride have a favorite restaurant or a spot you used to enjoy together?

Now that you have a super cool restaurant lined up, it's time to talk about money. If you want the bachelorette party to be free of stress and awkwardness, it's crucial to get guests to agree on who's paying for what before the big event. The maid of honor is charged with planning the bachelorette party mayhem, but she's not the only one who should be dishing out to pay for it. Instead, try to get guests to agree to donate a fixed amount to you, and then you pay for everything with that money. Some guests may refuse, but most people will understand. Be sure to explain exactly what the money will be spent on. Instead of "for the bachelorette party," let them know the money is for the bride's drinks, meal, limo, cake, decorations, and so forth. The more specific you are, the better received your request for donations will be.

Bachelorette party planning

And finally, the fun part: the itinerary. What do you want to do with the bride and company? Are you envisioning bars, dance clubs, or something more extravagant? How about a (ahem!) strip show? When I was a maid of honor, I brought the bride-to-be to a wine bar (as she loves wine) and then to a piano bar where everyone sings along in loud, drunken voices to old school (eighties and nineties) music. Who doesn't love drunken singing?

Don't forget that many places offer discounts, reserved tables, cakes, or free drinks for a bachelorette party. Be sure to ask and make reservations wherever you can. Helpful maid of honor hint: Each place on your itinerary (from restaurants to bars) will take longer than you think! Don't try to squeeze in too many places for only one night!

Finally, the maid of honor may want to add some creative flair. The easiest way to do this is to buy some fun bachelorette party garb for the bride. What's a bachelorette party without a boa, tiara, and veil covered in condoms? If the bride is on the shy side (as was mine when I was maid of honor), you could purchase a flower corsage. It may sound a bit like a prom flashback, but most brides enjoy being identified as the VIP (even if they won't admit it).

Besides costuming, you might choose to add a scavenger hunt or other game to the bachelorette party night. As a maid of honor, I wrote clues to each location we were visiting which all had some sort of meaning for the bride and groom. The bride-to-be had to guess each one as we went along (which became suspiciously more difficult as the night went on!).

Once you've planned the ultimate bachelorette party, sit back and have some wild fun! You deserve it! Do remember though that the last maid of honor duty at the bachelorette party is to look after the bride (and possibly hold her hair back) and to make sure everyone gets home okay. Drink, dance, laugh, and good luck!


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To: Thomas Klausner <>
From: Jared D. McNeill <>
List: current-users
Date: 12/19/2007 18:14:32
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>> Alright, now for the moment of truth. Boot single user and execute the
>> following command:
>>   # sysctl -w machdep.sleep_state=3
> Devices without power management support: nfsmbc0 nfsmb0 nfsmb1
> viaide0 viaide1 viaide2 viaide3 lpt0 fdc0 raid1 ukbd0
> ukbd0 is my console keyboard and viaide my hard disk controller, raid
> my /home. What now?

Get hacking? :-)

I think joerg posted a viaide patch recently, I'm not sure what needs to
be done for ukbd (and can't test, as I'm fighting other issues with
uhci/ehci on my Thinkpad).


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Subject: Re: Alpha console weirdness
To: None <>
From: Wada Tatsuaki <>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/27/1999 09:13:15
>A few days ago I posted on port-alpha regarding a strange lockup condition
>on my AlphaPC164SX running release 1.4. To recap, my console will
>reproducibly freeze not respond to any further keyboard input if I use apps
>like vi,less,more, etc. The symptoms are increasing console "garbage" on the
>screen -- it basically looks like the letters are falling off my screen a la
>"The Matrix". =) Or maybe a better example is the Letter Invaders game from
>Marvin Bacon Teaches Typing.. anyways, I digress. Essentially, after a few
>screens of watching my screen fall apart, the console stops responding to
>commands. It is quite reproducible.

I have the same problem on my Alpha PC164LX running release 1.4.
I'd like to know how to get arround it.
The following is the relevant part of dmesg.

	NetBSD 1.4 (GENERIC) #1: Sat May  8 11:37:01 PDT 1999
	Digital AlphaPC 164LX 599 MHz, 598MHz
	8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
	real mem = 1073741824 (1949696 reserved for PROM,
	1071792128 used by NetBSD)
	avail mem = 937058304
	using 13083 buffers containing 107175936 bytes of memory
	mainbus0 (root)

	S3 Trio32/64 (VGA display, revision 0x44) at pci0 dev 9
	function 0 not configured

	vga0 at isa0 port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
	wsdisplay0 at vga0: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)

	wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0 (console)

Wada Tatsuaki