Deanne Fitzpatrick » Entries tagged with "learning"
learning online is easy
Dear Diary, Learning online is easy. I just wanted you to know that. If you can use Facebook, you’ll be an expert in my online course site. If you can upload a picture and send email then you’ll be an expert. It is easy to learn online. I just started teaching online this winter and at the same time I started learning online and taking courses. I took a creative business course and I learned that … Read entire article »
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April online course coming closer…and studio notes
Dear Diary, We are installing new shelves in the back of the studio as we just had cheap rough pine ones there that looked like some ones basement ( my basement actually I have the same ones down there). I bought some big beautiful wooden shelves that look more like furniture that gives us lots of room for wool storage where we make our kits on the way to the back workshop. I also bought … Read entire article »
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Diane Krys: Take a Line For a Walk
“Drawing is taking a line for a walk.” Â Â Paul Klee Every February, Tacoma, Washington, art glass mecca, makes way for the Madrona Fiber Festival. This year I was part of the invasion. It all went down at the Hotel Murano, which is a hop, skip and a jump from the Museum of Glass and the outstanding Chihuly public art installations that line the way. It’s a flash mob of knitters and spinners. Hand knit frocks … Read entire article »
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shells from far away
Dear Diary, I remember picking these shells up on a little beach on one of the Aran Islands off the Irish Coast. It was so exquisite, reminding me of my childhood in Newfoundland. There was very little to do on the island, just walk really. There was a couple of pubs for lunch or a guinness but mostly I walked all day. Over lunch in the pub, we met a couple who said they liked … Read entire article »
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heartwarmingly honest letters
Dear Diary, I asked if I could post her (names don’t matter) letter on the blog when she sent it to me during the red bloodstones contest and she said of course. Some how though I couldn’t post it. I decided instead to tell you about it. When I read her letter I felt, in a way, that it was a letter I might have written myself to some one else. She said, that she had … Read entire article »
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Diane Krys: Design is Everywhere: Lessons From a Kitchen Cupboard
I collect plates and tableware. A random assortment. Mostly thrift shop finds and a few new. One year I decided to rid myself of the mishmash and run my kitchen with only one style of neutral dishes. I bought a cupboard full of white efficiency and set about culling my “randoms” and shuffling the keepers off to basement storage. It felt like a good move towards making my world more streamlined and focused. As much as … Read entire article »
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ponder and wonder everyday
Dear Diary, I took a long walk with my sister this morning. We managed not to talk about resolutions or the years end. I am like that: a bit of a curmudgeon who likes to avoid holiday talk, or predictable conversations. It is why I try not  to post a heart here on Valentines. I’ll avoid the news now for a few days, or the media shows that give the top ten of of 2012. … Read entire article »
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guess who came to visit
Dear Diary, Today I was lost in thought, well not so much, I was thinking about Pugleys and peanut butter cups and I saw Brenda’s face light up when the door opened. Along came the monkeys in her kitchen maven , Sheree Fitch, on a windy book tour that included a stop in Saxkville. She even brought her husband, who was kind and quiet, unlike the rest of us who are kind and noisy. Well, … Read entire article »
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