Re: [lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition

2004-12-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error - and am not certain if the problem is at my end or the web sites. The link was working at the beginning of December - some people (me!!) cheated and looked at

[lace] More on the Advent Calendar Competition

2004-12-30 Thread Jean Leader
We're back from a week with our son, Ian, in Torino (Turin to us Anglo-Saxons) having had a very enjoyable (and white) Christmas there. David and Ian managed to get in a day's skiing in Sestriere after the weather had cleared, which was a source of great satisfaction as it had been some years

Re: [lace] Christmas Card Exchange and Beautiful Lace

2004-12-30 Thread Jennifer Nielsen
Hi Barbara, I, too, think it will be lovely to see the Exchange gifts. Rather than set up a new page, may I suggest the Arachne Webshots site and set up a collection in there specifically for these photos (as opposed to within each individual's collection). We all have the URL for that site.

[lace] the Professor's newsletter

2004-12-30 Thread Tess1929
For those who might be interested in exploring the Professor's website a bit further, the second issue of his newsletter, Webside, is now available at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webside.html He has asked me to write a regular lace column, so you will see my first

[lace] IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Jenny Barron
Hi all, am I the first to receive the Winter bulletin? I shall not say anything about content except that it's scrummy and Arachne is represented. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin]

2004-12-30 Thread Malvary Cole
I got mine yesterday - it was posted on December 23. This is much quicker than last time when some of us in Canada had quite a long wait. The envelope was marked Air Mail this time. Perhaps it helped. Malvary in Ottawa where it is supposed to snow/freezing rain later today, but supposed to go

Re: [lace] IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Diane Williams
I got mine in the mail yesterday also. Sat down immediately and perused all the convention offerings for next August. The rest of the bulletin I digested more slowly and brought with me to work to look at on my lunch hour. Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Jenny Barron

[lace] Re: Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition

2004-12-30 Thread Chris Vail
Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error - and am not certain if the problem is at my end or the web sites. I submitted my entry on the 28th. Seemed to go through okay, although I

[lace] Christmas Card Exchange Page is UP!

2004-12-30 Thread Barbara Joyce
Thanks to all who responded to my suggestion to send me scans for a page to show the beautiful lace pieces we exchanged with our Christmas Cards. I've put up a page to start it off. Here's the URL: http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/arachne/ I would appreciate some feedback. First of all, if you

[lace] christmas gifts

2004-12-30 Thread Janice Blair
My daughter reminded me that I also received a set of lace stamps from her that she purchased in Paris last Spring. So I guess I did have a lacey Christmas after all. Janice P.S. If you go to www.google.com there is a link to a list of sites where you can make a donation for the tsunami

Re: [lace] Book- Guide to Lace and Linens by Elizabeth Kurella

2004-12-30 Thread Clay Blackwell
I have to jump in here and say that I also have spent some delightful hours with Elizabeth Kurella, and own several of her books. I encourage any of you who are the LEAST bit interested in identifying old laces to get yourselves a copy of this book while you can!! It is one of the most visual

[lace] Re: IOLI Bulletin

2004-12-30 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 30, 2004, at 8:47, Malvary Cole wrote: I got mine yesterday - it was posted on December 23. It was by the skin of your teeth thing; the Bulletin was posted on Dec 23 and, on Dec 24, Debra Jenny (The Editor) and her entire family boarded the plane for New Zeland, taking a miniature

[lace-chat] Re: [lace] Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition

2004-12-30 Thread Anne Nicholas
Has anyone successfully managed to send an entry to the Lace Guild Advent Calendar competition? I keep getting a form submission error - and am not certain if the problem is at my end or the web sites. Hi Karen, No the problem is not at your end . I have never entered the competition before and

Re: [lace-chat] The Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Apart from having made a financial donation there isn't much I can say or do about this terrible disaster and the enormity of the suffering of so many people. Some of the islands were moved 160 feet south, the earth's axis shifted by about an inch, and the earth spun faster for a few seconds

Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Scotlace
Cearbhael I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster to have hit the earth in modern times, at least, is not deemed worthy of much coverage by your media. Last I heard there were over 80,000 people known dead and thousands more missing. So presumably people don't know that bodies are

Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Alice Howell
At 07:56 AM 12/30/2004, you wrote: I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster to have hit the earth in modern times, at least, is not deemed worthy of much coverage by your media. I'm on the West Coast of USA, and this disaster is on every TV or radio news program I hear. I don't have

Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread TwoHappyBees
In a message dated 12/30/2004 10:57:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the British people have also donated 5 million GBP by lunchtime today and that sum will continue to rise. I assume the same is happening in many other countries. But, presumably, not in yours

Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Allan+Yvonne Farrell
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 2:56 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster Cearbhael I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster to have hit the earth in modern times, at least, is not

[lace-chat] Fw: Something to think about.

2004-12-30 Thread Lorri Ferguson
It's probably not a 'true story' but it sure is thought provoking. Lorri Subject: FW: Something to think about. Subject: Something to think about. The man stated: Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. When I

[lace-chat] Re: the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Dec 30, 2004, at 10:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patricia in Wales) wrote: I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster to have hit the earth in modern times, at least, is not deemed worthy of much coverage by your media. Oh, it's covered, it's covered... Gory sights sell well... I try to

[lace-chat] Fw: HANDS of TIME

2004-12-30 Thread Lorri Ferguson
This one has some really good thoughts. Lorri - Subject: FW: HANDS of TIME Hands An old man, probably some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the park bench. He didn't move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn't acknowledge my presence and

[lace-chat] Fw: Since 2004 is almost over you might reflect on the past 100 years - this is interesting reading - The Tiemann

2004-12-30 Thread Lorri Ferguson
We have sure come a long way in the last 100 years. Lorri Subject: FW: Since 2004 is almost over you might reflect on the past 100 years - this is interesting reading - The Tiemann Many Blessings in the New Year THE YEAR 1904 Maybe this will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is

[lace-chat] Fw: Senior Special

2004-12-30 Thread Lorri Ferguson
My sister (who isn't a Sr. yet) sent this one. It made me laugh. Lorri Subject: seniors special (i must try this sometime ) We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the seniors' special was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $1.99. Sounds good, my wife said. But I don't want the

[lace-chat] Fw: Rock Away Rest

2004-12-30 Thread Lorri Ferguson
This one should put a smile on your face -unless you live at Rock Away Rest. Lorri The Night Before Christmas (at an old age home) 'Twas the night before Christmas at Rock-Away-Rest, And all of us seniors were looking our best. Our glasses, how sparkly, our wrinkles, how merry; Our punch

Re: [lace-chat] the Disaster

2004-12-30 Thread Lorri Ferguson
We in the Northwest are seeing reports on every news cast. I am not here during the day so I don't know if there are any interruptions or programming during the day or not. But each news program has more graphic pictures than the last. Lorri I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster