Dear Jill, Sorry if a sentence offended, Jill. However, I know that some other members of the group you are defending feel just as I do -- that senior members have a lot to communicate and share with others, but do not do so even within the privacy of the group. Individuals were not singled out by name in what I wrote, so they can wonder whom I meant. At 76, I have little time remaining. It will not be spent idly. Sharing nothing will not help to preserve lace for future generations. Most importantly, students studying the broader subject of textiles and the history of textiles in schools of higher learning need to be able to easily access what is written about lace. We know that Arachne is not the only information source. We need to take extra time to personally explain lace in whatever circumstance an outsider discovers us. Erudite? Thank you, Jill. Like so many of my generation, I worked my way through the last years of high school and went to work full-time the day after high school graduation. All my best friends went away to colleges, and I had to cope for a long time with feeling that I belonged to a lesser class of people. Not helped at all by widespread discrimination against women in the workplace. (I did some assertive things about that, too.) Surprise -- I do not have a college degree! This discussion is not all about writing on Arachne. It is about volunteering your skills. Lace is an insecure subject, faced for over a century with near-extinction. Every one of us has something to contribute. Please. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 8/18/2014, j...@myhawkins.co.uk writes: It is unfortunate that a specific lace group was mentioned by Jeri. I am friends with many of the members of that group, and most of them will not post on Arachne because they feel that they are not as erudite as some of those who regularly post. If their personal opinion is that they have nothing "worthy" to say, then why should they write? I wonder how many other Arachne members might feel the same way? I do not comment on Jeri's posts - even though it is clear that they are very thoroughly researched. They are most likely of great interest to some members, but I skim them because I am usually only casually interested in reading about a topic in such detail.
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