Dear Gon,
This message was received in Maine. I know exactly how you feel, Gon.
You take time - I am sure it is a few hours of thought, sometimes making a
sample, getting instructions organized, and computer work to get each message
organized and set to go. You share something that others on Arachne would
sell, but which are free to Arachne members. Has anyone made enough
yardage for something special? Write about it.
Everyone: Our manners could be better.
There are about 1,000 members of Arachne. Most of the replies to my
message have been from regular correspondents. I know that Lace Fairy (Lori)
often needed appreciation for all her work, but did not get it. In the
beginning, she was working 18 hours a day on it. Let me boldly repeat: She
was
working 18 hours a day on Lace Fairy! My reaction is that surely some
people could jot down some notes the next time you attend an event that is
lace-related, and report to Arachne.
I know others who give much are rarely acknowledged. Many write for the
lace bulletins published for lace groups around the world. Why not tell
them you like what they made or wrote about? I cannot believe your upbringing
did not include sharing and a few words of thanks to anyone who gave you a
gift. I proofread a very nice newsletter published here in New England.
The editor is one of the best. She spends many hours on a quarterly
newsletter of 20 pages. She does not receive feedback.
On Arachne, we get to know each other better if we participate by
correspondence.
You make new friends by joining some of the bookmark/Christmas card
exchanges. Have you thanked the people who organize the lace exchanges? Just
wondering. There are a lot of pairings, and it is only the regulars who
report back to Arachne.
You may be busy, but there is always time to say thank you.
You do not have to buy fancy paper and envelopes, find a pen, write, get
dressed up, commute to a post office, and stand in line to buy stamps - to
perform this social activity. It can be done at midnight, for Heaven's sake.
Jeri Ames in Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
In a message dated 5/5/2016 2:50:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
gon.homb...@icloud.com writes:
Dear Jeri and fellow lacemakers,
I used to send the annonce of the every week a edging or an insertion to
Arachne. I did not see my own message coming, so I asked a few times if the
message were received. No one answered. I asked Avital the same thing. No
answer. It seemed to me that no one was missing the messages, I stopped
wending them.
I hoop this one is coming through. If so I can send more messages again,
otherwise I will stay lurking.
Happy lacing and greetings
Gon Homburg from a sunny Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone
> Op 4 mei 2016 om 17:07 heeft jeria...@aol.com het volgende geschreven:
>
> Dear Lacemakers,
>
> We have hundreds of members in various countries who do not read any
other
> lace publications.
>
> We know hundreds of lurkers are subscribed to Arachne.
>
> Many days, there is nothing in my inbox. How can that be?
>
> It is time for some of you who are younger to participate. There IS
Lace
> news!!! And this is a safe place to practice your reporting skills.
>
> Please - *someone who has never written to us* - write about one of the
> following:
>
> 1. The May/June 2016 9th annual Lace issue of PieceWork magazine.
> (Arachne archives contain what has been said about past issues.)
>
> 2. The Spring 2016 IOLI (International Organization of Lace Inc.)
> bulletin. Front cover is bobbin lace made by our member Devon.
Another member -
> Jean Leader, of Glasgow Scotland - has been nominated for President of
> IOLI. There is a long educational article by Jane Atkinson of the UK.
And
> there are other lace experts represented who are Arachne members.
>
> Do you know these people with magical abilities? At the least, you
might
> publicly thank them for sharing so much time and talent.
>
> 3. What is in the most recent Lace Guild (UK) bulletin?
>
> 4. What is in the most recent OIDFA bulletin?
>
> 5. What is the Lace news from Canada, South America, Europe, Asia,
> Africa, and Australia? What are the Slovenian hosts of OIDFA up to in
the weeks
> leading up to the 2016 Congress?
>
> What do you mean? NO NEWS?
>
> Please write. Keep Arachne vital and relevant.
>
> Jeri Ames in Maine USA
> Lace and Embroidery Resource Center.
>
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