I must need more RAM!
That has nothing to do with sheep. I mean Random Access Memory. I seem to be suffering from memory errors here lately, and my diagnostic software hasn’t been...
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Sweep In Plans finalized!
Before I begin rattling on about the plans, I think I should take a moment and talk about who Sweep In is for. Is it for professional broom makers that have been making...
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Sweep-In planning progressing
Sweep-In 2014 is fast approaching. The date, for those that haven’t looked at the page yet and have not marked your calendars, is April 11-13. The unofficial...
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Spring is time for planting gardens
And making brooms… Of course, I think anytime is fine for making brooms. And apparently I like cooking… who knew? And now I want to garden some, too…...
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The show must go on!
In the last post, I told you how the big Arkansas Craft Show Christmas Showcase was cancelled due to nasty Winter storm that pretty much shut down the state of...
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Iced out & snowed in – weather wrecks a show, or does it?
Winter weather has got us down. The Arkansas Craft Guild’s Annual Christmas Showcase is normally held on the first full weekend of December. This is our biggest...
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Booth building
Since moving to Mountain View, Arkansas and taking positions at the Ozark Folk Center State Park, we’ve only done two or three shows a year. There’s the...
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Apologies and updates
An apology I am terribly embarrassed. It seems that I have not written a post since June 8! By now, I’m guessing that most folks are assuming that I’ve gone...
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Hunting season is upon us
For some, the fall is synonymous with hunting season. People gather up their camo, their rifles or bows and arrows and head to the woods for wild game. For me,...
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And the year starts to wind down…
We’ve finished another show. The packing and unpacking are done and we’ve taken a day or two to put up our feet and relax (well, I did… Jeanette went...
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It’s (almost) Showtime!
The last week’s been a noisy blur. Every morning, instead of a kiss on the cheek and a cup of coffee, I am jarred from sleep by the creaky thunk sound made by...
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Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour offers an inside look at the creative process
Every year, as the weather starts to cool from the highs of July and August, artists and craftspeople within a 30-mile radius of the small Ozarks town of Mountain View...
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Arcola, Illinois Broom Corn Celebration gives me reason to celebrate
This year Monahan Partners sponsored a Craft Broom Competition at the Broom Corn Festival in Arcola, Illinois. Pat Monahan said he wanted to give the festival a nudge...
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