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Obsessions, pondering, curiosity...those are the things that keep us sharp! While pondering the pencil, you might want to glance at Henry Petroski's work, The Pencil: a History of Design and Circumstance: http://www.powells.com/biblio/0679734155
You might also like his book, The Book on the Bookshelf.
On the sharpening of pencils
Over the holidays, members of my extended family were discussing real (as opposed to mechanical) pencils. This was in relation to a gift my sister received: a real pencil, and an eraser. It pleased her a great deal. I think there was even a hand-held sharpener included in the package, which was ...
Hi Deb,
Thanks for posting the Glasgow and Stirling photos...great reminders of my trip there last Sept.
Valerie
UK visa requirements for people like me who might want to teach a fiber workshop, as far as I can understand them
I'm putting together this somewhat technical post in case any other potential fiber instructors or workshop sponsors might want to try to figure out the visa situation as it relates to U.S. residents (in particular) who might want to teach short workshops in the U.K. I'm summarizing my research ...
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