elvissa.bsky.social
Cultural heritage preservation professional. Knitter. Weaver. Prolific paint by number “artist.” Lover of audiobooks, cats and tv. Progressive. Late diagnosed autistic.
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That is so cool! Something to aspire to!
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Oh, interesting! What kind of a loom is that?
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And, you know, I found myself enjoying the Vanilla Ice segment of Questlove’s SNL music montage quite a bit. But this stuff? It is miserable and I will never look back on it fondly.
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If you subscribe you get access to all of their back issues.
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This actually autistic person is so proud of your daughter! (And grateful too!)
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I’m so old that I took a typing class in school. Using typewriters! I would have figured out how to type somewhat long the way, but learning to format a business letter has been invaluable. Now I teach that to my grad students because they have never learned!
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thank you!!!
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It’s Silk Scarves in Deflected Doubleweave from Handwoven, January/February 2007. I’m doing it in bamboo, not silk, because I didn’t need to go that fancy for my first try at something. 😺
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Me too! It’s one of the most magical and joyful things I’ve seen in a long time.
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I wonder if word of mouth praise had anything to do with that. I know I’ve been telling everyone I know how good that particular special was. I’m still not over the opening montage. Maybe I’ll go watch it again right now.
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Oh, no!!!
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I feel terrible saying this but it’s from Amazon.
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Yep, the exact same way you can critique Trump plenty without attacking his weight.
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I loved How to Die Alone. Not sure it’s cozy, but it’s charming and uplifting and made me feel good during. And if you’re not already watching Abbott Elementary, it’s wonderful.
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I just finished Jim O’Heir’s book about playing Gerry on Parks and it was exactly as sweet as you would imagine. Nothing groundbreaking or earth shattering, but it was so nice to spend time with the Parks gang again.
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Could be. Who knows?
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Thank you!
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It is true. By the time of his death, my father, who had post-polio syndrome, had almost no control of his muscles. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, not even Mitch McConnell.
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Bread and circuses, minus the bread.
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Sweet Tucker, all fifteen pounds of him.
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I think that you in particular will find it dazzling!
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It’s for all photographs. The chemicals will interact with the image material (particularly the silver in B&W prints) to cause discoloration over time. A fresh print on a modern photo can probably be wiped off without a lot of problems, but if it stays, you’ll end up with permanent damage.
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On the other hand, you should always wear nitrile gloves when you handle photos because fingerprints on those are forever.
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But that oil and sweat can go right through cotton gloves, plus, you lose dexterity and gloves can snag on brittle pages, causing them to break. Better to use clean hands and wash them often to prevent transfer of dirt between objects and oils off your hands. 😺
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That is a great question! Framing is a different specialty, but in the US, you can search for a conservator local to you here:
www.culturalheritage.org/about-conser...
Outside of the US, look for your national professional organization for conservators and go from there.
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I’m a conservator. Definitely take it to a conservation framer who will understand the importance of acid-free, alkaline buffered mat boards & UV filtering glass. It won’t be cheap but it will be worth the investment. And when it’s home, hang it out of the light. Or hang a copy & store the original.
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Oooh! I do and was wanting something like this. Thank you for sharing!
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Do you know about @resist.bot by any chance? You can communicate with it via text and they will email your Congresscritters for you. It’s the only way I can manage to deal with my Texan legislators. (Also, sorry today has been so awful.)