Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
Clarification and question: -=-Jenny if you want to send photos, I'm pretty sure this group allows for that now. -=- I wrote that and probably should explain.? This group is old enough that e-mails
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
At the risk of needlessly spamming the group, I have to say that is amazing. I looked at the website: it is clean and well-organized, and the jewelry is stunning. And I loved the biography and photo
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Brenda Dixon
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
-=-I especially liked your comment about trying to support while having so little knowledge. "Not even wearing jewelry" is telling.-=- My favorite aspect, too, was that. A family I knew years ago
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
WOW. That is gorgeous.? How old is the artist now? I especially liked your comment about trying to support while having so little knowledge. "Not even wearing jewelry" is telling. Clearly you neither
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Vicki Dennis
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
And here I was carefully avoiding anything that felt like promotion. ;) Larkin's website is www.idletalons.com, and there's a Facebook page that we keep pretty current at www.Facebook.com/Idle.Talons
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hamsder clan
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
Jenny if you want to send photos, I'm pretty sure this group allows for that now.? I have no objection to a link to a webpage or etsy or whatever, either. Also, when that article comes out, if
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
I am in the midst of seeing hobbies transition to work with my oldest, who is now 16. They started stringing seed beads at 3 and slowly learned more complicated patterns until they began selling from
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hamsder clan
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
I forgot to include the link to the writing about Marty and maps, from when he was fifteen or so. https://sandradodd.com/martymap >
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
==ALSO! Marty always liked maps.== So many of the video games Kai's played over the years have been map heavy! From Minecraft to ARK and most things in between! And yes, he too is using his map skills
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Jo Isaac
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
-=-I'm also seeing how all those childhood hobbies and passions translate into work skills,-=- Thanks, Jo. I love those stories, especially when the work skill came from something that is considered
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
Thank you, Sandra, and to Marty, Kirby and Holly, for continuing to share about their lives as they've grown up, and now become parents themselves in two cases! It has been a huge help to my own
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Jo Isaac
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Learning from hobbies; moving to jobs
I came across a good discussion elsewhere, and had the urge to share this (with an update below).? When I wrote it, my oldest, Kirby, was 21. _________________ Kirby learned to read ALL maps from the
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: taking turns (relationships as a chess game)
I forgot the link to the collection of commentary about "just" and why it can be a problem to clarity: https://sandradodd.com/just -- (This doesn't look like Sandra Dodd's e-mail, but it is one.)
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: taking turns (relationships as a chess game)
I disagree with the spouse's declaration, and with your comparison to entering someone else's conversation. It IS expected that if someone speaks to another (especially if they're the only two there
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: taking turns (relationships as a chess game)
I was forming the substance of your last paragraph in my head (about your communication with your husband) when it suddenly appeared. I think that as so-called grown-ups we have learned that the
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Sidney Morris
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taking turns (relationships as a chess game)
I'm going to quote something from a few years ago (from this group) because I came across a bit of it on Just Add Light just now, but that little bit isn't enough.? But maybe this is too much. :-)
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Subscription news AND site news
Yes I had noticed that the e-mail for Just Add Light?had changed and I am very grateful for all the work behind the scenes to keep it working.? It usually appears in my inbox not long before I go to
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Catherine Kilgour
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Re: Subscription news AND site news
"Always Learning and Just Add Light are the two projects I intend to keep up with! :-)"That's perfect for me! Also- found a resubscribe email after posting here, so people are recieving those in spite
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sukaynalabboun
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Re: Subscription news AND site news
-=- I haven't received and Just Add Light posts in ages, and I've been subscribed for years. -=- Once in a while I need to resubscribe myself. I don't know why that used to happen, and it might still.
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Subscription news AND site news
I'm sad to see you semi-retiring, yet I truly understand why and wish you well. I haven't received and Just Add Light posts in ages, and I've been subscribed for years. I hope people will really use
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sukaynalabboun
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