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Memorial Day and Amazon Echo's Alexa singing the National Anthem.   Meadows of Dan happenings: yard sales, new stores, nice customers.   Reynolds Homestead Book Sale and History Around Us talk on the Melungeons (June 6 at noon)   A Little Sweet...   Addi Flexi Flips at VanKlikStudios on etsy   Professor Meow Sweater by Claire Slade   A Little Tart...   The reason for relationships.  Types of relat...

Spring scenes (Cows by Beth and apple tree by Leslie)   Baton twirling, elder care, problems with the Veteran's Administration, a long hard winter   A Little Sweet....       Betty's Beauty  by Kathleen McGrew   Baby bracelets   A Little Tart...   Signed copy of Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon Taking a friend to a bluegrass show in Northern Virginia during the 1980s. Missing friends at Cow...

Blue Ridge Story Space       Beth's beautiful photos from her "Emerging Artist" show at the Reynolds Homestead    A picture of mountain serenity by Beth   Dr. Kirk Treible   Kirk holding Beth with the pony   Family photo The photo that provided the missing clue     Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389

Special Guest Felix, Leslie and Beth Our special guest, Felix, talks about life as an expatriate college student and explains bitcoins, so frequently in recent news. He and Beth also talk about new trends in dating!

  Special guests Chris and Cliff talk about growing up in New England, their adventures as roving pet-sitter and musician and share some wisdom about life.

Great show featuring Beth's Aussie sisters and their wonderful revelations about growing up in Western Australia and the differences they see in health care and wages between America and Australia.

We enjoyed having K and Amy as our audience!   Reynolds Reunion at Reynolds Homestead   Leslie's dogs have a new kitten   A Little Sweet...       Lovely ponchos on Ravelry     Paula Reversible Shawl  made by Leslie       Yarn Bowl Yarn Box  on Ravelry by ideasinwood   Meadows of Dan Craft Show finds   A Little Tart....   What we learned from Nancy Drew, how she became part of the American culture,...

Recent eclipse and happenings in Meadows of Dan.   A Little Sweet...   What the Fade? mystery knit-along   Mystery yarn boxes   A Little Tart...   Risky business   A Little Unexpected...   Our dark and risky secrets   Music Attribution Reverie (small theme) by _ghost featuring Pitx ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 CC  Attribution (3.0) Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) cop...

A Little Sweet...   Crochet Stitch Markers   Teamoy Organizer Case for Circular Needles   Crochet Hook Set   Knitters Pride Interchangeable Cord Variety Pack       Summerleaf Shawl by Nim Teasdale   A Little Tart...   Mark Twain and his bed Authors found on antique postcards.   "For Auld lang syne" - Robert Burns   "The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books."...

Greater Roanoke Postcard Show   Olde Liberty Fibre Faire   Courthouse Tragedy Play   Easter weekend in Meadows of Dan   High school students get a visit to Virginia Tech   A Little Sweet...   Leslie's OLFF Loot Steampunk spinning wheels by Terry Clark   Beautiful bags by Twisted Yarn and Fiber   Uluru Queensland yarn   Beautiful yarn by Knitting Notions   Greenberry House opening soon!   Welcoming...

Virginia Association of Museums Conference Chasing the Powhatan Arrow by Michael Abraham Martinsville, Virginia   A Little Sweet...   Leslie made a baby blanket, modifying the pattern Cluster and Shell Baby Blanket by Sharon Frazier   A Little Tart...   Russia (The Old Regime) 1903 - 1919 "Personal Recollections" by Madame Olga de Smolianinoff Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, 1908 - L. C....

Strange February weather Subject is Volunteers Great Volunteers in Meadows of Dan Reynolds Homestead's incredible Volunteers   A Little Sweet...   Volunteer knitting and crocheting   A Little Tart...   Lots of quotes on volunteering   A Little Unexpected...   Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year   In Pursuit of the Common Good   The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss,...

Ferrum College   Honoring Reynolds Homestead volunteers   Great Books and Great Conversations   Pearl Buck   A Little Sweet...       PussyHat Project by Kat Coyle         6-Day Kid Blanket by Betty McKnit   A Little Tart...   Living as caregivers to aging parents   "I believe that most caregivers find that they inherit a situation where they just kind of move into caregiving. it's not a conscious...

Holiday happenings: friends, games, and Beth's loot!   A Little Sweet...     Grazzka's Andrea's Shawl Most favorited pattern on ravelry for the year. Andrea's Shawl by Kirsten Kapur.     Babaruda's Mandala Madness Mandala Madness by Helen Shrimpton   Leslie talks about knitting needles; varieties available and materials for aching and aging hands.   http://www.swallowknit.com/   http://www.glasspe...

Adopting pound dogs. Spay and neuter   Farm Dogs: A Comprehensive Breed Guide to 93 Guardians, Herders, Terriers and Other Canine Working Partners by Janet Vorwald Dohner   Reynolds Homestead Victorian Christmas   Mayberry Church Live Nativity, December 16 & 17, 2016   Singles Dinner and Bingo   A Little Sweet...   Cheerful Gift Guide for Knitters from Mason Dixon Knitting       Stacey's Bun Hat b...

Reynolds Homestead activities.   Fort Caswell CoastalRetreat and Conference Center .      Print by Cindy Howe, RagtopDesigns Rustic Cabin Life onFacebook   Herrera Vineyards , Dobson, North Carolina    A Little Sweet...   Chicken Hot Pad   Slow TV from Norway for knitting along.      Frieze Shawl by Lisa Hannes      Yarn Sheep Brooch byDanielleVGreene    A Little Tart...     Great books that have...

Pancake Days in Meadows of Dan Reynolds Homestead Activities A Little Sweet... Alpaca Spinners WPI Gauge Great little handspinner's  tool  by GirlOntheRocks. Mermaid Tail Blanket Popular on Ravelry:  Mermaid tail blankets  for children and adults. Angora single plied with merino single handspun yarn Not much knitting for Leslie, but she has been spinning angora and plying it with merino. A Little...

Crooked Road Cafe 41st Annual Meadows of Dan Women's Club Craft Show Enchanting little bag by our friend Ruby Boyd Asbury, found at the craft showA Little Sweet... Millennium Falcon Knitting Needle Gauge by MythWorksUK   Dragon Scale Gauntlets by Stephanie Soikkeli It's all about dragons on Ravelry this week with the hot Dragon scale mitts patterns http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-te...

About commemoration: 9/11 and more Chautauqua   Beth's Chautauqua postcards Beth at Chautauqua Chautauqua Leslie's  Chautauqua Press  books Reynolds Homestead Bus Trips A Little Sweet... Types of spindles and how handspinning came to be Pandamonium Hat A Little Tart... Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London E. S. German Sunday School Book Store, Harrisburg, PA Collecting bookseller's labels http://www...

About confusion and clarity A little sweet... Leslie is still working on zick-zack Popular on Ravelry this week:  Caramel  by Isabell Kraemer  1861 projects Also on Ravelry in crochet:  Jordan  - sleeveless pineapple top by Vicky Chan 253 project A clever knitting tool:  Increase Decrease Knitting Stitch Marker  - Size US 5 - Item No. 64 by HIDEandSHEEP on etsy. Montpelier , Orange, Virginia Mario...

Elizabeth's Pizza  in Patrick Springs, Virginia Beautiful little dishes with vintage style insect prints from Mattie B's. Mattie B's Shop  in Stuart, Virginia Home Comforts , also in Stuart Reynolds Homestead  activities Floydfest A Little Sweet... Completed  Reyna Shawl , made with Unplanned Peacock Peacock Sock yarn in colorway Gummi Shark Reyna shawl (picture) made with  Unplanned Peacock Gummi...

A Little Sweet... Old Shale Variations  by Mary Spanos A lovely collection of the Old Shale lace stitch pattern and one of the stitches used in the hap shawl. The Delmar Sweater , a 1920s crochet pattern. Gauge 19 stitches = 2 inches, 4 rows = 1 inch. probably a light fingering weight yarn. Pattern originally published in Fleisher's Knitting and Crocheting Manual, 1922. Leslie's  Leaves sweater ,...

Word of the Day - Fortitude Synonyms for fortitude West Virginia floods of 2016 A Little Sweet... Quill Shawl, finally completed by Leslie! New project for Leslie: Reyna Shawl Reyna Shawl , pattern by Noora Laivola. Yarn is Unplanned Peacock Studio's Peacock Sock in the colorway Gummi Shark, from the  Tailfeathers Club . Leslie also has a lovely skein of yarn from Unplanned Peacock's  Rainbow Unic...

Word of the Day - Reading Definitions of reading. Lots and lots of talk about books, books and more books, fortune telling readings, inspirations for our reading lives, reading or not reading, literacy in America  statistics . “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”― Lemony Snicket A Little Sweet... Reynolds Homestead Book Sale Bushels and Barrels Festival Nancy's wedding Crooke...

Word of the Day - Color Our word of the day was suggested by Beth's sister, Ruthie, also our very special guest for this podcast episode. Ladybird Johnson's wildflower legacy A bit about color and dye workshops, dyeing techniques. The claim that ancient people did not see the color blue . “On and on they flew, over the countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers w...