Judy Greenblatt wrote:
I loved the idea, but some how never made it to the times.
Moi, too. I even bought all of the books and read them then talked about
them to whomever over coffee here in Valencia. I like the idea so much
that I've been bugging everybody here to do it with me with the spanish
translations.
It's still summer but we have come to that lull between the end of it
all and the time when both parents and kids are beginning to yearn for
the school year. Since not a whole hellovalot is going on out there and
I'm in a chatty mood, I shall chat. If you'd rather be painting your
nails or drinking ice tea on the porch, you should do that,
The idea of any club is to bring people together over a common
thing-a-ma-bob. The Torah Stitch by Stitch
<http://torahstitchbystitch.org/> thing on the other hand has taken an
interesting turn. There are now 27 persons who are either stitching or
have stitched or about to start to stitch as soon as their kit arrives.
But there are two persons who feel they can better serve by reading out
loud while the rest of us stitch and comment over what is being read.
Most of these photos
<http://s726.photobucket.com/user/albatoscano/slideshow/Stitch%20x%20Stitch%202016>
in this Photobucket quickie slideshow, were taken while on SKYPE or in a
café. My kitty Penelope Lumus (Penny Lu, for short) also helps out where
and when she can, so I dedicated a whole word and photo just to her.
I have done SKYPE and biked all over Valencia to meet up with persons in
cafes to teach them how to cross-stitch the Torah. Two of the cafes are
rather famous for Valencia: El dulce de Leche where Gracia and Agustin
usually swill iced coffee with me; and, A de Alicia, which is right in
front of my apartment building and has, without a doubt, the world's
worst pastries (they are truly horrible; I don't know how they can turn
simple sugar, flour and some kind of liquid into wheezing wreck but I am
sure it takes skill and dedication....) HOWEVER the coffee is good and
the ambience couldn't be better. You can sit there in the air
conditioning from sun up to down and nobody will breathe a word or give
a look.
The 570sqft apartment/150sqft patio/27sqft balcony looks different each
day. Look here
<http://s726.photobucket.com/user/albatoscano/slideshow/ReformaDespues>
if you have a hankering to see 15 photos. You'll have to guess which
description goes with which photo; I don't seem to have the knack of
Photobucket just yet.
* Alfredo the arquitect
<http://www.espaciocogestion.com/team/alfredo-bueno/> has started
his own very little company called /Baobab/. Mostly he has a desk in
the accounting firm of his uncle but all younglings with a future
have to start somewhere
* Alfredo's computer grafic
* View from the entrance
* Julia the tekkie-arquitect fairy-sprite <http://itecval.com/>
leaning out the window works for ITECVAL <http://itecval.com/>
* Mallorquina double doors to the balcony
* Alfredo takes a few snaps
* Victor and little Sami, australian jews living in spain, (mom spanish)
* Gonzalo brown-bags it. Looks are deceptive; you can not imagine how
strong this guy is. When in doubt, I listen to him. And he is always
right. I think he is single-handedly building the synagogue. He
listens to what they tell him to do and then he does it right and
the others are none the wiser.
* Patio. Gonzalo the true brains and brawn of the outfit washing where
the old marble kitchen sink will go
* Alfredo snapping as seen through the bathroom door. There is no tub,
only a shower that also has a door that goes out onto the patio so
that some day when I have enough extra I will put in a gezeebo with
a hamock or something t'other out there
* Door out to the patio from the main area-kitchen
* View from the sprite-fairy window across towards the entrance
* Glass bricks separate the main area-kitchen from the bath; Juan
tries to pick up a bag of sand (pointless endeavour)
* Juan in the shower
* Gracia in the window of the bathroom
The kitchen fume hood is semi-industrial. When I bought it in the shop
from the catalog following the advice of the sales person, I thought
"semi" meant "middle of the road bigger than a bread box but smaller
than an elephant". I was assured that this was the best option. I
pondered. I considered. I decided. I was wrong.
"Semi" in this case has more to do with "semi-truck" You know how when
you go to the Museum of Natural History and there's a full-sized Sperm
Whale or a Tyranasaurus Rex in the reception area? I am on a freight
train without a brakeman. It is a thrilling ride, one which will most
assuredly end in all manner of disaster. The fume hood is enormous; I
must find a way to embrace it's existance.
Anybody gone camping at the KOA in Mount rushmore yet?
Kissez
Alba
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