On Dec 30, 2004, at 8:47, Malvary Cole wrote:
I got mine yesterday - it was posted on December 23.
It was "by the skin of your teeth" thing; the Bulletin was posted on Dec 23 and, on Dec 24, Debra Jenny (The Editor) and her entire family boarded the plane for New Zeland, taking a miniature Christmas tree with them, to put on the plane tray... :)
Mine came today, and DH grabbed it first, asking "do you have a pattern in this one?" Even when I said I didn't, it was just an article and not even on my own subject, he dug in and announced (with some surprise) 15 minutes later: "you write very well; that's a terrific opening". Quite an encomium from a university professor of literature :)
But, for me it was Devon's article that had me riveted - as usual. When Debra first called me and asked if I'd serve as the BL editor, my gut response was "make Devon do it". "She's already on the team" said Debra, "she's our Lace Study/Museum Connection editor". So I took the job. But, while I do read my own stuff (to see where I might have messed up), I read Devon's stuff for the sheer pleasure of reading a well-written article on a subject which, otherwise, would have left me cold. Reading (or hearing) Devon on the subject of museum collections of lace is like learning history from a well-written historical mystery - light, amusing, and the facts seem to stick with one longer than they do when reading a scholarly exposee... There's a great deal of difference between "dry" and "dry wit" - the second is like the best champagne :)
I also had a quick glance at the Convention program and was delighted (also amused) to see that Arachne has arrived: Arachne Members Lunch (catered, and by reservation only) is the first item on the "Tours and Events" list... They even used my own "Gentle Spiders" appellation <g> Of course, it's very much in keeping with their own Tina-book and the general Victorian gentility...
-- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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