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Nina Badzin's avatar

I loved 84 Crossings Road. I went through a stage a few years ago when I mostly read epistolary novels.

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Itta Hisiger's avatar

Loved this ❤️. Wishing you a wonderful shabbos!

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Merri Ukraincik's avatar

Thanks, Itta! So nice to hear from you. Gut Shabbos!

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Amy R.'s avatar

Lovely writing and the perfect way to end the work week and welcome the Sabbath.

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Merri Ukraincik's avatar

Thank you so much, Amy. Wishing you a peaceful transition from work to rest.

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Arlene R. Atkin's avatar

I had no idea that typewriter concerts were a Thing. Where have I been that I've never heard of this before (especially since music was my first love, I had a defacto undergraduate minor in music and I still play and baby my Baby Grand)? So charming and adorable -- thanks for sharing that! I'm a new fan.

Wondering whether some of the soiled yarn was part of a stash you once inherited from the beloved relative of someone you once randomly met? I seem to remember you had a wonderful story about that. Glad you were able to salvage some of it!

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Merri Ukraincik's avatar

I felt exactly the same when I first discovered it. NPR does an annual desk concert. I think that's how I stumbled upon it. As for the wool, good memory! Someone gave me a suitcase full of his grandmother's yarn and asked me to make what I could of it, which ended up being two full afghans. I used almost all of it. This "lost" assortment was mostly leftovers from my own projects...I'm loathe to toss even the smallest bits of wool. The center of a granny square requires so little. My grandmother would take the ends after making a sweater and start as many squares as she could, adding to them as more ends became available.

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