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The primal comfort of domestic arts

The primal comfort of domestic arts

I'd been meaning to try baking sourdough bread for years. All it took was a global pandemic to get me to start. In the nearly two months since the Bay Area ordered its residents indoors for our neighbors' safety, I've managed to coax a colony of living critters from a simple slurry of flour and water. Now, every weekend, I pull out my kitchen scale and my jar of bubbly sludge, slip an apron — tailor-made by me, for me — over my head, and set about baking a loaf of crusty bread. As COVID-19 ravages communities across the U.S.,...

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Funky Fashion Over 60: How to Mix Up Unusual Items in Your Wardrobe for Fabulous Looks

Funky Fashion Over 60: How to Mix Up Unusual Items in Your Wardrobe for Fabulous Looks

Too many people in society believe that older women aren’t interested in fashion or that mature women should stick to boring, conservative clothing in neutral shades. Luckily, more and more mature women are changing these ideas, including today’s guest, Josephine Lawlan, former image consultant and owner of her own website, Chic at Any Age. Josephine speaks with Margaret about how mature women are changing these ideas every day. I Don’t Have Anything to Wear! Who hasn’t looked into their closet and thought “I don’t have a single thing to wear!”? Josephine says that most of us have plenty of clothing...

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“Japanese American Gothic”

“Japanese American Gothic”

In this story, you get to be the sansei heroine because you are like a lump of narrative Play-Doh, and the less self-awareness you possess, the more you can be poked, prodded, and punched into possibility. You are the heroine because we follow your adventure even if other characters might have better adventures and more interesting lives, because your adventure has moral authority, and because it’s a trick. This is not said to make you feel special or bad or even tricked; the real story is there, just not necessarily in your exact direction. Mukashi, mukashi, Cathy Ozawa grew up...

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Callaway Golf Podcast 376: Grilling with Emiliano Grillo

Callaway Golf Podcast 376: Grilling with Emiliano Grillo

We’re headed to the kitchen for this weeks LIVE Callaway Golf Podcast with Callaway Staffer and Argentinian “chef” Emiliano Grillo! Grab a skirt steak and follow along. You can help donate to Emiliano’s Yo Cuido A Quien Nos Cuida here: yocuidoaquiennoscuida.com/ —————————————————————————Listen to new episodes of the Callaway Golf Podcast with Jeff Neubarth every Tuesday and Thursday as he takes you inside the outgoing marketing department of Callaway HQ. Jeff introduces new characters regularly, spar with special guests and occasionally say things they’re definitely not supposed to. The post Callaway Golf Podcast 376: Grilling with Emiliano Grillo appeared first on The Hackers...

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Sew a Super-Quick and Comfortable Spring Dress with NZP’s NEW! Crepe Knit Fabrics

Sew a Super-Quick and Comfortable Spring Dress with NZP’s NEW! Crepe Knit Fabrics

Looking for a fresh new addition for your spring wardrobe? Sew a super-simple empire elastic-waist dress with a scoop neckline with our NEW! Floral Crepe Knits! Like other knit garments, this completed dress is stylish and comfortable to wear. Nancy Zieman’s knit dress and top collection, M7353 from The McCall Pattern Company sews up quickly from just three main pattern pieces!   Choose View C Cowel Neck, or View B Scoop Neck. Then choose one of our four NEW! limited edition Floral Crepe Knit Fabrics and stitch a beautiful new knit pull-over dress! And/or wear as a tunic–when you pair...

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