vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Jalynne" :
]I'll stop mentioning the place I love, since most people aren't very positive about ]it. Sorry
oh, trust me - i DO love Monterey. fog and all. i'd live there in a split second.
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Jalynne" :
]never mind...it's just home to me.
if i lived there, i'd have to have a permanent pass to the aquarium. hell, i'd probably do just about anything to get to work there!
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.compuppies (Dr. Sooz) :
]Northern California is so different from the southern half of the state that it should be two states.
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :
]I always get confused when people speak of "Northern Calif". To me, ]"Northern Calif" means North of Sacramento, and Tahoe.
*smile* and to me, Northern California is anything North of Bakersfield, because the Central Valley is so long. anything South of Bakersfield is "weird".----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comnospam (Kaytee) :
]If any of "you guys" are seriously interested, let me know.... It would be ]"available" from about Feb or Mar 2004 (the caretaker/remodling guy has to ]leave at the end of Jan., and his father/my dad's best friend is willing to ]stay there for Feb. as a favor). It's at least semi-furnished (had to toss some ]stuff...), so you wouldn't need much to "move in". The "shop" could probably be ]converted into a bead studio, and if we can't get the gun safes out, there ]would be a couple of very secure cabinets....
gods, i wish!!!!!
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I have resisted that only because you asked for summers warmer than Toledo.
I absolutely love Alaska. The wilderness, the pace. The use of natural materials, and the feeling that you and nature are part of each other. I love using natural materials.
A sense of reality partly caused of the inescapable reality of the weather here.
People tend to be more honest and up front, partly because in a "small" community (the whole state) it's too hard not to be caught in lies. The Native communities all seem to be like a family with different family members in many others villages. When I first came up here, I spoke to someone in my dorm. She was from Nome and met the boy I met there when I was in High School. My brother's girl friend was from another village and her cousin was Homer's sister's best friend. And most of the flying community knew him from his flying business, or his work as an air controller. A guest artist from the art gallery nearest me collect carving his brother made. And another guest artist gave me walrus ivory because he was part of the extended family of the family my mother stayed with in the village of Shishmeref.
People are more honest about their failings, and don't have to always put up a front. I was given community instead of just shame when I went to work on sobriety, because Alcoholism is a reality, in Alaska and every place else to.
I am also fascinated by cultural anthropology. Which is right in front of our eyes here -- as well as cross-cultural anthropology and transcultural anthropology.
Fairbanks itself is quite small, but is a university town, full of highly qualified scientists and engineers. But the arts are also well represented.
People here are much more likely to be involved in activities, instead of just being observers, an audience.
There are lots of variations on preferences, still being a frontier where misfits go. Another reason for a liberal view of live and let live.
I can live with the cold, and don't have much summer heat. And I'm one of these people susceptible to heat prostration.
But it's the people and the pace I love. And the variety. We'd love you here, if you could put up with the winters. (All it takes is beading). And don't forget the body work Pete does.
And speaking of body work. Our yoga, hippy, "woowoos" types tend to be a little more earth-bound here.
And I'm here!
Tina
Not really. You can go straight through Truckee on fast roads, whereas the roads to Tahoe are often winding and mountainous. Especially if refering the the town as opposed to the lake.
Tina
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :
]Not really. You can go straight through Truckee on fast roads, whereas the ]roads to Tahoe are often winding and mountainous. Especially if refering ]the the town as opposed to the lake.
okay. on every map i've ever looked at, you had to pass by Lake Tahoe on your way to Reno.
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not if you are going up 80...that I remember. If I remember, we went up, and had to turn right at Truckee to go to Tahoe, but straight to Reno.
Mary
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "meijhana" :
]not if you are going up 80...that I remember. If I remember, we went up, ]and had to turn right at Truckee to go to Tahoe, but straight to Reno.
yes, i know. but Reno is still beyond Tahoe.
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
Good point. Some nice organizational scheme for the excess beads...
What a wonderful description. You seem to have captured a spirit of a place.
represented.
But the roads are better. So the time to Reno and the time to Carnelian Bay would be similar. And if you're going to a Tahoe "destination" it takes longer. I think it's even shorter from Sac to Reno on 80, than to S Lake Tahoe on 50.
(I took out the map to see if I was out of line).
It's like when people refer to the time it takes if you're going on a straight shot on I5 to LA, vs the slower roads to SLO. It's not intuitive at all.
Tina
As we get older we do get more knowledgeable about what is needed for an effective work environment. And it hurts to stop thinking and waste time at our age.
Actually, if you go back to school as an adult, they give you a different orientation too. Adults work and learn best in an interactive environment. The profs who are used to just teaching kids often find it hard to adjust to the interacting instead of just "pouring the material into an empty container", which is to say lecturing.
I remember back in high school there were kids who could always be mouthy. If a quiet serious kid like me, said something off, I'd get jumped on hard. I guess the quiet ones and the mature ones sound more knowledgeable and therefore threatening.
I wouldn't at all say you were coddled. Rather you were respected and put to maximum use. And yes, unfortunately that is hard to find.
It reminds me of something my husband told his son about me. That I don't ask much. I need compliance on a few things and basic respect, which includes honesty. Given that, I'm VERY easy. Given respect and some options to work with, a mature worker can produce much more work and of higher quality.
I hope you can find another job like that, or can work from home. I wonder if it would help to be part of a women's work co-op, where word of mouth works so well.
Tina
Ah, the spirit of the place has captured me.
Tina
transcultural
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "KDK" :
]excess beads...
does not compute.
----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)
And having you come down here to stay would be awesome!
I've lived here for 51 of my 53 years and although I dream of other places, to quote Amy Carol Webb, "Florida's my home." The area I live in is primarily gay-oriented. My rent is very low and the neighborhood is beautiful and quiet. I'm less than 2 miles from the beach, close to downtown (library, museums, IMAX, Riverwalk and Las Olas). The interstate and turnpike are close so I can head out anytime I chose.
There's gorgeous parks and hawks flying overhead and the beaches and frozen margaritas of phenomenal size. There's food of almost any culture you can imagine. There's always something to do or see or somewhere to go, a lot of it for free. This weekend is the Garlic Festival in Delray Beach with arts and crafts booths and concerts with Average White Band and Three Dog Night. There's baseball and football, basketball and hockey.
There's a plethora of bead shops locally and within driving distance. There's me, Valerie, Laurie, Cindy, Shelby and I forget the gal's name from Tallahassee. There's the IGBS every March and October not far from me. There's the month long Ren Faire in February, the Blues Festival this weekend, the Mardi Gras Fest in February and the Cajun Fest in May.
Yep, Florida's my home.
Linda2
Wow. I enjoyed reading your description of Alaska! That's a great way of telling it.
The only thing I'd add, though you said it in a round about way, is that people who come to Alaska from other places wondering if they will like it can be divided into two groups. Those who like adventure, love it and stay. Those who like to schedule things in the future and depend on knowing what they'll be doing a week whatever in advance, hate this place and leave.
For most Alaskans, life is an all day adventure, every day.
Well, Kansas City is sticky. Not as bad as St. Louis, not anywhere near as bad as Maryland. Wichita is pretty darn dry, although it's been worse the last few years. Must be the near constant 20 mph wind... :-)
And yes, some days you're pretty sure you can see all the way to Dallas or Denver. :-)
Karin
vj wrote:
live there, at least for a couple of years....<
I'd sure hang onto it if I could, Kaytee - that land will be worth a fortune someday (if not already). What were you thinking of asking to sell all 40 acres?
Carol in SLC
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