Laren asked a few days ago about a PayPal account, in connection with the Textile Conservation Fund announcement. I learned that Plimoth Plantation will soon be launching an e-commerce aspect to the www.plimoth.org website; Rich is busy with it right now. When that goes live we may not need any other vehicle; I’ll keep you posted.

Carol was back today, although still not feeling her best. It was good of her to come all the way here to work with us and I hope she feels better still soon.

These are more of Wendy’s photos from yesterday. The first picture is of Kandy, the second of Allison, with the light right on her work. The third is of Beth. Beth doesn’t spend ALL her time finishing off ends, but we seem always to catch her at it.

This session is small and comfortable. It’s easy for me to be in the office, I don’t feel like I’m trying to be in two places at once (the office where the email and phone messages are waiting; Accomack where all the excitement is). Several participants this session knew each other before coming, so it feels like a little party of friends, even for those of us who didn’t know them before. 

Instead of having formal presentations this session I just invited some of the program’s specialists to have a meal with us, including Kathleen Curtin, foodways historian and Thanksgiving expert, Marcia Hix, mistress of the foodways kitchen and our personal caterer, and interpreters Kelley, Beth, and Michael. I’m glad this seems to be working out very well; the conversations are going in all sorts of interesting directions, and the interpreters especially seem to like the opportunity to converse "behind the scenes." Maybe we’ll add this element to some of the bigger sessions.

Speaking of which, we have several spots open in the December 11-14 session. That’s Tuesday to Friday. If you’re local and have attended a previous session, please feel free to contact me about coming for one or two days. If you haven’t attended a previous session and have some vacation time to use up before the end of the year, think about treating yourself to a relaxing few days stitching and shopping - Plimoth’s gift shops will be open and volunteers receive a 10% discount. It is very possible (though not definite) that we will have another color or two or four of the gilt sylke twist to work with at the December session. Call 508-746-1622 X8119 or email jhall@plimoth.org