Catching Up With Things Including Kumifest 2013

Rodrick advising Karen Huntoon regarding the core device

Jackie's new Kakudai made by John Turner — Lucky Jackie is thrilled

Photos from Henhouse Studio during Kumihimo Festival 2013

We're managing to keep a sense of humor and stay on the roller coaster so far. Thanks for the offers of messages to all the gods.

Yesterday we took a river cruise with Anne, went to the bomb memorial and finished up with the tropical botanical garden in a fascinating building downtown. Anne is such a great guide. Can't begin to thank her for all her kindnesses.

I priced out a taxi from our hotel to the Museum of Western Heritage and found it to be $30 one way. So the sweet counter clerk here found out exactly how we could do it by taking a bus to the inner city terminal and then another straight to the museum. We'll have a bit of lunch nearby and then give it a try.

Steve has been in serious contact with the Aamco shop and today's report is an awful lot like previous ups and downs. Anyway, we should know something by late this afternoon. Don't hold your breath but there is a chance that the word will be positive. Until later, that's it for transmission talk.

I'm going to back up a bit because I didn't ever report on the Kumihimo Festival I flew back home to host in late October. It was definitely one of our best ever. I'm going to post some pics from it here today. So, if you have any questions about it, email me and I'll try to respond.   To be continued.    — J