tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24285812863900504802024-03-13T17:28:53.306+13:00 Tuatara's NestSue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-34036857787611495322021-04-19T22:08:00.007+12:002021-04-19T22:08:58.898+12:00HOW TO MAKE A CAGE/BASKET DISTAFF<p> If you're going to spin flax, you're going to need a Distaff, and you can make your own.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3Mp1wOZ_Tw/YH1Vjb42TwI/AAAAAAAABmg/IaQ2xmhv-rw5nFO9n5dO-mAtsJshCu22QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2919/2021-04-19%2B12.19.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="1078" height="558" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3Mp1wOZ_Tw/YH1Vjb42TwI/AAAAAAAABmg/IaQ2xmhv-rw5nFO9n5dO-mAtsJshCu22QCLcBGAsYHQ/w206-h558/2021-04-19%2B12.19.50.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I7bYhOp6Fr8/YH1VuS_-63I/AAAAAAAABmk/MK1qNI1YSQYD2nkvYw7HD6QLyAK3XhvXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s3095/2021-04-19%2B12.20.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3095" data-original-width="1016" height="856" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I7bYhOp6Fr8/YH1VuS_-63I/AAAAAAAABmk/MK1qNI1YSQYD2nkvYw7HD6QLyAK3XhvXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w281-h856/2021-04-19%2B12.20.10.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>To Make a Cage/Basket Distaff:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Supplies (all available from most hardware stores)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->2 x stair spindles approx. 1m long (mine were 1m
& 94cm) 4cm wide on the rectangular ends.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->4 x Shelf angle brackets. I used 26cm x 23cm<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Dowelling – about 10mm x 8cm long<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Screws – about 36mm x 8<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Carpet tacks & hammer/staple gun<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Glue<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Bling<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->A drill, a drill bit to fit the screws, and one
to fit the dowelling – I used a 10mm Forstner bit<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->A finial for the top if you want to go that far –
mine is a seed planting tool I had turned, but you could use a draw knob or
similar – this gives you somewhere to tie the strick<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Basket-making cane, plastic boning, or something
similar, cut to 41cm lengths<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Danish Oil or similar sealer, stain<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Satin Ribbon, about 2.5cm wide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Instructions:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To join the two halves of the distaff:</b> Using the Forstner
bit that matches your dowel, drill a hole in the two short ends of the stair
spindles. Drill as deep as you can – ideally about 4cm or more. You are going
to insert the dowel into the centre of the two spindles to join them together –
the deeper the hole, and longer the dowel, the more stable it will be. Longer
is better.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To Make the feet:</b> Use the drill bit that matches your
screws to drill holes for the feet in the lower spindle. Try to centre the angle
bracket in the centre of each side, drill one hole, and put the screw through
the predrilled holes in the bracket and into the spindle. Then drill the other
hole and insert the screw. Some brackets will have a “key” hole – you can use
this for removable feet, but you will have to unscrew it, turn it upside down,
and reattach, then line up with a screw drilled into the spindle (argh – too complicated!)
Make sure each foot sits right at the bottom of the spindle, otherwise it’s
going to wobble. You could put little non-slip ‘feet’ on your feet to help keep
it stable.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It should end up looking like this:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjIwZ4yrN0E/YH1UAs_VpVI/AAAAAAAABl4/e7l3z91uTmM-XVOKD230tqAeMKG56_e3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2938/2021-04-19%2B12.19.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="1071" height="648" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjIwZ4yrN0E/YH1UAs_VpVI/AAAAAAAABl4/e7l3z91uTmM-XVOKD230tqAeMKG56_e3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w237-h648/2021-04-19%2B12.19.57.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br />Put two coats of Danish Oil or another sealer on the wood, letting
it dry.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Finial:</b> If you’re adding a finial, measure the
diameter of the stem, and drill a hole in the short end of the spindle for it
to go into.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To make the basket:</b> You will be working on the long
end of the spindle (where you will be sticking the finial into). I used plastic
boning from my stash (about a million years old). If you have access, use
basket-making cane, or anything else that is reasonably springy, eg plastic
packing straps, and that won’t break.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Depending on what you’re using, you will either need to
drill holes to insert cane, or use carpet tacks or staples to hold the boning. There
are a variety of designs: <span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">straight spoke, offset by one hole,
offset by two holes. Mine is offset by two holes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You can stain or otherwise colour
whatever you are using to make the cage/basket at this point, allowing it to
dry before proceeding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Using staples or carpet tacks,
attach the ends of the boning to the top (long end) of the second spindle. The
short end has the hole for the dowel. I used both staples and tacks. You will
only need 4 lengths of boning for straight spokes, and 6 for the offsets. Attach
the boning to the base. For the offset, take the boning straight down, then
move it over 1 or 2 places. As you can see by these photos, you can make funky patterns, or just keep it simple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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wood/PVA glue.</span></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you want to add bling, do it
now. I dived into my stash and found the black and shiny braid. Wrap it just
under the finial to hide the staples/tacks, and at the bottom. Add more as desired
(there’s no such thing as too much bling).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hey Presto, you’ve just made a cage
distaff! All up, it took me about 2 days to make mine, allowing for drying
time, and being interrupted by boring things such as work and feeding people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You will use the ribbon to wrap the
flax onto the distaff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-43249742403568248302021-04-07T17:31:00.001+12:002021-04-07T17:31:09.847+12:00ADVENTURES IN HARAKEKE : Introduction<p>Harakeke, <i>Phormium tenax</i>, is a member of the Agave family. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The plant grows as a clump of long, straplike leaves, up to two metres long, from which arises a much taller flowering shoot, with dramatic yellow or red flowers. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The fibre has been widely used since the arrival of</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Māori people">Māori</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">to New Zealand, originally in</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_traditional_textiles" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Māori traditional textiles">Māori traditional textiles</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">and also in rope and sail making</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">after the arrival of Europeans until at least WWII. It is an invasive species in some of the Pacific Islands and in Australia.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The blades of the plant contain</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbitacin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Cucurbitacin">cucurbitacins</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, which are poisonous to some animals, and some of them are among the bitterest tastes to humans.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMoeD2b1p2E/YGzqh7U8wAI/AAAAAAAABkQ/1MEVhMmFio8OEWlWJOcbdBivLVz7XwW3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/NewZealandTuiOnFlax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMoeD2b1p2E/YGzqh7U8wAI/AAAAAAAABkQ/1MEVhMmFio8OEWlWJOcbdBivLVz7XwW3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/NewZealandTuiOnFlax.jpg" width="320" /></a>Tui on a Harakeke flower stalk</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnV-NkRFjmQ/YGzqlVy7O3I/AAAAAAAABkU/bJBU9wnHILsMLk3DGlhuzWxZntXcpu1cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/Flax%2BWorker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnV-NkRFjmQ/YGzqlVy7O3I/AAAAAAAABkU/bJBU9wnHILsMLk3DGlhuzWxZntXcpu1cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Flax%2BWorker.jpg" width="320" /></a>Flax Worker feeding leaves into a stripper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Early 1930's</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>There are protocol to follow when gathering Harakeke. These are general instructions for a <i>pa harakeke</i>, or garden:<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Each <i>harakeke</i> bush is made up of many <i>whanau</i> (family) to form a <i>hapu </i>(family group). So each fan is a <i>whanau</i> and has <i>nga matua</i> (the parents) either
side of <i>te rito</i> (the growing shoot).
These three blades are never cut to ensure the ongoing survival and
wellbeing of the bush. The remaining leaves of the <i>whanau</i> may be cut for
harvest. It is very important that this
is done in the correct manner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3-9hEeesbPI/YG0lXPs03II/AAAAAAAABko/HMk07sxWVxkrKPJEJmCyTwxIeQXuRQL7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s542/Plant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="542" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3-9hEeesbPI/YG0lXPs03II/AAAAAAAABko/HMk07sxWVxkrKPJEJmCyTwxIeQXuRQL7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Plant.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Before harvest <i>karakia</i> is offered to give thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The leaves are cut as per the diagram above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Depending on local practice,</span> all leaves are
taken except for the <i>rito</i> and <i>awhi rito</i> with the bush left fully cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or you may harvest leaving the grandparents (<i>whenu</i> 3 above) as long
as each fan is harvested thus. However, if you are not able to use all the available leaves, just take what you can use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Traditionally the left over <i>harakeke</i> or <i>toenga</i> (those <i>whenu</i> not
suitable for weaving due to disease or deterioration) were left to decompose
around the base of the bush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However
this is no longer the practice due to the possible presence of disease and
pests in the discarded <i>whenu</i> and so the matter must be composted away from the
<i>pa harakeke</i>. With seriously diseased <i>whenu</i> it is now advised that they be burnt
to prevent spread although traditionally <i>harakeke</i> was never burnt. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Fans containing <i>korari</i> (flower stalks) should not be harvested until
the flowers have died. We limit the growth of korari in the pa so that the
energy of the <i>harakeke </i>bush is not diverted to the growth of the flowers, away
from the <i>whenu</i>. Traditionally all <i>korari</i> were removed to prevent the possibility
of cross fertilization of the different cultivars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>Harakeke</i> should be harvested during the day when the blades
are dry, not at night or in the rain or frost - as a safety measure but also as
doing so will effect the quality of the <i>harakeke</i> making it very brittle.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Once harvested the <i>harakeke</i> is never walked over, but around. All
<i>toenga</i> is removed from the <i>pa</i> and disposed of elsewhere, with the site being
left clean of the remains of the harvest. If you are adding this to a greenwaste collection service, check that they will actually take the <i>toenga</i>, as many won't.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">No-one eats, drinks or smokes within the boundaries of the <i>pa
harakeke</i>, whether harvesting or visiting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">v<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Traditionally women with their <i>mate wahine</i> (monthly period) do not
harvest as this was a time of rest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><b>Traditional Flax Harvesting & Weaving Karakia<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Te Harakeke, Te Korari</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">
Flax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Nga taonga whakarere iho</span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"><br />
the treasure passed down to us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">O te Rangi. O te Whenua. O nga Tupuna.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"><br />
by the sky, the land, the ancestors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Homai he oranga mo matou</span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"><br />
gives us health<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Tihei mauri ora</span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"><br />
for our life force<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You may make your own karakia or offering
of thanks and gratitude.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>HARVESTING:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">I harvested my <i>harakeke </i>on a warm day, slightly overcast, with just a light breeze, using the above <i>Karakia </i>before starting. I used a box cutter with a new sharp blade - you generally cannot cut the leaves with scissors or clippers, it's just too tough.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YATujN7tJR8/YG0po332ABI/AAAAAAAABkw/8NziZC9irtAne2Ghq7CczFRelXSi-69vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/harakeke%2Buntrimmed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YATujN7tJR8/YG0po332ABI/AAAAAAAABkw/8NziZC9irtAne2Ghq7CczFRelXSi-69vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/harakeke%2Buntrimmed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Harakeke before tidying</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SkZZr2ALrt8/YG0p1v2CiwI/AAAAAAAABk0/T30zQ9bJueYJ9LzNIGrajSDcTuL-6eWYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Harakeke%2Btidy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="778" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SkZZr2ALrt8/YG0p1v2CiwI/AAAAAAAABk0/T30zQ9bJueYJ9LzNIGrajSDcTuL-6eWYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Harakeke%2Btidy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After harvesting and tidying</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDOJ2Vb95Ug/YG0qBeYEohI/AAAAAAAABk8/VYvgXN3ZXJUkg_91oYjZg8khbQQ548X-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/harakeke%2Bwaste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="939" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDOJ2Vb95Ug/YG0qBeYEohI/AAAAAAAABk8/VYvgXN3ZXJUkg_91oYjZg8khbQQ548X-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/harakeke%2Bwaste.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The waste pile - this went into a general waste skip, not greenwaste</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSZDdGfA30M/YG0qO8wAO0I/AAAAAAAABlA/auEnKfWEBIkqcZjbFdpKw_Wqz-sydHU7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/harakeke%2Bleaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSZDdGfA30M/YG0qO8wAO0I/AAAAAAAABlA/auEnKfWEBIkqcZjbFdpKw_Wqz-sydHU7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/harakeke%2Bleaves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The harvested leaves</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The leaves are then topped, tailed, the centre spine and the coloured edges removed. Fold the leaf in half on itself, cut off the butt end, and using your fingernails or a blade, slice off the spine and edges. Remove the tip. If desired, you can <i>hapine</i> or split the blades into narrow lengths.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>RHETTING:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">At this point I put the harvested leaves into a large blue plastic rubbish bin in cold water, weighted down with bricks and a terracotta saucer. I fed it some sugar (to feed the bacteria) and aquarium salt to make it slightly briney.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NlwV5M8bjTw/YG0s6Hiw4GI/AAAAAAAABlg/THN4zzCQhG423zAJ5S2AQd7DI-nsahcTACLcBGAsYHQ/s960/bucket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NlwV5M8bjTw/YG0s6Hiw4GI/AAAAAAAABlg/THN4zzCQhG423zAJ5S2AQd7DI-nsahcTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bucket.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 1: First batch of leaves in the bucket</div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">When rhetting European flax, you only do it for a maximum of about 10 days. At that point, the <i>harakeke</i> just laughed at me. I checked it every week after that, and eventually left it in for 5 weeks:</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZjBg9ZmFfk/YG0scUH9ZbI/AAAAAAAABlM/L_9zxHdmxBspMg4KnGelJOsq5C7yuD7MgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/bucket%2B5%2Bweeks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZjBg9ZmFfk/YG0scUH9ZbI/AAAAAAAABlM/L_9zxHdmxBspMg4KnGelJOsq5C7yuD7MgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bucket%2B5%2Bweeks.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After 5 weeks, there was an interesting mould growth, and it stunk to high heaven!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9xAVe7eMH0/YG0smM7TPmI/AAAAAAAABlQ/cddvjnqHiakVTLKNX3ZC_Owa5S8XJ9h2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/muka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9xAVe7eMH0/YG0smM7TPmI/AAAAAAAABlQ/cddvjnqHiakVTLKNX3ZC_Owa5S8XJ9h2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/muka.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a batch of <i>muka </i>(prepared bast fibre) from a previous experiment, and a couple of leaves, which I boiled to see if it helped. Yes, no, maybe.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2R4NaJWWMac/YG0swrJxFdI/AAAAAAAABlY/Zi7BOWoNabwZhU563YuM_7Vtbgl68-R4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/rhetted%2Bflax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2R4NaJWWMac/YG0swrJxFdI/AAAAAAAABlY/Zi7BOWoNabwZhU563YuM_7Vtbgl68-R4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/rhetted%2Bflax.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The harakeke leaves once they'd been tipped out of the bucket and laid on the grass to dry. Phew. Stinky!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Next time: preparing the muka/bast fibre ....<div><br /></div><div>Please feel free to contact me if you want more information regarding the process so far.</div><div>sue.cottle@kinect.co.nz<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p></div>Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-61221418116356640122021-04-06T19:34:00.001+12:002021-04-06T23:19:28.095+12:002021 SO FAR<p>Over the Christmas break I committed to buying two spinning wheels, an old floor loom and a Rigid Heddle Loom.</p><p>The wheels were an Ashford Traditional, dating from the early 1980's, and a Sleeping Beauty Thumbalina, from the mid-1970's:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l8mtaTMYnXI/YGv6Iq9UeBI/AAAAAAAABiE/9tukY1f8_uwKCgvB4dg-uZezFGL5A2dzACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="238" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l8mtaTMYnXI/YGv6Iq9UeBI/AAAAAAAABiE/9tukY1f8_uwKCgvB4dg-uZezFGL5A2dzACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sleeping Beauty Thumbalina, 32" Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel and a large box of roving.</div><br /><p></p><p>The floor loom dates from 1974, made by C Fuller in Mangapai, Northland. It is a LeClerc Fanny-Style 4 Harness Countersunk.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02XHmJwT-rQ/YGv6vUnNYMI/AAAAAAAABiM/9iBmTVkaACob_b9nVvjUxEs3Qh2SEpZEgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1072" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02XHmJwT-rQ/YGv6vUnNYMI/AAAAAAAABiM/9iBmTVkaACob_b9nVvjUxEs3Qh2SEpZEgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="179" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OzblO935fUc/YGv64aMNbkI/AAAAAAAABiQ/EduHwwfChtoyfzWUkE--aeHrk8-TKSOVQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OzblO935fUc/YGv64aMNbkI/AAAAAAAABiQ/EduHwwfChtoyfzWUkE--aeHrk8-TKSOVQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-heAN3rG1s5s/YGv9NllXCEI/AAAAAAAABiY/7mRVeZ4nH0kGIBIBxlTC-NKqRFyXB8c-gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="960" height="169" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-heAN3rG1s5s/YGv9NllXCEI/AAAAAAAABiY/7mRVeZ4nH0kGIBIBxlTC-NKqRFyXB8c-gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /></div>She has been sitting in a barn for the last six years, about 20km from where she was made. I have named her Tirairaka, Tuhoe for Fantail, a native bird.<p></p><p>I took her completely apart, sanded her down, cleaned all the metal work, and reconstructed her. There were only 200 rusty heddles, so I've replaced them with 1000 brand new inserted eye heddles.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oYoeGrttvFc/YGv-dt6l-4I/AAAAAAAABig/WZ3KME5ZRukAdAYYLdjEgWg19RaTgxWpwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1504" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oYoeGrttvFc/YGv-dt6l-4I/AAAAAAAABig/WZ3KME5ZRukAdAYYLdjEgWg19RaTgxWpwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="179" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z7wJ16Xq29U/YGv-omGR5CI/AAAAAAAABik/S0z7yDKkXVIn49ctNY_xtux1881We6pBACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z7wJ16Xq29U/YGv-omGR5CI/AAAAAAAABik/S0z7yDKkXVIn49ctNY_xtux1881We6pBACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="187" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>I made a warping trapeze so I didn't have to get hubby to help - his first question on helping me warp the Rigid Heddle Loom was "how long will this take?" Well, how long is a piece of string?! There is now a warp on the loom, and once the boat shuttle and bobbins arrive, I can get weaving.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wLPBFevEfAs/YGwOGZV3mXI/AAAAAAAABjg/kFWrppb9X_k96ncZ3FG7Kt3HqTTOa3n4ACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1072" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wLPBFevEfAs/YGwOGZV3mXI/AAAAAAAABjg/kFWrppb9X_k96ncZ3FG7Kt3HqTTOa3n4ACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="179" /></a></div><br />It's a straight-draw sampler, so I can learn how to weave on a floor loom.<p></p><p>The Rigid Heddle Loom has a cotton warp on for teatowels. Not moving very fast, as I'm not terribly interested in it.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t8kEnmCh3rA/YGwK1emfdSI/AAAAAAAABiw/9xMzVZPNKcwCyOSni6nK3OPp1LgUEChugCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t8kEnmCh3rA/YGwK1emfdSI/AAAAAAAABiw/9xMzVZPNKcwCyOSni6nK3OPp1LgUEChugCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I've now spun 4 spools of yarn on the Traditional, getting better each time:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fOuHnjKHHUU/YGwLFNPhgFI/AAAAAAAABi4/ieEV3JGwKNIBANfVTfkDTFGTVQzudhTMwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="633" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fOuHnjKHHUU/YGwLFNPhgFI/AAAAAAAABi4/ieEV3JGwKNIBANfVTfkDTFGTVQzudhTMwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="158" /></a></div><br />To help me with plying, I decided to make an Andean Plyer, as my arthritis makes it difficult to be wrapping things around my wrist:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oU_xzNrktuo/YGwLplJU5MI/AAAAAAAABjA/B5gxVCsUXKILLJFhhQXmDzDrNoVLxsmZACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1394" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oU_xzNrktuo/YGwLplJU5MI/AAAAAAAABjA/B5gxVCsUXKILLJFhhQXmDzDrNoVLxsmZACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="166" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Which was wound onto Version 1 of a Turkish Spindle:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oloPjCUYKxY/YGwL3xIwyKI/AAAAAAAABjE/RvL_1LbQUQAdfrBTkwjCu1OzRCHILFCRgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oloPjCUYKxY/YGwL3xIwyKI/AAAAAAAABjE/RvL_1LbQUQAdfrBTkwjCu1OzRCHILFCRgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br />Which progressed to Version 2:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d9HLSH48fNs/YGwMn4Aq2eI/AAAAAAAABjQ/9XnPVVmKhYgZ9-nK-CT2s4VN1AoF8O6iQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d9HLSH48fNs/YGwMn4Aq2eI/AAAAAAAABjQ/9XnPVVmKhYgZ9-nK-CT2s4VN1AoF8O6iQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />To be made into a Diagonal Weave scarf, where you use the warp as the weft. My own handspun is the green and gold, with a blue variegated commercial merino.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Wu0b9tKkzWE/YGwM2dcOS3I/AAAAAAAABjU/BObj3JV3x4EM7qhmAR4FuFiSyFTeYoX9wCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1440" height="238" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Wu0b9tKkzWE/YGwM2dcOS3I/AAAAAAAABjU/BObj3JV3x4EM7qhmAR4FuFiSyFTeYoX9wCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I've also restored a early 1980's Ashford Drum Carder.<p></p><p>On the list of things to make are:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>a cage distaff</li><li>a 2-row hackle</li><li>a swing picker</li><li>an e-bobbin winder</li></ul><p></p><p>Which brings us to ... Adventures with Harakeke</p><p><br /><br /></p>Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-44670543982034769642021-04-06T17:58:00.002+12:002021-04-06T17:58:40.469+12:002020 UPDATE<p>Well, it's been a year and a bit since I've been near my blog - life has been busy, and I haven't felt inclined to write what about what I've been doing. However, now the time has come, the Walrus said ...</p><p>Covid hit, and life changed dramatically. My work as a Tourist Shuttle driver dried up, then disappeared, as no tourists were allowed into the country, work repositioning vehicles for a rental car company also dried up, same reason. Production work also disappeared during the Level 4/Level 3 Lockdowns, but came back at Level 2.</p><p>Pre lockdown, in January I attended a Maori Woodcarving Workshop and made a paddle (hoe). Good fun.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PtwIhO4ayWg/YGvyYX4zMHI/AAAAAAAABgQ/HCVUAJR8sH4_Tz4RSCoxAfzMdxxMBSOngCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="739" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PtwIhO4ayWg/YGvyYX4zMHI/AAAAAAAABgQ/HCVUAJR8sH4_Tz4RSCoxAfzMdxxMBSOngCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="185" /></a></div><br /><p>Bone carving as a hobby didn't last long - too stinky to do inside, and kind of toxic. However I did buy a woodturning lathe, and built a shed to put it in.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jyL85wiXKTk/YGvx3lt6NjI/AAAAAAAABfw/7Xvw1YUfhtk-QQc1PkGkkTAMvYRJJfxXACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jyL85wiXKTk/YGvx3lt6NjI/AAAAAAAABfw/7Xvw1YUfhtk-QQc1PkGkkTAMvYRJJfxXACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="180" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jyL85wiXKTk/YGvx3lt6NjI/AAAAAAAABfw/7Xvw1YUfhtk-QQc1PkGkkTAMvYRJJfxXACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D_KwViLpDxQ/YGvx67OPE3I/AAAAAAAABgA/ANun4TrxJRoI1zVTGZKAK-MWr3tvhgo2gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="810" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D_KwViLpDxQ/YGvx67OPE3I/AAAAAAAABgA/ANun4TrxJRoI1zVTGZKAK-MWr3tvhgo2gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6kmmBBDFKhw/YGvyJm6-TdI/AAAAAAAABgI/0i9WUwGcQYcB7RpIoMPF5oFQH0gnCr23gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6kmmBBDFKhw/YGvyJm6-TdI/AAAAAAAABgI/0i9WUwGcQYcB7RpIoMPF5oFQH0gnCr23gCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jyL85wiXKTk/YGvx3lt6NjI/AAAAAAAABfw/7Xvw1YUfhtk-QQc1PkGkkTAMvYRJJfxXACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>Got an awesome tattoo: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SxAHuZFWyK0/YGvymrTf5GI/AAAAAAAABgY/ze8IrOR7f8EC42QpntWD89s071yxXqJbgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1072" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SxAHuZFWyK0/YGvymrTf5GI/AAAAAAAABgY/ze8IrOR7f8EC42QpntWD89s071yxXqJbgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="179" /></a></div><br />Said goodbye to both my cats at the ripe old age of 16.5<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qvsrTXF5l4g/YGvzBfgqHpI/AAAAAAAABgk/0fhe9rZuQx0nRVbI4MEizqyOBkABsTqpACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qvsrTXF5l4g/YGvzBfgqHpI/AAAAAAAABgk/0fhe9rZuQx0nRVbI4MEizqyOBkABsTqpACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="246" /></a>Mr Smudge</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tMXkYkpdN2o/YGvzgkGJdiI/AAAAAAAABgs/KWUA9asghWokbZRsnx2YM7PVT8Bc2wsiACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tMXkYkpdN2o/YGvzgkGJdiI/AAAAAAAABgs/KWUA9asghWokbZRsnx2YM7PVT8Bc2wsiACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="180" /></a>Ishtar, Queen of Darkness</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Did some cross stitch: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0UtIp_CRnTk/YGvz8jzoCnI/AAAAAAAABg0/JJJ4On-uuTwlYRJERfsJccwttyRUy87AQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1782" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0UtIp_CRnTk/YGvz8jzoCnI/AAAAAAAABg0/JJJ4On-uuTwlYRJERfsJccwttyRUy87AQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">August 2020 Sunday WIP. Celtic Mandala 600x600cm. Colour #2 317 Blue finished. Taking a break, and moving on to my next cross stitch, Disintegration.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hIGh3OF_G_8/YGv3c5_8SOI/AAAAAAAABh0/tKHH7CDcPDIIe6li16YCyuNLZqXaAjHCwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hIGh3OF_G_8/YGv3c5_8SOI/AAAAAAAABh0/tKHH7CDcPDIIe6li16YCyuNLZqXaAjHCwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="312" /></a>Disintegration</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X6b4dEfdMqM/YGv3iL-B54I/AAAAAAAABh4/gzPSslz1wK0fg0KLWDfPGREMOTvebUsmQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="844" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X6b4dEfdMqM/YGv3iL-B54I/AAAAAAAABh4/gzPSslz1wK0fg0KLWDfPGREMOTvebUsmQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="211" /></a>Zen Garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">Shifted some interesting Production vehicles:</span></div></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sQekKLf3St0/YGv0X8MrusI/AAAAAAAABg8/1gIajqI0F98_ItF5sxTtXq6HDmI38xpmwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sQekKLf3St0/YGv0X8MrusI/AAAAAAAABg8/1gIajqI0F98_ItF5sxTtXq6HDmI38xpmwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mDNBW0VlbTY/YGv04EA0fjI/AAAAAAAABhQ/y5iY-3C4rEMhauYW8lPch8myCF4TntzrACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="180" /></a><p></p><div>Spent three very long weeks in December in Ruatoki, filming Muru, in the heart of Te Urewera:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uedmyEHRdsQ/YGv1QV3gTPI/AAAAAAAABhc/4aPPQq4ZQyQ58xwsVx4mfeUY_UytibRxQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="960" height="215" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uedmyEHRdsQ/YGv1QV3gTPI/AAAAAAAABhc/4aPPQq4ZQyQ58xwsVx4mfeUY_UytibRxQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />And got a beautiful tattoo while I was down there:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Ordered Degreaser (for bones), Cobalt M42 HSS blanks for carving
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Bone Carving by Jim Timings was already in my collection, and ordered
Bone Carving: A Skillbase of Techniques and Concepts by Stephen Myhre.
Purchased Stephan Gilberg’s Bone Carving Foundation and Masterclass Video series. Watched
a whole heap of videos, and read and read and read. Side trips included reading
Wood Carving books by Chris Pye, (most already in my collection) and purchasing a couple more on carving Wood Spirits and Green Men. Oooh - shiny - and being inspired by those.</div>
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I have two desks in my Studio – one for art, the other,
which I made, used for horizontal storage (ie, crap. Unfortunately, this table
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I realised I needed a decent workbench – I paint and craft
standing up, and always get terrible back pain. Back to Google … came across
Patrick Sullivan, a retired physician, now a woodworker. Among his plans was
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I already had a suitable table top (can’t remember where it
came from), and once I’d printed the plan, got help with the messy math (yes,
let’s leave out some crucial dimensions), and bought a few extra tools, I was
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While hubby said it was too complicated, that was like a red flag to a bull: this woman can do
anything she sets her mind to! Of course, inevitably, I needed a wee bit of
help, as I only have one pair of slightly dodgy hands, and have problems with
heavy stuff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course, to make a bench, I also needed tools … electric
tools! Bunnings supplied me with an Ozito Drill Press (OMG – so much fun!!!),
and an Ozito Band Saw (again, so much fun). Brand choice came down to cost –
they do the job at less than a third of other brands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I also purchased a Flexi Shaft Grinder hand set and motor
(like a Dremel, but cheaper), some saw blades, clamps, woodworkers vice, a dust
extractor (the sort nail technicians use) and a drip tray (why a drip tray, I
hear you ask? Patience, Young Grasshopper).<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Mini Workbench was finally completed 27 December – work (and
pay) kept getting in the way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the meantime, I’d ordered some canon bones from the
Aussie Butcher, which were duly processed – dogs were internally grateful for
the marrow and scrapings, and of course the knobby ends. Next time, I will
leave the knobby bits with the butcher – they take up far too much room in the
freezer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I followed a combination of Timings and Myhre’s instructions,
with a dash of Bill Bass, Forensic Scientist. I extracted the marrow, then the
bones were simmered in clean water for an hour, scraped clean, then re-simmered
with Sunlight Dishwash and Eco-Clean Degreaser for another hour. Because I hadn’t
realised how far the fat can spread thru the bone, it got a bit yucky. I think
they then got simmered for another hour in fresh water.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now I’ve read some new instructions on one of the Facebook groups
I belong to – thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amberboneofleleka"><b><span style="background: #f2f3f5; color: #385898; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Энбулатов
Эдуард</span></b></a><span style="background: #f2f3f5; color: #385898; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> aka Edward </span>of Bone Carving – so will try his method
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November and December passed in a flash, and I felt like I
hadn’t achieved much. But of course, I had. My bone blanks were prepared, I’d watched
some videos, drawn and cut out the basic Matau/fish hook pattern with the
bandsaw, finished the workbench, put some metal pegboard up on the wall, got 2
little drill bit stands (whose holes got re-drilled with the drill press), got
a sheet of vinyl for under the table, and generally got everything set up and
ready to go. 1kg of tumbled Paua also arrived – it has most of the calcium
removed from the outside of the shells, so is pretty much ready to go.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cutting the bone blanks with first a hand saw, and then
later the bandsaw in the garage had created a dreadful smell, and an awful lot
of (toxic) bone dust. The smell spread thru the whole house, and was not
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I knew that cutting the bone with the Flexi Shaft Grinder would
also create a lot of dust and smell. Many/most people use some sort of dust extraction
– a vacuum cleaner, an extraction fan, a Nail Technician’s fan. Pounamu carvers
do their carving under running water, as the crystalline structure creates even
more toxic dust. More reading, more videos, more questions (yay Facebook groups
and YouTube).<o:p></o:p></div>
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I built a DIY drip system: a 10l water bucket on a tower stand,
a guideline to point the airline, a drip tray and small plastic chopping board to
work on, and a 20l catchment bucket, all connected by 6mm aquarium airline with
valves. I used Selley’s Waterproof Storm Sealant to join it all together. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today, Saturday, I finally spent some quality time working
on my Hei Matau, using my new gear. And nearly falling over backward from the
learning curve:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->To fill the water bucket I need to stand on a
stool and pour the water in – it’s all a bit wobbly. The airline has a definite
curl, usually not going the way I want it to, and having only 1 valve means it’s
hard to move the bucket. So, a second valve needs to go in above the guideline,
so I can turn that one off, remove the airline, take down the bucket, refill
it, and return it to its tower.<o:p></o:p></div>
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have the water drip where I wanted it – used a lovely candlestick to direct the
water flow, the bonus being that I can always stick some candles in to make it
even nicer!<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->There’s water spraying everywhere when I drill,
which probably means there’s also bone ‘dust’ flying. I need to make some sort
of enclosure around the drip tray to catch the spray. Perspex and ply perhaps?
Needs to be waterproof, so MDF won’t really work, unless I put some sort of
plastic covering on it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The airline from the drip tray to catchment
bucket won’t drain voluntarily, I need to suck on it – oh yum. Maybe I need a
larger diameter tube (which would be a pain, because the stainless steel was hard
to drill thru), to move the outlet point, or … something else.<o:p></o:p></div>
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possibly go wrong with having a 10l bucket full of water above my head?<o:p></o:p><br />
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bamboo ‘cheeks’ (the wooden liners) and mousepad liner work really well. However
it’s probably too close (or too far) from the corner, and because I’m working
on such a small scale, hard to get a fret/coping saw in and cut straight. Not
sure what will happen here, time and use will tell.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Extractor arrives (thanks to AliExpress), I’m using the spare vacuum cleaner hose
when drilling holes or sawing (if I don’t put the bone piece in the vice, it
just goes flying in a very exciting fashion). Trying to clamp a curved hose to
a flat surface with the clamps I have, in the space beside the vice, is a right
royal pain, especially when the clamp falls off, and everything starts heading
for my feet – or a dog’s head. Again, time, use, and the arrival of the extractor
will tell what happens next.<o:p></o:p></div>
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has a stuffed thread, and the original bolt has been replaced. Basically it won’t
grip an unpinned blade. I’ve already broken one blade trying to fit it, and
know why there’s so many in a pack. Good news is I have a proper Jewellers saw
coming from … somewhere?<o:p></o:p></div>
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handpiece after a bit of continuous use, and got VERY hot – too hot to hold. Oh
oh. Have I got a lemon? It’s made in China, so while it was cheap …. I may need
to wrap some fabric duct tape around it for insulation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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etc that come with the grinder – just not useful. I used a couple of ‘normal’
drill bits to do the bigger holes, but chipped a flake of bone out of the back
of one piece. Gilberg talks about using a ‘dentist’s drill – 2.5mm – which I
may see if I can track some down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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safety glasses, as I already wear glasses, and the tools are not very loud – on
the other hand, with all that goop flying around … I definitely wear a face mask
tho, when I’m drilling something in the vice.<o:p></o:p><br />
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fro-ing from the studio to garage and back again, getting all the stuff I
needed, which had either migrated while making the workbench, or normally lived
in the garage.<o:p></o:p><br />
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a companion to the band saw, but with different abilities, such as being able
to take the blade out, insert it thru the piece being worked, and start cutting
again. This decision is as a result of a very interesting conversation with Yuri Terenyi on Bone Carving. Of course, others prefer to work by hand.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, not quite a year, and here's another blog post. Of course, it's art, or really, craft related ... </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sadly, my best intentions with the Ever After art course crashed and burned. Yes, it was art, but it was also very intense study, and my brain just wasn't ready for it. The Little Mermaid was pretty much completed, but I'm not going to say, 'to my satisfaction', because I wasn't. The monochromatic painting never got very far - it all just seemed to hard, so it's been put aside.</span><br />
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In August 2000 I started working on a Greenman cross stitch pattern that I'd ordered from a company called Witches Stitches, from Minnesota. By 2009, it was probably three-quarters completed. It was put aside in 2009 when I became a Christian, and started studying part-time. Mid-late 2016 I picked it up again, and finished it just before Christmas 2016. 16 years to complete the project!</div>
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At the end of November 2016, as my Christmas presents from Becca and David, I ordered three Dimensions brand counted cross stitch patterns, as I'd really enjoyed finishing off the Greenman. The Hydrangea Floral was a petite pattern, 10 x 20cm/4 x 8" on 18 count Aida. The Peacock and Buddha are bigger at 23 x 38cm/11 x 33" on 14 count. They all arrived late December.</div>
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As of the beginning of May, I'd watched a few You Tube videos and read a few blogs, and learnt the value of grabbing a highlighter pen, and marking off what I had done/was doing. I'd also found a way to stop my pattern escaping, while marking my place - a steel baking tray, adhesive-backed magnetic tape, and a plastic ruler - practical, but not classy. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd looked at these back in November, but decided that I wasn't ready ... then last month decided to take the plunge, consulted with my friend/floss fairy Bonni, made up a wish list, sorted thru my stash, and ordered a few patterns. Bonni RAK'd me another one as an early Mother's Day present. I found the official HAED Facebook page, disappeared down the rabbit hole watching videos, and discovered the Fit N Stitch FB page run by Porsche Parcher with even more cool videos! Then I found myself entering stitching challenges ... minimum 7000 stitches of one colour by October, and 100 stitches a day for two weeks ... but I can't find the link back to that one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I'm all ready to start stitching my first HAED (Heaven & Earth Designs) cross stitch pattern. While the pattern calls for 25 count linen, I decided that just wasn't do-able, nor 25 count Lugana - I just couldn't see the holes! So I decided to stick to what I'm already familiar with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Prices for everything sourced in New Zealand are of course insane, with the cheapest floss I can get being off Trade Me for $1.40/skein </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">+ $1.70 postage. Of course, it turned out cheaper to get the extra 4 skeins of dark brown from Spotlight for $1.60 each. A packet of Aida was $25, and I also picked up a nice little storage box, spare needles (26/28), and a Bobbin Winder.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5pfhs-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">So far, gridding the 1</span><span data-offset-key="5pfhs-0-0" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">8 count Aida has taken around 13 hours, and is three-quarters gridded with gold Sulky Sliver, with the vertical and horizontal axes labeled with black fine-tip marker, and the edges are zigzagged to prevent fraying; The Mini Owl pattern is printed in colour, and put in a clear file folder, my first colour marked with orange highlighter; the large bag of floss was very kindly supplied by Super Floss Fairy Bonni Feltz, while the smaller bag is from my stash</span><span data-offset-key="5pfhs-2-0" style="font-family: inherit;">; The Pako grid magnifying gizmo I ordered on Ebay has arrived from Ukraine! The backing plate is magnetic, and the magnifying grid marker has little magnets, so will hold the pattern still, and I can more easily keep track of where I am (and it's so much classier than a grotty old baking tray!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm just waiting on the red Guideline monofilament line to arrive from the US to finish the gridding on the right-hand-side of the fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I also purchased an app called EZPDF Reader Pro, which allows me to search and highlight each symbol on the pattern - so far I haven't been able to make it save the changes, but that's ok, but this means I can more easily make sure I've found every single freaking event of that symbol. I'm going to be doing what's called 'extreme cross-country stitching' - this means that for DMC Colour 3371 Black Brown, there are 14,878 stitches to be done, all over the pattern. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The usual technique is to do one 10 x 10 square box, 'parking' your threads in the fabric - this means you could have at least a dozen threads of different colours hanging from the fabric till you need to use them again - I've tried this with just one thread colour, on the Hydrangea's and it drove me nuts! You can see the pattern, Aida and floss in the picture below: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And, of course, most importantly, it's all sealed with the 'cat-butt' of approval, courtesy of Mr Smudge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in mid-January I started doing HIIT workouts three times a week and a ketogenic diet (Low Carb, Medium Protein, High Healthy Fat). While the workouts have become a bit erratic, the dieting has continued, and I've lost 7kg so far, down from 74 to 67kg. I also started trying to walk 10,000 steps most days - and up until the weather turned crappy, have mostly succeeded. </span></div>
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14 April (68kg)</div>
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We're off to Bali for a 2 week holiday from the beginning of June, so I hope to have lost another kilo or two, and be closer to my 62kg goal weight. This goal is sure to change, as I can't actually picture myself at 62kg, let alone anything less!</div>
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I've seen huge improvements in my health, especially with the addition of 600mg of Magnesium daily smacking those 'super-hot' flushes down to just 'wee warm ones'.</div>
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ART-ING AGAIN!</h2>
After 6 years of part-time study, I’ve decided to stop. Getting a Bachelor of Theology Degree became far too much like hard work. Accepting a Diploma in Biblical Studies is a breeze. Time to move on. Time to do art again.<br />
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And of course, being me, I’m doing an art course. 3 months, 12 Artists, 12 Fairy Tales. And Style Development. Also, I wanted to learn different techniques for doing faces, and different styles of faces.<br />
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Here's a <a href="http://www.willowing.org/ever-after-2016/" target="_blank">link</a> to the course.<br />
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<i>“This course is a fantastic offer to those who are interested in learning how to make beautiful mixed media paintings inspired by traditional fairy-tales and myths and it has a very attractive curriculum for those interested in the how’s and what’s of style development.”</i><br />
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Yes, yes it is!<br />
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The Little Mermaid</h3>
<b>Artist: Tamara Laporte</b><br />
Still a work in progress, using mainly Neocolor II Water Soluble crayons, some collage (not liking how that’s working), and a little bit of acrylic paint and white markers. It pretty much needs more of everything, lol.<br />
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I’ve learnt what I don’t like: collage pieces of different thicknesses, fiddly bits, white lines down the centre of faces and a ‘bindi’ mark on the forehead. What I do like: realism (to a certain extent), Neocolor II’s (oh yeah!). This is what Tam calls a ‘whimsical’ face. I need to go thru the workbook at some stage and do the ‘style development’ exercises/questions, but to start with just didn’t have a clue.<br />
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Beauty and the Beast</h3>
<b>Artist: Andrea Gommol</b><br />
This is not going to happen at the moment. Stencils, gel medium and other stuff. Things I’ve done before. The ‘cartoon’ look doesn’t really do it for me. I will come back to it at a later date tho.<br />
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<b>Artist: Annie Hamman</b><br />
The technique is to paint a portrait of a woman with an apple (but of course, I chose a rose!) using found images to make a composition, then painted in tones of black to white, and the apple/rose in red.<br />
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The idea is to make black by mixing CMY (cyan/magenta/yellow – blue/red/yellow) – then adding white to make lighter tones. While I thought the teacher, artist Annie Hamman, gave a good explanation, when it came to doing it myself, the results were pretty awful, but then so are my supplies. Just look at those expiry/best before dates!<br />
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Using ‘fire sale’ expired paints from Geoff’s Emporium didn’t really work: they had a fire, so the paints are heat damaged, and have expiry dates of 2008 and 2009. What do you expect when you only paid around $5-6 about 5 years ago! The Alizarine Crimson Hue is leaking red fluid. Becca commented: “You’ve cut someone up and stuffed them in a tube. Now it’s bleeding!”<br />
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Cobalt Blue Hue (2008)<br />
Cadmium Yellow Light Blue (2009)<br />
Alizarine Crimson Hue (2008)<br />
They made an ugly green colour.<br />
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Cobalt Turquoise Light Hue (2009)<br />
Permanent Alizarine (2008)<br />
Transparent Yellow (2007)<br />
Green. Ugh.<br />
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Pthalo Blue<br />
Brilliant Red<br />
Medium Yellow<br />
Nice dark purple till the addition of yellow – then it turned green/brown.<br />
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Ultramarine<br />
Brilliant Red<br />
Medium Yellow<br />
Least green shift, but the red is all watery.<br />
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Much better result.<br />
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This is from the notebook I’m using to make notes from the videos, and to write in my experiments:<br />
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OK. It’s been around 3 years since I’ve done any art. While I’ve done a few workshops (mostly online), I’ve never done any ‘art courses’. Research followed, to see if I could learn more, and work out what went wrong.<br />
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<b>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Acrylic vs Gouache</b><br />
Acrylic: “a plastic latex or emulsion soluble in water.” Once dry is waterproof and durable.<br />
Gouache: “at its most basic, gouache is opaque watercolour.” Pigment suspended in a binder, often Gum Arabic. Remains soluble to water, allowing for blending after the paint has dried.<br />
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So, unless I want to do water-coloury things, acrylic is the way to go, otherwise I’d have to use some sort of sealer. (Not that that’s a problem).<br />
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<b>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Watched a couple of videos</b>. I think I’m using the wrong proportions. According to <a href="http://willkempartschool.com/">Willkempartschool.com</a>, I should be looking at a 2/1 + a yod (in my terms, lol): 2 x C: 1 x M: ‘ x Y<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk-fNSG2iuI" target="_blank">Part 1</a> cool and warm black using blues and Burnt Umber or Sienna.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkiBspXTn6U" target="_blank">Part 2</a> How to mix black with primary colours: Chromatic black<br />
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I’m not going to get any painting done tonight! Back to the drawing board tomorrow I think. Hopefully I haven't put anything on this post that I shouldn't have!<br />
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And that's the first blogpost I've done in a couple of years!<br />
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<br />Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-12629074993921807232014-11-23T20:43:00.002+13:002014-11-23T20:43:48.517+13:00Gelli Plate PrintingGood grief - I've finally done some art.<br />
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My Christmas presents arrived last week: a Gelli Plate, 4 Catalyst combs, and a Gelli Plate Printing book. Uni is over for the year - hooray, and it's time to play.<br />
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I think I've probably got an overall B+ or A- for Psalms - seriously over it tho.<br />
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Yeah, I know I'm a perfectionist, and too damn picky, but, of course, I'm not happy with what I got. One or maybe two out of 4 of the first attempt. The Chroma paints (ex fire-sale from Geoff's Emporium), although labelled transparent, weren't really, especially the blue. The Golden Open fluid acrylics worked better, and got a nice print from a paper towel. For the second attempt I wanted to try a particular technique, which gives a sort of wabi-sabi, worn effect. Maybe it's just too hot? About 23 deg inside ... the heavy body acrylics just gave a crappy result. I made some quatrafoil masks from 80gsm paper, but they stuck to the brayer, or came off completely. That little pile in the back right hand corner are the masks. The paint dried really quickly, didn't leave much of a print. Used some corrugated cardboard to make the lines. The image on the left is the 'quick prints' you pull to achieve the effect. The image on the right is the 'real' one.<br />
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Then the paint wouldn't come off the brayer or plate - had to use some Spray n Wipe and warm water to get it off. It's the print I would have liked to have got. This is the plate soaking in the sink:</div>
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Glued the two sheets into my art journal, then threw some pens, sparkle and words on the page:<br />
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Doesn't look much like the picture in the book - but then I wonder how many prints she had to pull before she got the one that was published?! Need to get some 100gsm or maybe 120gsm for cutting masks - that might work better, and maybe do the printing earlier in the day, or later - when it's not so hot, as it was a 1700-1800 ish.Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-31214252241925764802014-06-07T18:07:00.003+12:002014-06-07T18:09:17.267+12:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US">Jesus had a
large group of men and women followers, who went with him all over Palestine,
learning from him and following in his ways. According to both Luke and Mark
the women in this group helped to support and care for the group from their own
means. I will discuss whether these women should be regarded as true disciples
and where they would have evangelised; what their support consisted of and
their socio-economic status; and who some of them were and what it meant to be
a follower of Jesus. In conclusion, I will also briefly discuss how their
behavior may have been viewed by first-century Hebrew society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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One of the most significant factors about Luke 8:1-3 and
Mark 15:40-41 is that it was ‘revolutionary, for that time, that women should
follow a master.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
These men want their ‘readers to know who paid for “the Jesus movement” when it
was small and vulnerable.’<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="">[2]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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As shown by the Q tradition, Jesus took the initiative in
both deciding who would be his disciples, and in summoning women as well as
men.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
While it was common for a ‘would-be male student to seek out an esteemed rabbi
to teach him Torah,’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
it was unusual that he called them to not only follow him physically, but to
‘leave behind home, family, and other comfortable ties.’<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title="">[5]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Meier believes that Luke ‘preserves a valuable historical
memory in 8:1-3: certain devoted women followers accompanied Jesus on his
journeys around Galilee and finally up to Jerusalem.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Both men and women ‘who are naturally known to be his disciples’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
were travelling with Jesus. While there are no explicit calls to women, ‘such
devoted, long-term following is inexplicable without Jesus’ initiative or at
least his active acceptance of and co-operating with the women who sought to
follow him.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> A
number of passages indicate the women followers were the equivalent of
disciples, and there are multiple attestations of women also being present at
the crucifixion.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Although
these women were undoubtedly genuine disciples, they may not have been called
such because there was quite literally no feminine noun to describe them,
either in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Koine Greek.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Luke later uses the feminine form <i>μαθήτρια</i> to describe the devout
Christian woman Tabitha,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
but not in relation to the women in 8:1-3.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title="">[12]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Another text that confirms the presence and status of women
as disciples is Matthew 12:46-50, where the crowd is addressed by Jesus as
consisting of both males and females. As Bailey says, ‘a speaker who gestures
to a crowd of <i>men</i> can say, “Here are my brother, and uncle and
cousin’. He <i>cannot</i> say, “Here are
my brother and sister, and mother”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
because this would be culturally discontinuous.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The essence of discipleship is identified as being ‘to
accompany Jesus and to witness his ministry,’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
with the further expectation that they were to speak publicly about what they
had seen and heard,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
which these women were doing. Female disciples ‘were expected to be faithful
and attentive students, something which was expected of, but rarely fulfilled
by, the male disciples.’<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" title="">[16]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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It is likely that these women would have had many
opportunities to proclaim the good news, and capture the hearts and
imaginations of ‘other women as they met with them around village wells, in
market squares, and in the homes of Galilee.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
At these times and locations they would undoubtedly have passed on the images
and parables Jesus used ‘to communicate his message to his women listeners on
as deep a level as to his male followers.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
As can be seen, these women were as much disciples as the men were.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The women’s
financial support of Jesus’ ministry was vital, and enabled the movement to
continue. There has been much discussion regarding the meaning of the words
used by Luke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Luke 8:1-3 and Mark 15:40-41 attest that a number of women
accompanied Jesus in his travels around Galilee and up to Jerusalem, providing
the necessary economic support for both Jesus’ itinerant ministry and that of
the twelve disciples, who would have had no opportunity to work, and so no
income of their own.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Most of the male disciples appear to have come from the lower socio-economic
strata of Galilee. Sim proposes that most of the women were also from the
‘lower and poorer strata of Jewish society … the majority of them were probably
single (unmarried women, widows, divorced women and, with less certainly, former
prostitutes)’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
who would have had some personal and economic independence. He further posits
that ‘a general pooling of resources took place, each woman contributing what
she could to a common fund.’<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title="">[21]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sim argues
that the phrase ‘these women were helping support (</span><span class="text"><i>διηκόνουν</i></span><span lang="EN-US">) them out of their own means (</span><span class="text"><i>ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐταῖς</i></span><span lang="EN-US">),’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
when taken in context, has the clear sense of the women providing financial
support from their own possessions, rather than its usual meaning of ‘serving’
or ‘ministering’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Cohick identifies </span><span class="text"><i>διηκόνουν</i> to be ‘</span>tightly
connected with the idea of serving under orders, functioning as a go-between or
emissary,’ not an inferior or demeaning activity, and being used here in a
purely profane manner, not connected with ‘ministering’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
<span lang="EN-US">Bauckham argues that Luke
makes a generalised statement that focuses on the many women (</span><i><span style="background: white;">πολλαί</span></i><span style="background: white;">) who could and did share their possessions and material
resources.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn25" name="_ftnref25" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> While Witherington comments that
‘some of these women could give only their time and talents, perhaps in making
meals or clothes,’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn26" name="_ftnref26" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[26]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> and some of the women may have made other
sorts of contributions, this is ignored by Luke. It is unlikely that these
women, having given up their traditional roles to follow Jesus, would have the
inclination or supplies to be making clothes or working a loom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the
ancient world ‘women were economically more vulnerable’, so their contribution
can be seen as a particularly significant expression of their faith in Jesus
and his mission.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn27" name="_ftnref27" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[27]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> A
Jewish woman had ‘seven possible sources of independently disposable property’ as
enumerated by Bauckham.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn28" name="_ftnref28" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[28]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
While a married woman retained ownership of her possessions, her husband was
granted the privilege of usufruct (<i>mKet</i> 4:4, 8:1), which restricted her
use of it. In contrast, ‘women of single status were not so restricted’, and
they enjoyed some financial independence.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn29" name="_ftnref29" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[29]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
If an unmarried woman had no brothers she could inherit money or property, (Num
27:8, <i>mBB</i> 8:2-4) which she could then sell or give away as she desired (<i>mKet
</i>4:4, 8:1); Widows ‘were entitled both to be maintained by the husband’s
estate (<i>mKet</i> 11:1, 12:3) and, more importantly, to the full amount of
the Ketubah (<i>mKet</i> 4:2, 5:1) over which they had full control (<i>mKet</i>
11:2).’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn30" name="_ftnref30" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[30]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
‘All divorced women … resumed the right of disposition of their own goods.’<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn31" name="_ftnref31" title="">[31]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn31" name="_ftnref31" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A number of women, including Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary of
Magdala, Suzanna, and Mary and Martha of Bethany are clearly identified as
being in some way single; they are either unmarried, divorced and not
remarried, or widowed and not remarried, and who would have therefore had
control over their personal possessions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However there are also two women who were almost certainly
married. The first is Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn32" name="_ftnref32" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[32]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
who was probably of aristocratic stock, and may have come from Tiberius.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn33" name="_ftnref33" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[33]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
While Sim says she should not be considered representative of the women
disciples, and was probably not able to contribute much to the cause, as her
husband retained the right of usufruct,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn34" name="_ftnref34" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[34]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Luke obviously considers her to be a major contributor to the cause, as she is
mentioned by name. There is no evidence to show whether Chuza accompanied his
wife, or was a follower of Jesus.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Bauckham identifies Clopas and his wife Mary as ‘disciples
of Jesus who travelled with him from Galilee on his final journey, and
subsequently became prominent members of the early Jewish Christian community
in Palestine.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn35" name="_ftnref35" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[35]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
He believes it is plausible that given the existing social restrictions on the
sexes mixing, ‘a husband-and-wife missionary team would find it easier to reach
both sexes with the gospel.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn36" name="_ftnref36" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[36]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
This couple would almost certainly have been included in the seventy-two, and
may indeed have been the two disciples in the tradition on which Luke’s Emmaus
story is based.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn37" name="_ftnref37" title="">[37]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn37" name="_ftnref37" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Mary and Martha of Bethany were two women who remained at
home providing support and hospitality for Jesus and the twelve. Jesus taught them
within the privacy of their own home.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn38" name="_ftnref38" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[38]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
They and their brother Lazarus were among Jesus’ closest intimates.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn39" name="_ftnref39" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[39]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Mary is the only woman identified as having become a disciple of Jesus during
his life:<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn40" name="_ftnref40" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[40]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
‘And [Martha] had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened
to his teaching.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn41" name="_ftnref41" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[41]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
She is praised for having chosen the better portion (<span class="text"><i>μερίδα</i></span>)
‘because she chooses instead to sit (like a good disciple) at the feet of
Jesus, listening to his word,’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn42" name="_ftnref42" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[42]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
rather than be ‘distracted’ (<span class="text"><i>περιεσπᾶτο</i>)</span> from
these teachings by her domestic duties.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Jesus replies to the meaning of Martha’s words in her
complaint, rather than their content; her sister has chosen as her portion the
‘right to continue her “theological studies” with Jesus as one of his
disciples.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn43" name="_ftnref43" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[43]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
‘Mary the sister of Martha represents for Luke one of the ideals of
discipleship: listening to and treasuring the word of God.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn44" name="_ftnref44" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[44]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Bailey believes that in a Middle Eastern context Martha is probably more upset
that her sister is breaking protocol and ‘is seated with the men and has become
a disciple of Rabbi Jesus,’ than because she is not receiving help serving.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn45" name="_ftnref45" title="">[45]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn45" name="_ftnref45" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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While Sim argues that hospitality ‘was probably the
exception rather than the rule’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn46" name="_ftnref46" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[46]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
based on the Q tradition,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn47" name="_ftnref47" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[47]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and Bauckham states that ‘regular hospitality for all of the large following
Luke envisages is unlikely to have been available’,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn48" name="_ftnref48" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[48]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
other scholars believe that this would not necessarily have been the case for
the women. While travel around the Galilee and environs would not have been
quick or easy due to the challenging topography, geographically the area is
quite small,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn49" name="_ftnref49" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[49]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and Cohick states that ‘the towns were as close as a day’s walk, and villages
would open their homes for relatives. Female disciples would have found
appropriate shelter.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn50" name="_ftnref50" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[50]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Dunn takes this further, saying ‘the larger the entourage, the larger the
network of family relations’,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn51" name="_ftnref51" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[51]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and thus the greater likelihood that the women would have had a safe place to
sleep overnight. While travel through Samaria could be dangerous, hence the use
of the route through the Wadi Qelt to Jerusalem, ‘in comparison to Judea, Galilee
during the adult life of Jesus was on the whole peaceful.’<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn52" name="_ftnref52" title="">[52]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn52" name="_ftnref52" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Much is
made of just how shocking the behavior of Jesus’ female followers was, but it
has to be asked if this was actually the case on the ground. The ideal notion
of the educated elite, represented by the writings of men such as Ben Sira,
Philo and Josephus, was that women were inferior to men, capable of beguiling,
deceiving and seducing them. Their ideal was that ‘a woman’s sphere of
influence or importance in the legal sense was confined to her connection to
her family, her faithfulness to her husband, and her domestic
responsibilities,’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn53" name="_ftnref53" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[53]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and to tasks which were confined to the home.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn54" name="_ftnref54" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[54]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
They prescribed similar ideal behaviour for men; to ‘avoid contact with women
who were not their wives’,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn55" name="_ftnref55" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[55]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and avoid sexual relations with other women.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">However it
is likely that they present an idealised picture that ‘does not necessarily
represent historical reality.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn56" name="_ftnref56" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[56]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
That women were engaging in business outside the home, and coming into contact
with men on a regular basis in the street and marketplace, was acknowledged by
rulings recorded in the Mishnah,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn57" name="_ftnref57" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[57]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and as such, must be seen as a fairly normal part of daily life. Ilan lists a
number of ways in which <i>tannaitic</i>-Pharisaic <i>halakhah</i> was ignored
or bypassed in first-century Palestine.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn58" name="_ftnref58" title="">[58]</a></span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn58" name="_ftnref58" title=""><!--[endif]--></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">While the
majority of women would have accepted that their primary role and means of
self-expression were child-rearing and homemaking, they and their husbands must
also have seen themselves and their roles in a far more positive light than Ben
Sira and his ilk, or they would not have passed on Torah traditions to their
children as required by <i>halakhah</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In
conclusion, we can say that the Synoptic Gospels confirm the presence of women
who should be regarded as disciples, both among those who travelled with Jesus
and the twelve, and provided hospitality in their own homes. These women
supported Jesus’ ministry from their own funds, and were with him at his
crucifixion and resurrection. Part of Jesus’ teaching was to show a different
way of looking at the world. It is likely that he was successful in this, as
while </span>the presence of the women followers would have caused the
disapproval and condemnation of many, and been ‘contrary to the ethos of Ben
Sira,’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/1Laidlaw%20courses/Essays/Jesus%20Women%20Essay.docx#_ftn59" name="_ftnref59" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[59]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
J<span lang="EN-US">esus’ disciples appear to know
better than to question their rabbi regarding his interactions with women, as
seen in John 4:27 – “But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you
talking with her?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bailey,
Kenneth E., “Women in the New Testament: A Middle Eastern Cultural View.” <i>Theology
Matters</i>. Vol. 6, No. 1, (Jan/Feb 2000).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bailey,
Kenneth E. <i>Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the
Gospels.</i> IVP Academic, Downers Grove, Illinois. 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bauckham,
Richard. <i>Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels</i>.
Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids MI, Cambridge UK. 2002.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Cohick,
Lynn H. <i>Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient
Ways of Life. </i>Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, MI. 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Dunn, James D.
G. <i>Jesus remembered.</i> Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI. 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Louis H. and Meyer Reinhold. <i>Jewish Life and Thought Among Greeks and
Romans: Primary Readings.</i> Augsberg Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN. 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ilan, Tal. <i>Jewish
Women in Greco-Roman Palestine: An Inquiry into Image and Status.</i>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lloyd,
Jacqueline. “The Women Who Followed Jesus,” <i>Stimulus</i>. Vol. 20, Issue 2,
(July 2013); Issue 3, (November 2013).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Meier, John
P. <i>A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. Volume 3: Companions and
Competitors. </i>The Anchor Bible Reference Library. Doubleday, New York, New
York. 2001.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Meyers,
Carol L. <i>Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context</i>. Oxford
University Press, New York, New York. 1988 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Misbach,
Matthew A. <i>Apocrypha.</i> 25 February 2009 Kindle Edition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Neusner,
Jacob. <i>The Mishnah: A New Translation</i>. Yale University Press, New Haven,
Connecticut. 1988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ricci,
Carla. <i>Mary Magdalene and Many Others: Women Who Followed Jesus. </i>Translated
from the Italian by Paul Burns. Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sim, D.C.
(1989), “The Women Followers of Jesus: The Implications of Luke 8:1-3”. <i>The
Heythrop Journal</i>, 30:51-62, accessed 9 April 2014, http://dx.doi:
10.1111/j.1468-2265.1989.tb01112.x<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Witherington
III, Ben. <i>Women in the Ministry of Jesus: A Study of Jesus’ Attitudes to
Women and their Roles as Reflected in His Earthly Life.</i> Cambridge
University Press. 1984. Cambridge UK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wright, N.T. Jesus and the Victory of God:
Christian Origins and the Question of God, Volume 2. Fortress Press. 1996</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels.</i> IVP Academic,
Downers Grove, Illinois. 2008. 193.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Meier, <i>A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. Volume 3: Companions
and Competitors. </i>The Anchor Bible Reference Library. Doubleday, New York,
New York. 2001. 50, 72.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ibid. 54.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ibid. 72.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ibid. 76.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kenneth E., “Women in the New Testament: A Middle Eastern Cultural View.” <i>Theology
Matters</i>. Vol. 6, No. 1, (Jan/Feb 2000). 2.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Meier. 78.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mark 15:40-41, 47; 16:1-8; Matt 27:55-56; Luke 8:1-3; 23:49, 55; John 19:25.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The words ‘disciple’ and ‘disciples’ existed in Hebrew and Aramaic only in
masculine forms: <i>talmîd</i> and <i>talmîdîm</i> in Hebrew; <i>talmîdā</i>
and <i>talmîdayyā</i> (determined states) in Aramaic. In Koine Greek, <i>mathētēs</i>
is masculine. <span style="background: lightgrey; mso-highlight: lightgrey;">[incorrect: talmidā is feminine]</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Acts 9:36.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Meier. 79.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bailey. 2008. 192. [<span style="background: silver; mso-highlight: silver;">correct
in Arab culture. Incorrect in Jewish culture – Hebrew plurals include both
masculine and feminine, and to fail to acknowledge mother and sister, in that
order, would have been, and remains to do so, is a minor violation of the commandment
to honour ones parents - plural] NB Bailey bases his information on his
experiences with Middle Eastern Arabs, particularly in the 1940’s and 50’s –
the cultures are NOT the same].</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Bauckham, <i>Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels</i>.
Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids MI,
Cambridge UK. 2002. 112.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1989), “The Women Followers of Jesus: The Implications of Luke 8:1-3”. <i>The
Heythrop Journal</i>, 30:51-62. </span><span lang="EN-US">, accessed 9 April 2014, http://dx.doi:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10.1111/j.1468-2265.1989.tb01112.x.60.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“The Women Who Followed Jesus”<i>.</i> <i>Stimulus</i>. Vol. 20, Issue 3, (November
2013). 27.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bailey. 2008. 194.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sim. 52.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ibid. <span lang="EN-US">53. <span style="background: silver; mso-highlight: silver;">[But then Sim also discounts the
fact there was at least one, if not more, women present from Herod’s own household.]</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sim. 52-57. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Lynn H. Cohick, <i>Women in
the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life. </i>Baker
Academic, Grand Rapids, MI. 2009. 312.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The use of this word meaning
‘serving’ can be seen in Luke 10:40, although Martha could also be seen as
acting as the ‘host’ or ‘maître d'’ between the kitchen staff and her guests.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bauckham. 115.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Witherington III, <i>Women in the Ministry of Jesus: A Study of Jesus’
Attitudes to Women and their Roles as Reflected in His Earthly Life.</i>
Cambridge University Press. 1984. Cambridge UK. 193-196. <span style="background: silver; mso-highlight: silver;">[Bauckham and Witherington
couldn’t make up their minds if they tried, and in fact Witherington changes
his mind a number of times in this book, and others]</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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20, Issue 3, November 2013. 30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The seven sources are: An
inheritance from her father if he died without sons; a deed of gift; her <i>kettubah;</i>
her dowry; maintenance from her dead husband’s estate; inheritance from the
husband of a childless marriage; money earned by working for payment.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sim. 54.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ibid. 54.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ibid. 54.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Luke 8:3.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bauckham. 137, 141.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sim. 52-54. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bauckham. 212.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">John 19:25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bauckham. 217.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mark 6:7; Luke 10:1.
Disciples sent out in pairs.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bauckham 216. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Luke 24:13-35.<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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D. G. Dunn, <i>Jesus remembered.</i> Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI. 2003. 536.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ibid. 535.<o:p></o:p></div>
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John 11:1-46; Luke 10:38-42.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tabitha (Dorcas) is called <i>mathētria</i> (disciple) in Acts 9:36.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Luke 10:38. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Meier. 123 (n. 134) ‘See
Luke’s description of Saul/Paul being educated in Torah at the feet of Gamaliel
(Acts 22:3), also in later rabbinic literature, e.g., <i>m</i>.ʾ<i>Abot</i>
1:4.’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Meier. 80. (cf Luke 2:19, 51; 11:27-28)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bailey. 2008. 193.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Matthew 8:20 and parallels: <span class="text">Jesus replied, </span><span class="woj">“Foxes have dens and birds
have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Bauckham. 114.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The total area of Lower Galilee was only about forty by thirty-five kilometres.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rapids, MI. 2003. 534.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Meier. 618.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Women in Greco-Roman Palestine: An Inquiry into Image and Status.</i>
Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody Massachusetts, 1995. 226.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">mHal</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> 2.7; <i>tHal</i> 1.8; <i>yHal </i>2.7,
58d, <i>mBQ</i> 10.9, etc</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The job in Canberra crashed and burned. The company decided
they’d go with what they’ve already got. The recruitment agency guy got a TEXT
message from Aussie to say it was cancelled. He was horribly embarrassed when
he rang David to tell him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We were all gutted. Surprisingly, Becca was the one that has
grieved the most. Initially she wasn’t at all keen. But then she realised that
going to a different school in a different country could actually be a good
thing. She could start again. She might no longer be the weird outsider who
couldn’t crack the Year 9 cliques. She could try to make some new friends. This
news unfortunately hit at the same time as hormones struck, resulting in her
hiding in her room under a blanket, in a pile of soft toys, crying her eyes
out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’ve grieved, separately and together. Obviously, whatever
G-d’s plan for us is, it’s not to go to Australia to work at the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So after the emotional roller-coaster of the last few weeks,
life has sort of returned to normal, with bills to pay, car services due, and
places to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With this new insight into Becca’s level of unhappiness, she
and I have discussed being more intentional. Making friends at school is
probably too hard. But if she sits on her bum at home, she’s definitely not
going to meet new people ‘in the flesh’. So intentionality for her means going
to an Art Class run by Debbi Ironside today, which will become a weekly
after-school happening; going to Lincoln Road Bible Chapel Youth Group on
Saturday night’s from the beginning of term; Fencing on Saturday mornings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Intentionality for me means doing art. Just a little bit,
every day. In the form of an Art Journal. There’s a couple of ladies I follow –
Kristal Norton and Julie Balzar being two of them – but they’re NOT CHRISTIAN,
so a lot of pagan/eastern spirituality slips into their work and thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Awwww – pretty – there’s rainbow bubbles on the top of the
coffee in my plunger!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I googled Christian Art Journalers, and came across
Antoinette at <a href="http://godblessyourart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">God Bless Your Art</a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">where she has a 31 day Christian Art Journaling Workshop. I’ve dug out a
pre-loved visual diary, torn out the used pages, and done the first two days of
exercises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The front page has the Sh'ma:</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6A1b-4wKfwo/Ut3WU5reW8I/AAAAAAAABMc/crAM_yaRrBQ/s1600/Shema.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6A1b-4wKfwo/Ut3WU5reW8I/AAAAAAAABMc/crAM_yaRrBQ/s1600/Shema.jpg" height="320" width="236" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the front I’ve written:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif";">This
journal is my JOURNEY through Scripture and Worship of how Adonai’s word
reaches out to me, speaking, touching and changing me from the inside out. It is
my goal to be more intentional in my connecting to and spending time with Him.
I will celebrate the messiness of life, love and art in union with G-d. I give
myself permission to speak my mind, and not correct myself. I will read the
text in context.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I intend to take each ‘lesson’ a little bit further. Lesson
2 used 2 Timothy 1:7. The wording of her version and NIV is different, and I’ve
also used another sentence Paul wrote to Timothy. Reading each passage in
context is also important to find out where it sits in scripture.</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l7lsGIL2hdM/Ut3WY5h5YeI/AAAAAAAABMo/d0PXOPQq1rY/s1600/Timothy+-Fear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l7lsGIL2hdM/Ut3WY5h5YeI/AAAAAAAABMo/d0PXOPQq1rY/s1600/Timothy+-Fear.jpg" height="320" width="230" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">These pages are all a work in progress - they'll get stamps, embellishments and bits and bobs on them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I want to try and be less flighty this year, to learn to say
NO, and not put so much pressure on myself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s my birthday on the 27<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> – I’ll be 54. I don’t
feel that old – whatever ‘that old’ feels like.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">School starts for Becca that same week, and for me a few
weeks after. Beth Malekh is back at the end of the month. Life will be getting
busier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We will cope.</span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Oh, and I really do need to change my banner picture - I'm sick of rusted gum trees!</span></o:p></div>
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And so the first fortnight of 2014 has raced past fast.</div>
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The first week I was still on holiday – playing with my
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Then it was back to work, and a wall of 36+ faulty VAC units
to fix. While the cleaning lady had been able to QA the rest, these were the
ones that needed a ‘little extra’. Most of them had been dropped, springing the
tubing and pcb’s inside loose. The rest were stinky, or contaminated with
lipids. Yuck. It took most of the week to catch up.</div>
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Thursday night we discovered that Smudge was sick. Friday
morning we could see that he’d been in a fight and got bitten, and the right side of his face was one huge abscess. His eye was bulging out of its socket,
and weepy and horrid. That necessitated a trip to the vet (which was originally
scheduled last Saturday, but he disappeared! The cat that NEVER leaves home went awol.). I/V fluids, an injection of
antibiotics, 1½ antibiotic tablets and $130 later, we left. We have a fortnight of 1 1/2 pills TWICE daily, and another trip to the vet on Monday for a checkup. At 1030 I realised I
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Becca and I made it to the airport by 1130 – not bad! But
didn’t recognise Alex! He caught up to us just as we were exiting the
pick-up/drop-off area, and vaulted over the fence!</div>
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Friday night David went off to play games, so Becca, Alex and I
went to see 'Frozen' at the movies, based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story, ‘The
Ice Queen’. Saturday was a stay-at-home day, except for taking the dogs for a
walk in the evening. David mowed the lawns, and the kids and I gardened. I got Alex to do the edges of the concrete - the kikuyu had been making a run for the house - and to empty and refill the pond. </div>
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Here's Smudgy curled up in the nest he's made under the giant Hebe:</div>
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Becca, Caramel Cake and Berry Cheesecake, it was seriously hard work. I think
mum was very tired, she wouldn’t/couldn’t sit up straight, wouldn’t use her
left hand – except to hold a cigarette - and was very snappy and snarly. Dad
kept fussing, which made mum even snappier. He was also terribly vague, missed the beginning of the sentence, and had to have everything repeated. I have to wonder if Dad is trying
to give mum pneumonia again, in the hope it will kill her. Dear Lord, is it a
bad thing to ask that she dies in her sleep, just drifting away? Once we said
goodbye and got in the car, I could finally cry. It was a totally miserable
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Next project is some more bookmarks, this time ‘flowers’ in
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A few weeks ago, I bought a couple of new shirts - one a lovely blue, the other white. I can't wear white. White + Sue = manky child. So I decided to dye it - PURPLE! Of course. And while I was at it ... I found a couple of cream silk shirts, 1 long sleeved, 1 short sleeved - so that went into the dyebath too. And a grey t-shirt, and a browny-beigy lace trimmed top I've had ... forever. I'm thrilled with the result - 4 tops with completely different colours, that all look fantastic. The instructions on the Dylon dye said it didn't do silk (or poly-cotton), but look at this:</div>
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Still waiting to hear back from the recruitment agency –
they’re on holiday till the 13<sup>th</sup> of January. Still waiting to hear
back about the trip to Canberra for David’s second interview – I don’t think
they’re back till next week either.</div>
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NOT teach Japanese – it has French instead. Bah humbug. But I’m wondering if we
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The animals are probably going to cost around $5000 to ship
to Aussie. $2000 of that is MAF paperwork! Scumbags!</div>
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Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-19585213878224082762014-01-01T22:18:00.000+13:002014-01-01T22:23:32.492+13:00New Year's Day - Hello 2014<div class="MsoNormal">
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Yesterday was a very long day, with a headache that lasted
all day, despite 6 Maxigesic, a nap, food, and a massage. In the evening we
went to Cam and Marcia’s for a New Year’s Eve BBQ. Brown’s, and parents-in-law,
Heke’s, James and the kids and us. The food and company were good, and Dan and
I won a game of pool against David and Shannon. By the time we came home (and
bought Azariah with us), the headache had finally gone, but I still went to bed
early. Slept in till 1100 this morning.</div>
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Trying to figure out how to warp the wire heddle, without it and the yarn
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the dining table. That would hold the hanks of yarn.</div>
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But then I needed something to hold the heddle still.
Sitting it in the loom wouldn’t work, because it’s much taller than the loom
frame, and I had no way of fixing the loom to anything. (yes, I tried that!)
Putting it on a music stand failed. Balancing it on a desk failed. Then I had
the bright idea of turning the table over and, using clamps, a bracing bar and
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Well, that worked. Now this took four or five hours to do. Twice – because I stuffed it up the first time round. And I used my nice new crochet hook - that certainly made it easier! Once it was threaded thru the heddle, it had to be tied onto the rear and front loom bars.</div>
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gone from chocolate dog to black dog. I put him up on the freezer in the laundry,
rather than doing it on the floor or outside as I normally do, and ending up
with dreadful back pain. I half filled a bucket with hair. I think he’s finally
forgiven me. I think he looks very cute now.</div>
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holiday. But it will be really nice to be going home. I miss my cats. There I
was, saying, ‘when/if we move to Canberra, I’ll leave the cats behind; they’re
just a couple of SPCA 10 year old moggies ...’ but truth is, they’re MY
moggies. And I miss them, and they’ll come too.</div>
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It was a long night last night. When I went to bed I had ‘speed-wobbles’
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stomach cramps which got worse thru the night. Around 0300 I got up and spent about
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0400 I grabbed a large, fluffy red dressing gown and curled upright on the
couch, to doze on and off for the rest of the night. I think it was a
combination of dehydration (I usually drink at least a litre of water a day,
but here I’ve only had the odd glass), coffee/jarrah/lactose free milk (soy,
wheat, casein), prunes (FODMAPS), and maybe some lamb that was off, and
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GOING HOME: Jobs are deputed – David to deconstruct fence,
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There are two main ways to warp a table loom. The easiest
one, and the way I used first, is called direct warping. You have a ball of
yarn, the heddle on the loom, and some sort of post a couple of metres away
(depends on the length of the warp) that you wind the yarn around. You take a
loop of yarn, pass it thru the heddle, around the post, and back thru the next
heddle, wrapping it either over or under the rear loom bar as you go. The yarn
lays out nicely in order. One done, you cut the far end, wind the yarn onto the
rear loom bar, and thread alternate yarns thru the holes of the heddle, then
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two wooden chair backs 2 metres apart. Once you’ve wrapped the number of ends
you need, you then have to transfer that to the loom bar, then thru the
heddles. Add #20 yarn, doubled (bloody fine!), and it twists and turns. Tie
that onto the loom bar, and you have a great big lump of yarn. Wind it on, then
try to lay out the pattern and it turns itself into a tangled knot. Oh, and of
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that match the pattern. All this was probably about 6 hours work (going until
about 2300 last night!). Because I was going to be cunning, and make two Inklebands
of bookmarks at once, I stuck the warp on one end of the loom bar. Now I’ve
realised just how long it’s going to take to set the other pattern straight, I’m
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This has pretty much consumed my week. Haven't had a chance to play with encaustic. Maybe next week.</div>
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Oh, and I forgot to repack deodorant after we went home. Doh.</div>
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COZ THERE'S ANOTHER WHOLE WEEK OF HOLIDAY AHEAD!!!!!</div>
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Great BBQ at James & Rebecca's place last night. Shame it ended with one of their kids going off to Emergency with a puncture wound from a nail. Rebecca seemed quite blase about it - I guess with 3 boys, stuff like that is common.<br />
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Went out for a bit this morning, got a couple of pairs of sandals from #1 Shoes - a replacement black pair for Becca, and pink ones for me - my jandals make my feet hurt. All the junk shops were closed, so I couldn't check out the pressure cooker Julia said she saw at ... Salvation Army?<br />
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Made two plastic shuttles from my $3.00 plastic chopping board, and a new wire heddle. That was quite satisfying. As you can see, functional, but not classy. I have two more like the wooden one with red yarn on order from Wheels & Whorls, plus a hooky thing. And of course I left my new crochet hook at home. Sigh.<br />
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I spent the afternoon trying to untangle the knot of white yarn I want to use to warp the loom for Inkle bookmarks. There's still 1 small knot left ... grr. But I've had enough for one day.<br />
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Just got back from taking the dogs for a walk along the beach path - everyone had a paddle, of course, and Kama found himself a fish skeleton - at first we thought it was a stick, but he never carries sticks!<br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">That has to have been one of the best Christmas Days I've
ever had. Sleeping in till around 1100. A leisurely brunch. (Bacon for me,
bacon and eggs for David and Becca). Pottering with wax (melting off the ugly stuff) and weaving. Cheesy
bacon things for afternoon tea. More weaving. A leisurely dinner of lamb
patties, kumara and potato chips, and a large salad. Taking the dogs for a walk
along the beach. And reading. Lots of reading. Did I mention it was a leisurely
day?</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">No rushing around
tidying, picking up parents, cooking and otherwise preparing food, making sure
everyone was entertained and playing nicely. No dropping off parents. No being
nice to people. NO NOTHING.</span><br />
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up about 11.00. Another leisurely day ahead ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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quite a cool wind. But that’s ok. The water-tank keeps getting refilled, and I
had inside things to do!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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normally have (like a needle and thread), so had to figure out how to take the
bookmark I’ve made off the loom, and tie its ends up, and then rewarp, so I can
make some ‘pretties’. In the end, I waited till I got home to do this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">My long term goal is to weave cloth to make shawls. I want to
learn how to process harakeke flax, with its long, strong fibres. I think with
the right preparation, I can get it as soft as linen flax. It will probably
involve caustic soda and a pressure cooker (which is on my ‘list of things to
buy’. I don't want to get a new one!) I think it would be really cool to make fabric with hand prepared, hand
spun, native fibre – thinking big here!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October is Patons Regal 4 Ply Cotton, 50g, 10/3 in ‘Cream’ and ‘Spices’. It
gives 26 wraps per inch/2.5cm. The other yarns are Sullivans Royal Rayon Crochet
Yarn 3 Ply, 50g, ‘Claret’, 32 wpi; Sullivans Candlewicking Cotton for Embroidery, 25g, 'cream', 42 wpi.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">The patterns I’m wanting to do are from “The Weaver’s Inkle
Pattern Directory’ by Anne Dixon. She uses 2/16 cotton or 3 x 2/16 in her
patterns. She notes that 20/2 pearl cotton is a good substitute for 2/16, and
5/2 is excellent for the 3 x 2/16.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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only half the warp threads are on the surface at any one time, and as these
threads crowd together, the width of the inkle will be about half the total
width of the warp threads wrapped around a ruler. However this is only
approximate because the width the warp draws in may vary, and some threads are
softer than others. A general rule is to wind just under twice as many threads for
the warp as are needed to wrap around the chosen width.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Bah humbug. I hate maths. Especially maths associated with
crafts. I think this means the </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">yarn I have is too thick. When I tried weaving a narrow band about 2” wide,
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was suddenly midnight when we went to bed is irrelevant, lol.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">There is only 1
clock in this house - on the stove, in the kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Bacon and eggs for
brunch. Dogs fed. Lovely overcast day.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Must be on holiday!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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rubbishbags, then up the road about 5km to get some fresh fruit and veges –
strawberries and blueberries – nom!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with, woken up with, and had stayed with me finally went away with the help of
some maxigesic. All three dogs curled up with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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calculations, that worked out the sett (how wide it would be), the piece I wove
was 11cm wide instead of 5cm. Far too wide for a bookmark. It looks quite cool,
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threads, leaving 6 cream warps. The warp is 2.00m long, so I’ll make a few
bookmarks with that. I’ve wrapped the cut warps around the back loom bar, and
will work on them later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dinner (slow roasted beef, yorkshire pudding, kumara, spuds n salad), we took the dogs for a walk along the beach, this time heading south.
They all went paddling, and of course Tara had to go in very deep. It was great
watching Tara and Kama playing and enjoying themselves.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr B’s
external hard drive has thrown a tanty and he can’t access data that he wants.
He’s very frustrated. I’d bumped the damn thing earlier – hope it wasn’t my
fault.</span></div>
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bit of work on my CV – bah humbug. My ‘relevant’ job experience is pre-1996 – a
lifetime ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I/we are in limbo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You go away to someplace else. And, of course, you take your
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Today, I finished constructing the weaving loom I’ve been
making for the last few weeks. It’s based on an Ashford Table loom. I found
detailed plans on line, and rather than buy one (about $250), I thought I’d
make one. Of course, in the long run, it’s not much cheaper. But for FIXSUE, it’s
so much more fun-er-er! It’s probably cost close to $120, but I’ve had hours of
entertainment. It needs a bit more tidying up, but it’s now functional.</div>
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This evening I finally got to warp it up (the long-ways
threads). I discovered that one I put some tension on it, the strings that I’d
put the warp-bars on pulled thru their holes. Hurrumph – plan 75B (there have
been a number of cunning plans making this thing, lol).</div>
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There’s a dreadfully complicated mathematical equation
(well, it seems such to me!). What I WANTED to make were some bookmarks.
Bookmarks that were meant to be 5cm wide and 20cm long. Well, they’re 11cm
wide. I’m not really sure why, but I think it has to do with the width of the
gaps in the heddle (the bit the threads go thru).</div>
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So, maybe they won’t be bookmarks. Maybe they’ll be ...
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We're 'holidaying' at a friends house. So, we’ve been down here at Maraetai (well, it’s downhill
from where we live!) since about 2.00pm. Our dogs have taken themselves for 3
walks. We THINK we’ve plugged the gaps. Unfortunately they don’t have much
respect for fences that are only a couple of feet high, when there’s children
laughing and screaming somewhere over the valley. Sigh.</div>
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This evening, we took all three dogs (we’re dog-sitting with Bailey, a
large golden retriever) for a walk down near the beach. Of course everyone had
a quick swim. Soggy doggies.</div>
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Projects this weekend – besides weaving, include doing some
encaustic painting, and working on my CV. David has applied for a job in
Canberra, digitising film and videotape. So far, he’s had an I/V with the
recruitment agent, a phone I/V with the prospective boss, and he’s expected to
fly to Canberra for a face-to-face and check out the job at the end of January.</div>
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We can see potential for me getting a job with them too, as
a lot of the work involves taking old cassette tapes and machines apart and
putting them back together – which is definitely something I’m good at doing. So
I need to tart up my CV, as it’s been nearly 7 years!</div>
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We can’t make the TV here work, so I suspect there’ll be
more blogging tomorrow.</div>
Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-80228716671220044242013-11-24T22:57:00.000+13:002013-11-24T22:57:09.280+13:00Essay on Perspectives on Prayer - November 2013<div class="MsoNormal">
For many people, prayer is
regarded as an unnatural activity. It is an assault on our autonomy, flying in
the face of self-reliance and independence, an indictment on our post-modern
self-sufficiency.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> It
makes demands that require us to admit that perhaps we need something outside
of ourselves. Further, it is often considered an option of last resort, when we
have no one and nothing else to turn to. Prayer is seen as a duty and
discipline, rather than friendship and relationship with God.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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In this essay I will explore a
number of possible reasons as to why many people do not pray, and alternative
perspectives on making prayer a more positive experience.</div>
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There are a number of reasons
people give for either not praying, or finding prayer unsatisfying. Social
psychologists suggest there are four basic factors people weigh when they
consider embracing or resisting any activity, including that of personal
prayer.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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These are: </div>
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Will it work for me? Many people
believe God doesn’t hear them, that prayer won’t change anything, or that what
we are praying for isn’t important enough. They may also feel they are unworthy
or ashamed. Many people may also get mentally bogged-down, unable to think of
what or who they should be praying about. This causes them to give up, feeling
dissatisfaction and failure.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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Do I have the self-efficacy to
complete the tasks and reach the goals? Prayer can feel like hard work, and
boring, particularly when it feels ineffectual. Some wonder if reading the
Bible will help them to grow spiritually and learn how to pray successfully. A
chasm stands between us and actually praying – we experience the agony of
prayerlessness, and are quickly able to find deep and profound reasons not to
pray.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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What’s it worth to me? Many ask
what value will be found in personal devotions. Is getting to know God a
valuable goal in its own right, and will it make my life any better or make me
a better Christian? Will personal devotions nurture specific values such as a
happier life, closeness to God, warm feelings and insight into God’s ways?</div>
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What will it cost me? This is
often expressed by people not having enough time or being too busy. Sleep,
recreation, family and work schedules compete with many other temptations. A
lack of discipline due to our frantic lifestyle may make it harder to commit to
spending time praying.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[6]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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By identifying our expectations of
what we want to achieve from prayer, we can make the necessary changes to have
a more fulfilling devotional life. Once we gain confidence in performing the
disciplines, valuing the spirituality and welcoming intimacy with God, rather
than expecting a given result, the costs in time and effort can seem less
daunting.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[7]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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External help, such as meeting in
a small group, being provided with small experiences of success to build skills
and morale, and verbal encouragement will help. Expectations of prayer must be
realistic, biblical and inclusive – petition, submission, intimacy and comfort.
Lists of who and what you want to be praying for can be helpful. Rewards of
expectations, skills and values can be increased, and reduce how much time we
spend in personal devotions, perhaps to ten minutes per day, gradually building
up to longer periods as we value time spent in prayer for itself. However, we
need to recognise that it will require a persistent discipline and daily
practice.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[8]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
In time, a conversion of the heart and a transformation of the spirit take
place, as ‘God moves from the periphery of our prayer experience to the
center.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[9]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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At its simplest definition,
prayer is speaking to God.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[10]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Prayer is an impulse created in us by God, an overwhelming love relationship
that is enduring, continuing and growing.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[11]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
‘The basis of true prayer is the Sonship of Jesus which we share in union with
him. The acceptance he has with the Father is the acceptance we now have.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[12]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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Nouwen describes prayer as a
discipline that is ‘the intentional, concentrated, and regular effort to create
space for God.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[13]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> It
is the place where we unmask our illusions, discover our lack of control and
learn that we are not defined by our productivity or worth. He further suggests
that prayer can be considered as wasting time being alone and unbusy with God,
letting go of any notions of its usefulness and what the results might be, of
being in control, and to remind ourselves that if ‘anything important or fruitful
happens through prayer, it is God who achieves the result.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[14]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span>Barry defines prayer as a conscious relationship that
we need to invest quality time and effort into, as we would any other sort of
valued relationship.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[15]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
God takes opportunities to meet us, and we must reciprocate in order to
experience a personal encounter. <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It can be difficult expressing
our anger to God: ‘Repressed or suppressed anger and resentment at some of the
unfairness life deals us’ can prevent us from having a closer relationship.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[16]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
It is better to ask for help and be honest with and about ourselves, talking
with God about all the subjects that are important, no matter how hard it may
be initially. Barry recommends we tell God about our attractions, fears,
successes, pettiness, anger and rage, sexuality and sins. Secrecy poisons
relationships, including that with God.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[17]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
We only need to look at such Bible texts as Ecclesiastes, Job and the Psalms to
see that we can talk to God with utter transparency. The Psalmists were not
afraid to ‘speak the unspeakable to God’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[18]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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Our idea of a God who needs to be
convinced to act in a particular way by our prayers is a popular misconception,
and contrary to the biblical evidence<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[19]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
as shown in prayers by David,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[20]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Solomon,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[21]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and Jeremiah.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[22]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> However
the Bible also teaches that we are ‘God’s fellow workers’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[23]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
‘Stoicism demands a closed universe not the Bible’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[24]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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‘The Bible is a record of how God has
continually tried to awaken human beings to the full reality of who they are,
namely his beloved children.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn25" name="_ftnref25" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[25]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Prayer enhances our fellowship and intimacy with God,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn26" name="_ftnref26" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[26]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and allows us to follow the example of Christ and other great biblical figures like
Moses and Elijah who believed prayer could change God’s mind.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"> <a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn27" name="_ftnref27" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[27]</span></span><!--[endif]--></a></span>
He doesn’t press himself on us, but allows us to come upon him in everyday,
ordinary events. Scripture commands us to pray, and prayer allows us to
participate in God’s purposes and demonstrations of his power. “In prayer, real
prayer, we begin to think God's thoughts after Him: to desire the things He
desires, to love the things He loves”.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn28" name="_ftnref28" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[28]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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‘How do we pay attention to the
invisible, mysterious Other we call God’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn29" name="_ftnref29" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[29]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
when it seems as if we cannot see, hear or touch him? We need to come to an
understanding that God wants our spontaneous love and fellowship, not our
submission.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn30" name="_ftnref30" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[30]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
‘The enjoyment of God should be the supreme end of spiritual technique.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn31" name="_ftnref31" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[31]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Jesus taught that we should come like children to a father, asking for bread in
the utter confidence that it will be provided.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn32" name="_ftnref32" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[32]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
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The disciples asked Jesus, “Lord,
teach us to pray”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn33" name="_ftnref33" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[33]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
and we too need to learn how.</div>
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One way to draw closer to God is
through what are called the classical<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn34" name="_ftnref34" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[34]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Spiritual Disciplines that ‘call us to move beyond surface living into the
depths’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn35" name="_ftnref35" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[35]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Unfortunately the word ‘discipline’, and the idea of obeying rules, and the
systematic training involved, have very negative connotations in our
post-modern world. But perhaps we should not reject such practices so quickly.</div>
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‘Superficiality is the curse of
our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn36" name="_ftnref36" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[36]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Foster calls these Spiritual Disciplines the ‘Door to Liberation’,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn37" name="_ftnref37" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[37]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
that can open the closed door of our self-reliance, helping us to realise that
the needed change within us is God’s work, not ours, and is a grace that is given.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn38" name="_ftnref38" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[38]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
People of our generation have lost the knowledge of earlier centuries, and no
longer know how do “do” the most simple and practical aspects of these
Disciplines.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn39" name="_ftnref39" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[39]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> We
must ‘genuinely believe that inner transformation is God’s work and not ours’,<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn40" name="_ftnref40" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[40]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
to step away from legalism and managing others.</div>
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There are a number of practical
recommendations from different authors:</div>
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Henri Nouwen gives three
practical guidelines for solitary prayer, allowing one to ‘move from life’s
illusions to the heart of prayer in everyday life’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn41" name="_ftnref41" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[41]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
These are: First, Be Silent; Focus on the Word of God; Pray Without Ceasing.
The last fulfils the command from 1 Thessalonians 5:17, and is called the
‘prayer from the heart’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn42" name="_ftnref42" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[42]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
He also recommends reflecting and journaling.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn43" name="_ftnref43" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[43]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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Prayer should be practiced in the
present moment, as it allows us to enter ‘into the presence of God whose name
is Immanuel – God-with-us.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn44" name="_ftnref44" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[44]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Brother Lawrence believed ‘we are to pray by being aware of the presence of God
at all times and places.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn45" name="_ftnref45" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[45]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Prayer should be a dialogue, rather than a monologue, giving God time to
respond, and not make assumptions about what that response should be.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn46" name="_ftnref46" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[46]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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It is equally important for us to
set aside time to pray, and, if possible, have some special place to do so. In
speaking to his followers, Jesus says: “But when you pray, go into your room,
close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.”<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn47" name="_ftnref47" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[47]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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Richard Foster speaks of Simple
Prayer, a basic, primary form of prayer where we bring ourselves before God
just as we are, with all our messy motives; sharing our needs, wants, concerns,
joys and sorrows.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn48" name="_ftnref48" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[48]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Like little children having an ongoing conversation, we bring our everyday
concerns to a loving and compassionate Father without pretense.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn49" name="_ftnref49" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[49]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
This form of prayer bypasses our need to have it all together, to have our
lives perfect, and to ‘come from “underneath”, where we calmly and deliberately
surrender control and become incompetent.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn50" name="_ftnref50" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[50]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>,
This “Prayer of Beginning Again” is the most common form of prayer found
throughout the Bible.</div>
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The precepts of Brother Lawrence
of the Resurrection<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn51" name="_ftnref51" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[51]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">became
the basis for a book entitled ‘The Practice of the Presence of God’. His
gathered wisdom has become increasingly popular over the centuries, although it
can be difficult to decipher.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn52" name="_ftnref52" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[52]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
There are now a number </span><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;">HoHow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of modern ‘translations’ of his
writings which are easier to understand.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn53" name="_ftnref53" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[53]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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Lawrence gives personal examples
of ‘constant prayer in the midst of ordinary, daily activities’, explaining how
to ‘pray without ceasing’ from the heart.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn54" name="_ftnref54" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[54]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
Huggett describes Lawrence encouraging us to seek ‘Kingdom moments’ in the
busy-ness of everyday life, making a practice of ceasing what we are doing to
worship, finding little pools of silence, withdrawing ‘to worship Him within
your soul, to praise Him, to entreat His aid, to offer Him the service of your
heart, and give Him thanks for all His loving-kindnesses and tender mercies.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn55" name="_ftnref55" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[55]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a></div>
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William Barry, a Jesuit writer,
suggests praying the rosary and the novenas.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn56" name="_ftnref56" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[56]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
One of the most popular of these is the 54 Day Rosary Novena. These
contemplative activities can be self-absorbing and often not feel like prayer
once they become automatic.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn57" name="_ftnref57" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[57]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
A Protestant equivalent could be praying in tongues – both can be seen as
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Barry is also a contributor to
the website IgnatianSpirituality, a ministry of the Society of Jesus. The Daily
Examen is ‘<span style="background: white; color: #111111;">a technique of
prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence
and discern his direction for us. The Examen is an ancient practice
in the Church that can help us see God’s hand at work in our whole experience.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn58" name="_ftnref58" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #111111; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[58]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111;">The final practical example is that of the metaphor of a tree
as prayer, used by the Franciscan friar St Bonaventure as a ‘prayerful
meditation on the life of Christ.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn59" name="_ftnref59" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #111111; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[59]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
The tree extends to the image of the cross of Christ, with the roots
representing ‘conversation’, the trunk ‘relationship’, the branches ‘journey’,
the leaves ‘transformation’, and the fruits the ‘presence of God’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/Sue/Documents/Prayer.docx#_ftn60" name="_ftnref60" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #111111; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[60]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111;">The preparation and research required for this essay has
caused me to re-evaluate the precepts of Brother Lawrence. Like Joyce Huggett,
my first encounter had been with the archaic language version of his book,
resulting in bewilderment at exactly what he was trying to say, and ending up
walking away. I now intend to access one of the more contemporary
‘translations’, as I feel it is important to find a way to make prayer a
practice of the present moment, and to pray continually. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111;">Like many other people, I experience a ‘chasm’ when it comes
to prayer – I am lost for words and thoughts, and totally dislike praying out
loud. This is aggravated by my introverted personality and anxiety attacks when
under stress. While I feel no anger or resentment towards God, I feel silly
talking to him about the mundane issues of life. This will require some
discipline on my part, involving reading some of the books I have referenced,
and actually ‘practicing what I have learnt’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111;">In conclusion, I must agree with Henri Nouwen’s statement
that ‘the movement from illusion to prayer requires a persistent discipline and
daily practice.’ This discipline is necessary for me, and anyone else who
wishes to pray effectively and grow closer to go. Once this essay is completed,
I will be re-opening my Art Journal to include journaling reflections on
prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Bill Hybels. <i>Too
Busy Not to Pray: Slowing Down to be With God.</i> Downer’s Grove:
Intervarsity, 2008. p13</span></div>
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Philip Yancey. <i>Prayer: Does it Make Any
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ken Raggio, <i>Praying On Purpose - Praying For Results: How Men Prevail with God.</i>
Self published – Nederland, Texas. 2012. 33.</span></strong></div>
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Richard J Foster. <i>Prayer: Finding the
Heart’s True Home.</i> London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. 7.</div>
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Raggio. 34.</div>
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Nouwen with M J Christensen & R J Laird. <i>Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit – From
Illusion to prayer</i>. London: SPCK, 2010. 28.</div>
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Foster. 1992. 15.</div>
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Goldsworthy</span></a>, <i>A Biblical-Theological Perspective on Prayer</i>.
Kentucky: <a href="http://www.galaxie.com/journals/22"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Southern
Baptist Journal of Theology</span></a>, Volume: <a href="http://www.galaxie.com/volume/1910" title="Article List for SBJT 10:4 (Winter 2006)"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SBJT 10:4
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Samuel 7:18-29 – asking God to do the things he has just promised to do.</div>
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Kings 8:2-26 – prayer of dedication of the temple.</div>
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Jeremiah 29:1-17 – explaining the logic of prayer.</div>
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Corinthians 3:9</div>
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J. Foster.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <i>Celebration of Discipline</i>. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. </span>35.</div>
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Psalm 116:1-2; Jeremiah 33:2-3.</div>
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Foster. 1998. 35.</div>
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Barry. 1987. 18.</div>
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Ibid., 48.</div>
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Ibid., 48.</div>
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Foster. 1998. 40.</div>
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Luke 11:1.</div>
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Classical as in those that are central to experiential Christianity.</div>
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Foster. 1998. 1.</div>
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Foster. 1998. 1</div>
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Ibid., Foster Disciplines p1</div>
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Ibid., Foster Disciplines p6</div>
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Ibid., Foster 1998 p3</div>
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Ibid., Foster disciplines p10</div>
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Henri J. M. Nouwen. <i>Reaching Out: The
three movements of the Spiritual Life. </i>New York: Doubleday, 1975.</div>
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Nouwen. 2010. 31.</div>
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Ibid., Nouwen 29</div>
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Ibid., Nouwen 24</div>
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Ibid.,Nouwen 24</div>
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Ibid., Foster 1992 7-8</div>
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February 1691</span></div>
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Huggett. Finding God in the Fast Lane as Well as Life’s Lay-bys. Surrey: Eagle,
1993. 10.</div>
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The Roman Catholic practice of praying a set of fixed prayers, and a set of
nine prayers.</div>
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Chase. <i>The Tree of Life: Models of
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Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-27171029285733054542013-11-13T21:44:00.003+13:002013-11-13T21:44:38.875+13:00Looming stuff ...<div class="MsoNormal">
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So it turns out he injured his neck on Wednesday 15 October.
He went to the University Medical Centre, saw the doctor, got referred to a
physio, and for an x-ray. Physio said it was a strain/sprain and to
ice/heatpack it. He got the xray done before the end of the week, but the
doctor didn’t look at it till after the weekend. Then got told to get a CT scan,
then the MRI. He has agreed that NEXT TIME (and there will be a next time,
different injury) he’ll go straight to Emergency. At the worst he’ll have to
wait a few hours and be told there’s nothing wrong. At the best, hopefully he’ll
be treated correctly right away.</div>
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ART ... well, sort of
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Remember how I said I was interested in Backstrap weaving in
the last post, but discovered I couldn’t actually sit still long enough? Well,
then I started researching loom weaving, found a loom on Trade Me, wasted $47
buying the darn thing ... (yes, I will admit I wasted my money ... sigh).</div>
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The heddle is cool, and reuseable ... But I could have
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So anyway, I wondered if I could make a ‘proper’ loom – like
an Ashford or something ... quality time was spent on teh interwebz researching
... And eventually, I found some lovely technical drawings for an Ashford Rigid
Heddle Table Loom ...</div>
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And here’s the result so far ...</div>
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From the front:<br />
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I’ve ordered a pair of ‘reed support blocks’ (the part that
holds the heddle/reed up when you’re weaving). Once those arrive, I can start
putting it all together. </div>
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Challenges that remain in its construction:</div>
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<li>Ratchets and pawls to go on the right hand side to control
the cloth and warp beams (the two big pieces of dowelling). I’ve made two pairs
out of a plastic chopping board, so we’ll see how they work.</li>
<li>Cutting down and smoothing out the beams – they have to be
made narrower to fit into holes on the left and right sides of the frames ...
hacksaw and chisel work to come.</li>
<li>Apron bars – these attach by string to the beams, and you
attach the warp threads (the long ones) to them, and then wind them up onto the
beams.</li>
<li>Making a second reed/heddle. The one I bought is a 5 Dent (5 holes per inch) which is for really loose weave. I have ‘reeds’ (actually wires)
that I brought ages ago when I was interested in tablet weaving. I’m going to
use some of the timber I bought for the apron bars to try to make a finer
reed/heddle.</li>
<li>Putting the whole thing together.</li>
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<o:p>And, when I looked on my bookshelves, sure enough, there's a book called 'Rigid Heddle Weaving' - that I must have bought in the tablet weaving days - which is ... 8 years plus ago? Fortunately nothing much changes.</o:p></div>
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Of course, once you start getting interested in weaving, then the natural accompaniment <span style="line-height: 20px;">is .... spinning ... so I've been reading about spinning, and how to make a spindle, and a wrist distaff ... and I bought some wool at the craft fair on the weekend .... you can see where this is going, can't you?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">But first - I have an essay to do - due on 23 November ...</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">And this weekend, an Encaustic Workshop with Trish Baldwin - three days of hot waxyness! We're just waiting for one more parcel to arrive, that was held by Customs because they wanted GST paid on it - scumbags!</span></div>
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Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-21119249155591623032013-10-29T14:11:00.001+13:002013-10-29T14:11:14.970+13:00THE LABOUR WEEKEND TO REMEMBER<h3>
<span style="line-height: 14px;"><b>1300ish Friday 25 October</b></span></h3>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Got back from lunch (sizzling seafood and veges, no onion, no rice) to be told my cellphone had been ringing. A few minutes later, it rang again. Alex was on the phone. “I’m in Burwood Spinal Unit. I’ve fractured my neck. They’re going to operate in about an hour.” WTF!!!! “Oh, I’ll call you back, they need to talk to me.” Had a little cry. 5 minutes later, he rings back: “They’re going to fuse my neck.” Not much more detail than that, other than he landed on his head during trampoline practice (stupid little sod ... said in a kind and loving tone). Rang David and told him. Alex rings back with a wee bit more info. Ring David again and update him. Shit. Shit. Shit. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">John Morris, my colleague, says: “You’re worried, aren’t you?” “Yes, yes I am.” “So, go!” “But ... but ... but ...” “Just go!” “Ok.”</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Praying desperate prayers that it’s not too bad an injury, that there’s no damage to his spinal cord, that he’ll heal well ...</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Go to Webjet – no flights available tonight. Go to Air NZ. Next flight is 1530 – not going to make that. Following one is 1800 – I can do that! Book it.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;"><i>FB Post: he did it LAST WEDNESDAY - ie over a week ago! When it happened his left arm went numb, then on fire, then pins & needles, then he could feel the inflamed nerve all the way from shoulder to fingertips. But because he thought he'd have to pay at the Emergency dept, and didn't want to wait, he IGNORED IT! One of his flatmates finally persuaded him to go to the doctor, and he finally got an xray done Friday, but had to wait till this week to get the results. It wasn't until Friday that he actually got sent to first CHCH hospital for an MRI and CT scan, and then was driven by a friend to Burwood. I'm seriously pissed off that he left it so long. We have had a 'wee discussion'. Oh, and he only rang on Friday because another flatmate made him! I've got to the 'anger' phase of the grief process, lol. And it's almost guaranteed he'll do something similar again - they regard him as a 'high risk' because even the hospital recognises he'll continue trampolining etc.</i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">It turns out he was misdiagnosed by the physio/doctor at the Student Health Assn as having suffered a sprain. He suffered a fracture of the C7 vertebrae, and a transverse slip of the C6/C7 disc. The disc has been removed, replaced with a plug of bone from the right iliac crest, and a metal plate and screws inserted (via the front of his neck) to stabilise the fracture, and allow the bones to fuse. We're not sure if they actually removed the fractured piece of bone or not - I've seen no xrays. He was given the choice by the surgeons to leave it (and probably have problems later in life) or fuse it - he had it fused.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">So, this bag is made from stretchy dark/navy blue velvet, lined with white cotton. The non-stretch velvet was around $50m, hence the stretchy! The design on the front is of a pomegranate branch with 3 fruits hanging from it, free-motion stitched. The fabrics were from my stash – the leaves from a ‘fossil’ fabric, and the fruit from curtain samples. I used a heavy grade woven interfacing on the back to stabilise it. It’s closed by a zip. I might add a beaded pull-tag to the zip. The text on it says Talit in Hebrew.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Of course. Don’t you have enough hobbies, Sue? Yeah, Nah BRO! I could make my own tallit – weave my own tallit. How am I going to do that ...</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">I didn’t want to spend a huge amount of money and BUY a loom. I wanted something fairly ‘primitive’. So I came across backstrap weaving. Most popular in South America, but also seen in the Far and Near East. I could do that, I thought. I found some websites – particularly Weavezine and Laverne Waddington’s Backstrap Weaving Blog.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">So while I was in CHCH I bought some yarn. And when I got back to Auckland on Monday I put together a couple of warp bars, loom bars, made a shuttle and a sword, and generally had a good time with power tools. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">This is my tablet weaving loom David helped me make a few years ago. The eyelets at the right hand end hold the warp threads. The stack of yellow squares with holes are the tablets. The metal things are heddle strings - which you can't use on a tablet loom, lol.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Going off the meds didn’t last. Poor pancreas just doesn’t make no insulin no more, unless it’s forced to. What I have done is gone Keto – low carb – around 50g max a day. That’s why I was able to go 24 hours without food. Yay!</span></div>
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Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-79839301075026819412013-10-01T16:29:00.003+13:002013-10-01T20:11:31.321+13:00Day 2 - No drugs, no headacheWow - this was quick - they only did it yesterday!
Blood test results:
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<tr><td>Renal Function (eGFR)</td><td>62</td><td>67</td><td>79</td><td>65</td><td>greater than 90</td></tr>
<tr><td>Albumin/Creatinine Ratio (ACR)</td><td>2.5</td><td>2.1</td><td>1.1</td><td>less than 1.0</td><td>less than 90</td></tr>
<tr><td>HbA1C</td><td>75</td><td>61</td><td>65</td><td>55</td><td>less than 41</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cholesterol/HDL Ratio</td><td>-</td><td>3.9</td><td>4</td><td>4.6</td><td>less than 4.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cholesterol</td><td>-</td><td>3.5</td><td>5</td><td>4.7</td><td>less than 5.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Triglycerides</td><td>-</td><td>2.7</td><td>2.2</td><td>1.7</td><td>less than 2.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>HDL</td><td>-</td><td>0.9</td><td>1.24</td><td>1.01</td><td>greater than 1.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>LDL</td><td>-</td><td>1.4</td><td>2.8</td><td>2.9</td><td>less than 3.4</td></tr>
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So what does this mean? Well, it means I'm eating really well - I'm aiming for a maximum of 50g of carbohydrates per day, which is reflected in the triglyceride numbers, and the overall HbA1C. I'm not at all worried about the Cholesterol numbers - women in general, and those heading into menopause, need more cholesterol in their bloodstream. Kidney function (eGFR) is normal, with no signs of damage!<br />
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Last night I had 1 date (as in a piece of fruit, date). Yep, 1 single date. After dinner result was 10.5! But down to 8.4 in the morning. Haven't been as hungry today, so I'm hoping I'll be sitting at 5ish when I get home.<br />
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No diarrhea either. Yay.<br />
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So, what am I eating?<br />
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Breakfast was a handful of shrimpies cooked in a teaspoon of butter and a dash of iodised salt.<br />
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Lunch on Monday: a little bit of roast pork (maybe 50g?), roast pumpkin (maybe 100g?), leftover gravy, and a mandarin. Today was a handful of shrimpies with pumpkin and gravy, plus a mandarin and some grapes.<br />
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Dinner last night was a porkchop (rind and all), silverbeet and spinach and carrots. Dinner tonight is roast chicken piece with roasted pumpkin, kumara and carrots.<br />
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According to Fitday: I've eaten about 747 calories, 29g fat, 71g carbs, 58g protein.<br />
According to MyFitnessPal: 1000 calories; 40g fat, 71g carbs, 104g protein.<br />
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The main thing I see in this is that I've eaten too many carbs - the kumara made the difference.<br />
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There were also a couple of cups of 'not-coffee' - dandelion and chicory root with a dollop of lactose free milk or coconut cream, and a dob of butter.<br />
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Blood sugars: am 8.4: before dinner 6.3: 1.5 hours after dinner:<br />
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I need to eat more green veges, but prices are silly at the moment - zucchini has gone up to $16kg, a tiny cauli is $5. There aren't many other veges I can eat without getting sick. Eww - I know, I could eat some of that disgusting green grass stuff I bought a jar of - blech.<br />
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Oh, and remember that 4kg I'd put in a safe place - well, unfortunately I managed to find some of it - back to 72kg :(<br />
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I still have to get round to filling in my voting papers. Darn - left them at work.<br />
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Hair cut and colour tonight - the colour is fantastic!Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-47910578897989779332013-09-30T21:40:00.000+13:002013-09-30T21:47:16.570+13:00The Next StepWhat next step? In getting healthier. Suddenly, in the last couple of weeks, I seem to have misplaced some weight. I haven't lost it - oh no, coz that would imply that I wanted to find it again. Maybe I've put it in a safe place? So safe, that like the rotor arm of Dad's Pugeot car, that he put in a safe place back in the early 70's, was so safe IT. WAS. NEVER!! FOUND AGAIN. EVER!<br />
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From 74kg to 70 kg's. Um - why? Darned if I know. How? Ditto - not really doing anything different, except being really really strong won't-ed when it comes to sugar.<br />
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Blood sugars have been pretty steady:<br />
Mornings: around 8.5 (with a low of 7.0, high of 9.4)<br />
Evenings: around 5 (low of 3.5, high of 5.6)<br />
After Dinner: around 8.5 (low of 6.5, high of 9.6)<br />
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I have pushed my meds up to the limit: Gliclazide 80mg x 4 day<br />
Metformin 500mg x 8 day. The downside of this is the explosive diahhrea the Metformin causes - that's got so much worse.<br />
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I decided it was time to have a wee detox. So for the month of October, I'm going meds-free. I'll continue taking my blood sugar 3 x daily - tonight's last test was 10.5 - argh - the result of a single date, I think.<br />
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I'm looking into something called Plexus Slim - that's supposed to have blood glucose levelling properties, but it's $102 NZ for 30 days! Garg! One of my fb friends sells it (from Missouri, I think), but there may be a retailer here in NZ - emailed them tonight to find out prices.<br />
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Right now, I have a screaming headache (an all dayer, in fact - withdrawal symptoms?????)<br />
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Fun Stuff:</h2>
I'm making myself a 'craft apron' - I've got an encaustic workshop coming up with Trish Seggebruch, and would like to have something tidy to wear, that I can dribble on, lol.<br />
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This is fabric I dyed a couple of years ago(???), that I was going to use to make a harp bag - but haven't. The picture in the top left is the pattern I'm using.<br />
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Painting: Serena Barton's Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop arrived last week - and on Friday (having done some retail therapy and got Adirondak inks) I decided to start work on the first exercise:<br />
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Acrylic landscape. David took one look at it and said - 'You've been looking out your window, haven't you?' - um, not consciously, no, but it sure looks a lot like the view of the Waitakere's out my studio window. (which looks like this - thru the dirty window I washed at 10.15 on Saturday night!) Or maybe I took this one from the street?<br />
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<br />Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-37313964958666337562013-07-25T22:44:00.000+12:002013-07-25T22:44:37.600+12:00THE PALEO/PRIMAL JOURNEY UPDATEIt’s now been 7 months since I switched to a Paleo/Primal lifestyle – I’m not going to call it a diet,
because it’s not about dieting, it’s about changing how you live.<br />
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The story pretty much starts back in 2005, when peri-menopause started for me. I was diagnosed with
Type II diabetes, migraines started, my weight increased, I started having increasing problems with my
joints, plantar faciatis struck, and I seemed to be constantly ill and depressed. It was as though my
immune system had crashed.<br />
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I followed the recommended advice – lots of grains, particularly whole grains, 5+ fruit and veges a day,
cut down on the fat, lean meat ... all that stuff. And my blood glucose control didn’t improve. My
health didn’t improve ... if anything, it seemed worse! And then panic attacks started happening more
and more often ...
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Then I saw a story on TV with a dietician talking about food intolerances, and the symptoms that
displayed ... hey – that sounded like me, and a visit to this dietician ensued.<br />
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Wow – what a difference
that made, cutting out all the FODMAPS food. But I was STILL sick! And then somehow I found out
about Paleo ... and then Primal ...
In the beginning, it was just about the FODMAPS; then I recognised the Gluten/Lactose intolerance;
then the Nightshade intolerance. I was experimenting on myself – N=1 – me, as the text subject. And
the more things I cut out of my diet, the better I was feeling.<br />
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Now I’m having to accept that I need to follow a full-blown <a href="http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/05/modifying-paleo-for-autoimmune.html">Immune Protocol</a>.<br />
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There are now a huge number of foods on the ‘no go’ list, and my body is getting far more decisive when I eat something I shouldn’t.
Responses to various foods varies.<br />
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Onions were one of the first to go – vomiting within minutes of
consumption.
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Rice and potato cause severe stomach cramps, nausea, and incredible joint pain – and I mean, joints so
inflamed they won’t move.<br />
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Egg white went on the list about 1 month ago, and now yolks have joined them. Last night I had about
1 teaspoon of aioli – which I learned is a glorified mayonnaise, and contains egg. Within 1 hour I had
chest pains, and about 30 minutes later the choking sensation started.<br />
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I now have to bite the bullet, and stop drinking coffee – at least for a few months. That’s going to be
pretty hard.<br />
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Because of the Type II diabetes, I have regular blood tests, and I got the results of Monday’s draw
today. An interesting pattern is emerging – and the following table is as much for my own future
reference as anything else!<br />
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I’ve had low level lymphocytosis (as in a raised white blood count, and its little friends) which indicates
“... a viral infection or some other cause. Some of the monocytes show reactive features.”
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<tr><td>White Blood Count</td><td>8.5</td><td>11.8</td><td>13.8</td><td>11.4</td><td>4.0-11.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Lymphocytes</td><td>3.03</td><td>3.87</td><td>5.52</td><td>4.84</td><td>1.0-4.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Monocytes</td><td>0.75</td><td>1.18</td><td>1.25</td><td>1.08</td><td>0.20-1.00</td></tr>
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That ‘reactive features’ bit means they’ve become larger as a result of antigen stimulation, which is
what happens when your immune system is responding to some sort of attack. As you can see in the
table above, from the beginning of 2012 thru to October last year, there’s been quite a leap in the
number of WBC doing battle in my system. Now they’ve dropped back to pre-February 2012 levels
(although they’re still above the reference range). N=1 = cause and effect. Remove what’s attacking
your system, and it starts to heal.<br />
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In addition to the lymphocytes, other measurements are shifting as well:
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<tr><td>Renal Function (eGFR)</td><td>70</td><td>62</td><td>67</td><td>79</td><td>less than 90</td></tr>
<tr><td>Albumin/Creatinine Ratio (ACR)</td><td></td><td>2.5</td><td>2.1</td><td>1.1</td><td>less than 3.5</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>HbA1C</td><td>55</td><td>75</td><td>61</td><td>65</td><td>less than 41</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ferritin (Iron)</td><td>61</td><td></td><td>59</td><td>94</td><td>20-380</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cholesterol/HDL ratio</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.9</td><td>4.0</td><td>less than 4.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cholesterol</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.5</td><td>5.0</td><td>Less than 5.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Triglycerides</td><td></td><td></td><td>2.7</td><td>2.2</td><td>less than 2.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>HDL</td><td></td><td></td><td>0.90</td><td>1.24</td><td>greater than 1.00</td></tr>
<tr><td>LDL</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.4</td><td>2.8</td><td>less than 3.4</td></tr>
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So, things that should be increasing/improving, and are: Renal function (my Kidneys are working
properly!); ACR (again, kidneys); Iron, Triglycerides (don’t eat carbs no more). Oh, and my thyroid is
working well too!<br />
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While my HbA1c isn’t fantastic, it’s a work in progress – being addicted to sugar makes it tough.
Cholesterol I’m not worried about – the whole Cholesterol myth means I’m not going to take statin’s,
especially since meta-data shows we women, especially as we approach menopause, need more
cholesterol in our bodies, and we make our own anyway.<br />
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Immune Protocol is where I’m headed now. I know mentally and physically I’m healing. The data above
proves it.<br />
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I’m in a much better head-space than I was at the beginning of this year. I no longer suffer
from depression, but need to keep taking the happy pills to prevent panic attacks, which are
caused/triggered by the Metformin I take to enhance insulin activity.<br />
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It feels good to feel good.
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Friday is Mental Health Day</h3>
Oh, and I feel no guilt about taking Friday off as a 'Mental Health Day' while Care move into my workshop. After 5 years working on my own, alone, I'm quite happy to admit that I've felt increasingly anxious today as the moving process starts, and tomorrow will be worse.<br />
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I will deal with Monday when it comes.<br />
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I will paint, take the dogs for a walk, do some Greek study, and some Christian Formation study. And I will go 10 Pin Bowling in the evening. Not something I could have contemplated today.Sue Cottlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959405061005478048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428581286390050480.post-66957701118531067522013-07-14T18:42:00.000+12:002013-07-14T18:42:11.918+12:00Adventures in Gelli Plate Printing, Part 2 - da Jelly is in da house!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gelli/Glycerin plate #1 has gone in the bin. Yes, I know I could have recycled it, but quite frankly, it’s level of disgustingness had not reduced. It had left a gritty, slimy puddle on the glass, and slid into the rubbish bag with a disgusting plop.<br />
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But as for Gelliplate #2 – ah, now that is delicious. It has a lovely ‘hand’ – cool and dry, not gritty or slimy or disgusting. Oh, remember those red prints from yesterday – they STILL feel wet! Ew EW ew.<br />
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Now, because I used a smaller container – a ‘brownie’ pan, I had to change the quantities in the standard recipe below, to those in brackets. The pan is 10½ x 7”, and probably holds a total of 5 cups of liquid. The plate turned out about 1” thick.<br />
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Of course, working out how much water the pan would hold included spilling water all over the bench, and then gelatine all over the floor transferring it from bench to pantry. (As explained earlier, anything left on the bench is fair game to cats and dogs – their opinion, not ours! Kama has decided that gelatine tastes ok)<br />
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<b>Standard Gelli Plate:</b><br />
Gelatine 12 TB (90G)<br />
Water (cold) 3 cups (2 cups)<br />
Water (boiling) 3 cups (2 cups)<br />
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This plate is a thing of nommy beauty. I made it last night while watching Fiddler on the Roof (I really don’t remember if I’ve seen the movie before, but I really enjoyed it – Becca only managed the first half!) So, hubble, bubble, toil and trouble – and stir it all around.<br />
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Sunday morning was church – so the gelli plate only received longing looks prior to departure ... and although the building was bitterly cold (SDA’s don’t believe in heating!!!) worship was good - wrapped up in an old crocheted blanket my English nana had made .... oooh 53 years ago!!! - (with a new song about Daniel in the Lion’s Den), and then a lesson from Aaron on Spiritual Warfare – coo, she said!<br />
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Home again, home again, tiddly pom, to banana pikelets for lunch ...<br />
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But then once the plate warmed up/cooled down ... whatever it did ... voila!<br />
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The main difference today was using a stencil cut from 2mm clear plastic, rather than the texture plates of yesterday. (and mind you, this had been a real b*&^h to cut) ... But look at the goodness that resulted:<br />
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Da jellybaby is in da fridge – with a canvas board protecting it!<br />
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Projects for the week ahead:</h3>
Purchased fun foam sheets and shapes (Spotlight) rollers, speed brushes and carpet tape (Mitre 10 Mega), baby wipes (the woman in the supermarket was a bit surprised when I said I was using them for my art, lol) during the week.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent a few days investigating purchasing a Gelli Arts
Printing Plate. I discovered it would cost between NZ$55-65 to get one from
Australia or the US. I wonder if I can get one here in NZ??? Well, in theory, I
can - in fact I’ve ordered one on-line from Zigzag (a NZ company) but they still
haven’t replied to my email, and might never do so – I understand the owner is
very ill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I thought, in the ‘olden days’ they used to make
plates from ... gelatine (or gelatin for my American readers). How hard can it
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quality time on-line found me a couple of recipes, many
interesting anecdotes, all sorts of ‘how-to’s’ and some awesome looking prints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A trip to the Asian supermarket secured agar agar and a
large packet of gelatine; a fossick thru the pantry found some more, slightly
... ‘older’ gelatine (evidently the stuff doesn’t go off); googling found a NZ
supplier of Glycerin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wah-hoo-hay, as the Wiggles would say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, rock on Friday evening – I had less than an hour before
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d decided to make what, in theory, is a ‘non-degrading’, ‘plasticised’
jelly-plate, or Hectograph (yep, it’s a real thing – check this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectograph" target="_blank">link</a>!) </span></div>
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drawer, 12 ½ x 9 inches. I wanted something I could move easily, without
splashing it everywhere. Also, I was concerned that while we were out, the
animals might have a light snack! The plate is about 1cm/1” thick.</span></div>
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know), came out quite easily, after running a knife round the edges of the
plastic to break the air seal. I placed it on a sheet of glass (left over from
the last time I broke the lid of the fish tank). We tried wrapping it in
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see Artworks) – again, didn’t stick to the plate. Chroma A2 Cadmium Scarlet and
Plaid Folkart Cobalt (didn’t stick).</span></div>
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second is what was left on the brayer – the ‘wipe-off’. This still feels sticky
and horrid about 10 hours later, as tho it has gelatine/glycerine attached as
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You get the idea ... cheap and
nasty paints don’t stick at all. Sullivans, Plaid Folkart and Americana were
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didn’t work; however, using them with the paint onto plain paper worked well. The
two stencils – star punchinella and holey cardboard, were much more effective.</span></div>
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Tomorrow I’ll try my Golden fluid acrylics, but I suspect they’re too ‘fluid’
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smaller, plain gelatine plate – which will need to be kept in the fridge. After
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What else have I been doing today - we attended the Bat Mitzvah of one of our best friends' daughters. Bethany Brown's coming of age.</span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such a privilege and honour to be present for this. And the food! Oh my goodness - Julia has been baking for days (or is it weeks?), so much beautiful, colourful wonderfulness.</span></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And tonight, Becca and I are watching Fiddler on the Roof - girls night in - she's drawing, I'm typing, and the dogs are wuffing.</span></o:p></div>
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