Tag Archives: india

Random kindnesses

Posted on June 11, 2012 by HappyGoth

If you plan them in advance, are they really random? Does that even matter? A friend of mine clued me in on a terrific nonprofit (full disclosure: she told me about it last DragonCon, and then I was my usual … Continue reading →

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Dye all the things!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by HappyGoth

Last weekend was a total blur. Actually, the whole week was kind of like that. A big project popped up at work, and a friend decided that it was high time to tie the knot, and then there was the … Continue reading →

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Dye all the things!

Posted on March 26, 2012 by HappyGoth

(All the thanks ever to THL Jerusha for taking the photos in this post; I am most often taking the photos, and therefore I don’t appear in many, so I am immensely grateful to friends who are shutterbugs.) I now … Continue reading →

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Not so scary, actually.

Posted on September 21, 2011 by HappyGoth

My photoless project du jour is for an upcoming SCA event, and is allowing me to do some pattern testing. I did my Mughal angharka in four different ways for myself (each time learning valuable info), but then found a … Continue reading →

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Actual crafty-type stuff!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by HappyGoth

I so wanted to post this sooner, but it was supposed to be a surprise, and now it has been gifted, so there you have it. I have a very dear friend who was elevated to the Order of the … Continue reading →

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Kathak

Posted on January 18, 2011 by HappyGoth

I love dancing. I made up little dances as a child, and then took Irish dance in high school (like Riverdance, only I quit before we got to the noise-making hardshoe part). In college, for my P.E. requirement, I took … Continue reading →

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Saree Spree

Posted on January 5, 2011 by HappyGoth

This holiday season was a great one for sarees. My birthday is early in November, so it’s pretty much two months of back-to-back holidays for me, what with Diwali, Halloween, my birthday, Thanksgiving, my wedding anniversary, Christmas and the new … Continue reading →

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Working on it!

Posted on November 23, 2010 by HappyGoth

I have a long rambly post in the works, but in the meantime it’s the American holiday season, and my whole family is going to be in my house for Thanksgiving. On the upside, I get to use my new … Continue reading →

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To do list update

Posted on October 8, 2010 by HappyGoth

Probably boring, but it’s keeping me to task. 1. Get the floors refinished. (DONE. Made a blog post.) 2. Install ceiling fans in the two smaller bedrooms, as they are stuffy. (DONE. Ceiling fans make a gigantic difference. It took … Continue reading →

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Red Tower

Posted on September 20, 2010 by HappyGoth

Sorry for no DragonCon posts – I’m still sorting through photos. However, Red Tower this weekend was an excellent success, and the South Downs has a rockin’ new Baron and Baroness (one of whom is Blogless Lea) and there was … Continue reading →

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