Barbara Thompson

Thursday, December 8, 2022 We went to the Ordway’s production of Beauty and the Beast and it was spectacular. When it started, I had a passing thought wondering how many times we have seen it since the original Broadway production came to Minneapolis in the mid 1990s. I wondered if I would not love it

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Glass just dripping off the rod…. Nope. That is not how the song goes. But it could. Tonight was the last night of glass class and we added color for the first time. After our initial gather of glass, we rolled our hot glass in frit (sort of like glitter, made

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 I rarely have a plan for the POTD, but this morning I thought I would take a picture of some of the artwork my 10th graders have done in the past couple days. Their assignment was to make a “tapestry” showing the reality of different aspects of life in the Renaissance.

Monday, December 5, 2022 I went to work, then I came home and stayed here. How restful that was. I made caramels. I found out that listening to an audiobook while you stir for 20 minutes makes the time way more pleasant. I think I should have figured that out 20 years ago.

Sunday, December 4, 2022 There were almonds! And I loved it. We went to the Norway House, a cultural center in Minneapolis, for their Gingerbread Wonderland. My friend, Carla, who is most excellent at planning adventures, suggested it a couple weeks ago. We gathered for a pizza lunch, with the most amazing cherry Bundt cake

Saturday, December 3, 2022 It’s not that you need a reason to invite people over, but if you put up holiday decorations, it’s nice to have someone see them. We had a busy day (a fair amount of time was spent in grocery stores while hungry. That is straight up a bad idea), leading up

Friday, December 2, 2022 Wir waren heute Abend auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in St. Paul. Unser Freund Peter sang dort mit seiner Gruppe, den Minnesänger. I was thinking, and singing, in German tonight and you needed to be part of it. We went to the Christmas market in St. Paul tonight to hear our friend, Peter

Thursday, December 1, 2022 It looks like Christmas because there are presents!! My sister, Donna, made me an awesome advent calendar and I started it today (Happy December). I realize Advent truly start four Sundays before Christmas and ends the Sunday before Christmas, but ewwwwww. Who wants to do their countdown then? December 1-24 is

Wednesday, November 30, 2022 But it’s hot in the hot shop! We were off to glass class – slowly going down the interstate on the leftover snowy roads from yesterday. We learned how to sandblast a matte finish on glass and how to write on glass using a dremel, then on to the main event

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Snow was forecast for today. Keith set his alarm for early, in case he needed to blow snow before I left for work at 7:20, but woke up even earlier. Today is day two of my temporary full-time job and I was under the covers, hiding… wondering why I had thought