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...Shetland variety is so soft and durable. "The sheep here are small, and they have a soft fleece," she says. "I've been told that the sheep that are put on the hills have a softer wool because they're eating a more coarse grass." The respected craft is diminishing, and Shetlanders are trying to maintain it among the younger generations by teaching it in the schools. "It's an underpaid sort of a craft," says Ina. "The young ones want to go out to work...
...into uncharted territory; the novel itself treads on virgin soil. It is one of the few recent books about the experiences of immigrants to the United States that does not read as trite or contrived. For the most part, this is due to Mukherjee’s ability to craft characters that maintain a fullness of personality and an independence of action that is only rarely encountered. Like any immigrants, Mukherjee’s characters find themselves in a new world faced with new problems. However, the issues with which Tara, her husband Bish, and their son Rabi must deal...
Despite the lack of traditional magicians’ trappings, these magical men (and one woman) take their craft seriously. The club, which meets on Sundays, claims two goals: providing a service to the community with entertainment and spreading enthusiasm for magic to others. Originally founded in 1996, the club fell dormant between the years 1998 and 2000. Last fall David R. Kwong ’02 and Alex L. Young ’02 decided to revive the club and located two other students who had been hatching their own plan to develop a magic organization. The second pair?...
...SUNSET STROLL The small island of Ko Kred, about 10 km north of Bangkok, makes for a wonderful escape from the oppressive crush of the city's streets. The lush island is known for the fine quality of its clay and its skilled artisans who craft intricately decorated pottery as well as the more utilitarian red flowerpots seen all over Bangkok. The concrete path that circles the 1,000 hectare island can be walked in about an hour and a half. Go in the late afternoon, when the air is cooler and families sit out on their front porches preparing...
However, his father had told him that he needed to learn a craft in order to survive and to prosper in society and, as a child, Lu had shown proficiency in drawing and painting. While these two factors may not logically lead to a life of ceramic art, he nonetheless took the entrance examination and was accepted...