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Archive for December, 2011

Happy Dong Zhi!

What is Dong Zhi and what do these little morsels have to do with it? Dong Zhi is the Chinese Winter Solstice celebration. Winter Solstice has been observed in China as early as 2500 years ago. Tang Yuen are little glutinous rice flour dumplings, served in a sugar syrup. Yum! Happy Winter Solstice, everyone!

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Square Hats

Have you heard? Black Sheep Handweavers Guild will be taking donations of handmade items for the Shelter Network during our annual Holiday Potluck on December 15th. I thought that I would whip out a few quick and easy hats to add to the donation pile. I found a collection of odd balls of handpainted alpaca [...]

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