Because a boy’s first ever visit to Cracker Barrel needs to be commemorated. 🇺🇸

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It’s been 25+ years since I saw Erica Lee Halsey Binkley, and I ran into her today at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️ We were both in the Lakeland Marching Band, and I remember riding to and from practice in her old truck. Lovely to see you again, Erica!

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A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡

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Congratulations to my Mom Susan Garberick (from The Quilt Shop) on her 2nd place for Hand Quilted Small Pieced at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️🧵🪡

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I was curious to see how the air quality in NYC this week compares to Sydney during the 2019 bush fires. I’m seeing in news stories that the AQI in NY was close to 500 this week… and in 2019 parts of Sydney were over 1000. (Source: https://amp.abc.net.au/article/11782892) Photo below was taken by me from the AWS office in Dec 2019. I remember we were all wearing N95 masks and buying air purifiers, and the smoke permeated everything. (It honestly prompted part of Rodd’s and my decision to move to Germany for a while.) Get used to it folks – this is climate change, and it’s not going to improve unless we take action NOW.

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Going to pick up my bag!!

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GOT IT. The thief took my bank cards, cash, my hat, and my sunglasses 🤬, but left everything else including my wallet, passports, drivers license, house keys and rental car keys, Moomin scarf, and Gudetama. 😍 Everything is damp because the criminal – who evidently hit like 8 other cars! – dumped it in a drainage ditch. But the passports should be usable once they dry out, and all in all the financial impact is pretty minimal. 🥲 PARK RANGERS ARE THE BEST.

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“Beaver Nuggets” from Buc-ees? Surprisingly good! 👍

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Kentucky backroads and bourbon tasting…

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YOU GUYS THE COPS JUST CALLED AND THEY FOUND MY BAG AND EVERYTHING IS IN IT. 😭😭😭😭 We’ll have to drive back to Tennessee tomorrow to get it, and I’m unclear yet whether Australia has canceled my passport so I may still need an emergency one, but oh my, this is pretty much best case scenario AND I AM CRYING.

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