Comfort Inn Hadley

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Massacusetts

A travel blog entry by jkqm14

... President in 1914. Moving up the ladder of state politics, Coolidge became the lieutenant governor in 1916, serving until 1918, when he moved into the executive's chair. His narrow victory for Massachusetts governor over Democrat Ric***********g placed Coolidge in the national arena just in time to benefit from the Republican Party's return to national power at the end of World War I. ...

Departure Day

A travel blog entry by roadscholarorg

... is the one who came due to Road Scholar. We talk about other possible Road Scholar trips and about coming back to Snow Farm. I would love to come back, but don't know if I would take a jewelry making class or something else. Joy and Nancy were wonderful instructors and great people to get to know. They made learning fun and I have a new hobby thanks to them. Of course I don't see myself setting up a glass bead making spot at home, but one ...

The Final Buildup and Completion

A travel blog entry by roadscholarorg

... 9 to work on completing ideas. I have a necklace and earrings to complete for a friend and some techniques I want to try as long as I still have Joy there to help me. Joy is a wonderful teacher who continues to show us new things and then allows us to work on completing our ideas and work on our techniques. I complete a couple more pairs of earrings - one pair takes 4 tries before I get what I'm looking for.

After lunch we finish what we are ...

More Exploration into Metal Working

A travel blog entry by roadscholarorg

... and work to be done. But I will miss my new friends when we leave.

I'm told that Friday night is the best part of the week. Everyone from the various classes get to show off their work and the cafeteria/rec room becomes an art gallery. After dinner there is to be an auction of instructor pieces and pieces donated by the students. It sounds like a wonderful way to end a fantastic week.

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It starts to come together

A travel blog entry by roadscholarorg

... on to pins and earrings. My favorite - hammering the metal to flatten and make the wire stronger.

We are all interested in choosing our beads and putting together pieces of jewelry. I work mostly on making pendants out of the glass beads I made and practicing swirls and circles in the metal. One class member, Cindy, has an idea that she wants to put together and practices techniques to be able to create the ...