Residence Inn West Springfield

Travel Blogs from West Springfield

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

Saturday

Once again I'm up early. I slept very well last night as I have every night since coming here. I have a fantastic roommate who also wakes early. I have enjoyed getting to know her. She will be back next year to work on her kiln glass.

I come down to the cafeteria to work on my blog and Sandy from Collage is already here. She is waiting for the airport shuttle to take her to Bradley Airport to fly home to ...

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

... a clasp? Joy comes through again and showed us various clasps.

There is much more banter and sharing in the class while working on the metal. While making the glass beads we were so intent on our melting glass that there was very little cross talk. Now there is conversation flowing and we learn more about our fellow classmates and teacher. For instance - Joy has 2 hedgehogs for pets. How fun ...

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 ...