Magical Days

I’m teaching at TangleU 2022, which this year is happening all online due to Covid. In order to not lose my plane tickets, my friends Mary Rose Feldman and Chris Titus kindly invited me to spend a few days in the East Coast of the US.

Also present were Jan Galloni and Mary Beth Schoonover. I cannot tell you how MAGICAL these past days have been in the company of all these special ladies!

Below you see the only ONE of the amazing dinner settings Chris prepared for us. WOW!

And here you can see some of the pictures we created using Zebra pens under Jan’s guidance. Mary Rose also taught us how to make tangled jewelry!

I cannot thank these ladies enough for the amazing memories we shared, especially Mary Rose and Chris who both went above and beyond to make it feel incredibly welcome. Thank you!

 
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