Gary Edelburg started touring with an R&B group around the Midwest at the age of 15. After high school he did a stint on the West Coast appearing on a Smithsonian Blues and Folk Festival recording featuring Furry Lewis. Moving to NYC, he then played in various rehearsal bands and studied with alto sax player Lee Konitz. Moving to Boston to study, Gary graduated from the Berklee College of Music and moved back to the Midwest where he has lead several blues/R&B bands since. This is his first foray into the 'New Age' music category. We hope you hear something of interest.
El mejor pastelillo es de Pizza! Nevertheless, this isn’t necessarily a complicated recipe reel. I’m posting more so to update all of you on some of the changes I’ve been going through over the last...
Hey guys I hope you had a great weekend. We got snow here in Atlanta and I was shocked to see it stick to the ground. I moved away from the Midwest to get
This listing is for the PATTERN ONLY. This is NOT a finished product. ABOUT THIS PATTERN I grew up in a place that rarely gets cold (the desert). As an adult, I moved to a place that gets VERY cold (the midwest). Being that I’m not used to the colder weather, I am excited to make all the cold weather accessories. I named this beanie after the son of one of my sweet friends. I hope you love making this as much as I did.
A 26 year old kid from the Midwest moves to New York City to find hope and self-discipline through his friendship with a precocious 6 year old and the adult superhero Leather-Man who is conjured from a psychedelic cupcake.
How was your week? Hopefully you all fared well during the storms in the midwest this past week. There was at least one homeschooling family in Arkansas
Hey! How's it goin'? It's a cold mess in parts of the Midwest and the East Coast this weekend. I hope everyone has power, is safe and sound, and well-stocked with provisions. Eeeks. I've got a quick post today. I'm still doing a bit of funwork from my class and I have lots more to do. Today I made my own background paper using nothing but washi tape, which I'm not sure if I'm supposed to capitalize on or not. If someone named washi invented it, then I think I should be using a big double u. Does anyone know? I've seen it both ways. Our card inspiration was provided by the fabulous Lisa Spangler. So here's what I made: Him's so cute. The tape is from Lawn Fawn. I used the fun sticker from Stickopotamus on a white and red mat. I used Lil' Inker Designs flag additions die and stamp (curving it a little) for the sediment. On the inside of the front I attached a same-size sheet of white card stock to cover the turned tape ends and that's it! This card is going straight to the twins because they both adore washi tape and I do miss them. They are into basketball now late on Saturday afternoons which is severely restricting our weekend sleepovers. Frownie face. ~~~ Then I tried to make a card using instructions from the brilliant Julie Ebersole. She made an awesome card using a big cityscape stamp, stamping the image in two overlapping colors and then heat embossing the third overlapping. Sort of like this: Cool idea. So then I was on the telephone and instead of doing proper doodling like everyone else, I started filling in the craters in my black embossed flowers with a black Copics outliner brush pen. Oh, very nice. Talkie, talkie. Oh, shoot, is that a speck? Talkie, talkie. Let me brush that .... EI YI YI, NO No no no no! By the time I swished away the speck, I had forgotten I had put black ink on the flowers, and my swish caused a smoosh and I started shizzazzing all over the place. Dang, double-dang nabbit. I did what anyone would do when that happens, if it's a big smoosh, which this was. I smooshed the whole area in that not challant way one does like one meant for that to happen all along. I won't lie, IRL it looks like carp. But I decide to publish it anyway just cause, hey, bloopers happen! It's all good. ~~~ Okay, before you break into groups and start tearing into the washi (or doing the washing IRL!), please welcome today's new friend, Beanie of Beanie's Place. Beanie is brand, brand spanking new to Bloggerville and guess what? She crafts in her own little shed, too!! Thank you, Beanie, for joining our journey! ~~~ And thank you for playing in yesterday's word game! I will wait a few days to see if more peeps jump in the puddle before I compile a lation. ~~~ Enjoy your day! No, seriously, enjoy your day. LITS! Thank you so much for stopping by the Playhouse. Special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment or join as a follower! Second card: Paper: SU! white, black, and certainly celery Stamps: SU! and Hero Arts Ink: Memento black; SU! bordering blue, and certainly celery EP: Silhoette back Butterflies: K&Company Smudge: djkardkreations
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Get your students up and moving as they combine reading and social studies skills to learn about the Midwest Region! Purchase all of the US regions as a bundle and save 33% or $5 5 US Regions - Bundle Your kids will use the task cards to move around the room answering the 24 questions. When they...
Although labor unions have had some reservations about President Obama, they're still looking to him as their best ally in the 2012 election. Meanwhile, Republicans who are hoping to further curb unions are putting stock in Mitt Romney.
Existing-home sales moved lower in August, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Among the four major U.S. regions, sales improved in the Midwest, were unchanged in the Northeast, and slipped in the South and West. All four regions recorded year-over-year sales declines. Total existing-home sales[i] – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – slid 0.7% from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.04 million in August. Year-over-year, sales fell 15.3% (down from 4.77 million in August 2022). “Home sales have been stable for several months, neither rising nor falling in any meaningful way,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “Mortgage rate changes will have a big impact over the short run, while job gains will have a steady, positive impact over the long run. The South had a lighter decline in sales from a year ago due to greater regional job growth since coming out of the pandemic lockdown.” Total housing inventory[ii] registered at the end of August was 1.1 million units, down 0.9% from July and 14.1% from one year ago (1.28 million). Unsold inventory sits at a 3.3-month supply at the current sales pace, identical to July and up from 3.2 months in August 2022. The median existing-home price[iii] for all housing types in August was $407,100, an increase of 3.9% from August 2022 ($391,700). All four U.S. regions posted price increases. “Home prices continue to march higher despite lower home sales,” Yun said. “Supply needs to essentially double to moderate home price gains.” REALTORS® Confidence Index According to the REALTORS® Confidence Index, properties typically remained on the market for 20 days in August, unchanged from July and up from 16 days in August 2022. Seventy-two percent of homes sold in August were on the market for less than a month. First-time buyers were responsible for 29% of sales in August, down from 30% in July and identical to August 2022. NAR’s 2022 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers – released in November 2022[iv] – found that the annual share of first-time buyers was 26%, the lowest since NAR began tracking the data. All-cash sales accounted for 27% of transactions in August, up from 26% in July and 24% in August 2022. Individual investors or second-home buyers, who make up many cash sales, purchased 16% of homes in August, the same share as in July and one year ago. Distressed sales[v] – foreclosures and short sales – represented 1% of sales in August, unchanged from last month and the previous year. Mortgage Rates According to Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.18% as of September 14. That’s up from 7.12% the prior week and 6.02% one year ago. Single-family and Condo/Co-op Sales Single-family home sales waned to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.60 million in August, down 1.4% from 3.65 million in July and 15.3% from the previous year. The median existing single-family home price was $413,500 in August, up 3.7% from August 2022. Existing condominium and co-op sales recorded a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000 units in August, up 4.8% from July but down 15.4% from one year ago. The median existing condo price was $354,600 in August, up 6.2% from the prior year ($333,900). Regional Breakdown At an annual rate of 480,000 in August, existing-home sales in the Northeast were unchanged from July but down 22.6% from August 2022. The median price in the Northeast was $465,700, up 5.8% from one year ago. In the Midwest, existing-home sales increased by 1.0% from the previous month to an annual rate of 970,000 in August, down 16.4% from the prior year. The median price in the Midwest was $305,300, up 6.8% from August 2022. Existing-home sales in the South faded 1.1% from July to an annual rate of 1.84 million in August, a decrease of 12.4% from one year ago. The median price in the South was $366,100, up 3.2% from August 2022. In the West, existing-home sales slumped 2.6% from the previous month to an annual rate of 750,000 in August, down 15.7% from the prior year. The median price in the West was $609,300, up 1.0% from August 2022. [i] Existing-home sales, which include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, are based on transaction closings from Multiple Listing Services. Changes in sales trends outside of MLSs are not captured in the monthly series. NAR benchmarks home sales periodically using other sources to assess overall home sales trends, including sales not reported by MLSs. Existing-home sales, based on closings, differ from the U.S. Census Bureau’s series on new single-family home sales, which are based on contracts or the acceptance of a deposit. Because of these differences, it is not uncommon for each series to move in different directions in the same month. In addition, existing-home sales, which account for more than 90% of total home sales, are based on a much larger data sample – about 40% of multiple listing service data each month – and typically are not subject to large prior-month revisions. The annual rate for a particular month represents what the total number of actual sales for a year would be if the relative pace for that month were maintained for 12 consecutive months. Seasonally adjusted annual rates are used in reporting monthly data to factor out seasonal variations in resale activity. For example, home sales volume is normally higher in the summer than in the winter, primarily because of differences in the weather and family buying patterns. However, seasonal factors cannot compensate for abnormal weather patterns. Single-family data collection began monthly in 1968, while condo data collection began quarterly in 1981; the series were combined in 1999 when monthly collection of condo data began. Prior to this period, single-family homes accounted for more than nine out of 10 purchases. Historic comparisons for total home sales prior to 1999 are based on monthly single-family sales, combined with the corresponding quarterly sales rate for condos. [ii] Total inventory and month’s supply data are available back through 1999, while single-family inventory and month’s supply are available back to 1982 (prior to 1999, single-family sales accounted for more than 90% of transactions and condos were measured only on a quarterly basis). [iii] The median price is where half sold for more and half sold for less; medians are more typical of market conditions than average prices, which are skewed higher by a relatively small share of upper-end transactions. The only valid comparisons for median prices are with the same period a year earlier due to seasonality in buying patterns. Month-to-month comparisons do not compensate for seasonal changes, especially for the timing of family buying patterns. Changes in the composition of sales can distort median price data. Year-ago median and mean prices sometimes are revised in an automated process if additional data is received. The national median condo/co-op price often is higher than the median single-family home price because condos are concentrated in higher-cost housing markets. However, in a given area, single-family homes typically sell for more than condos as seen in NAR’s quarterly metro area price reports. [iv] Survey results represent owner-occupants and differ from separately reported monthly findings from NAR’s Realtors® Confidence Index, which include all types of buyers. The annual study only represents primary residence purchases, and does not include investor and vacation home buyers. Results include both new and existing homes. [v] Distressed sales (foreclosures and short sales), days on market, first-time buyers, all-cash transactions and investors are from a monthly survey for the NAR’s Realtors® Confidence Index, posted at nar.realtor.
I’m popping in on a Tuesday this week! Huge thanks to Karen Kay for covering for me on Friday–I was in home-stretch mania of turning in the proposal for my third BRIDE book. Developing the heroine for this story has submerged me in the history of the “orphan trains”. I first read about the orphan trains in a romance novel and was ... Read more
We took a foodie tour and learned some of the best places to eat in Kansas City, Kansas. From Barbecue to Boba Tea, KCK offers great food for every taste!
It’s that time of year when golfers around Central Indiana store their clubs for the winter and hope the spring weather arrives sooner rather than later. They’ll check the weather forecast every so often in the hopes they may find a warmish afternoon
The Only One in the Room is a serious treatment on the subject of race in America, exploring why the problems persist, and what Christ-followers must do to help our nation heal. Throughout his life, especially while working as a high-profile professional in the Midwest, author Milton Thompson was often the only African American in his circles. A minister and educator, he uses the backdrop of his personal journey to skillfully and knowledgeably assess where we ve been as a nation, and where we are now. The Only One in the Room crosses several literary genres, and offers readers ~• The moving story of a remarkable African American family • Provocative social and political commentary • An intimate look at an enduring love story • Biblical hope and inspiration Thompson says he s become more reflective about race as he s gotten older. He possesses a seasoned, gracious, and godly perspective, which is just what we need right now.
by Eugene Lim (Author) Long out of print, Eugene Lim's wry and haunting debut novel returns to shelves with a new introduction from Renee Gladman and a fresh, reversible cover. Jim Fog is marooned in a small Midwest town shortly after his divorce, succumbing to aimless nostalgia. His ex, Sarah Car, has moved to New York City, hoping to skip right over any mourning period for their marriage. Despite everything, Jim and Sarah find they're still connected through an old, shared friend. When they both decide to chase him down, the resulting coincidences and cryptic occurrences culminate in a trading of souls that blurs the lines between reality and something much stranger. A moving mystery about loss, grief, and the loneliness of the human condition, Fog & Car was hailed as the arrival of a masterful new voice in American fiction on its initial publication; now, more than a decade later, it reads as nothing less than prophetic. Author Biography Eugene Lim is the author of the novels The Strangers (Black Square Editions, 2013), Dear Cyborgs (FSG Originals, 2017), and Search History (Coffee House Press, 2022). His writings have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Baffler, Dazed, Fence, Little Star, Granta, and elsewhere. He is a high school librarian, runs Ellipsis Press, and lives in Queens, New York, with Joanna and Felix. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.4 x 4.8 IN
Enjoy the ever-popular walleye sandwich even more when you make it yourself—and hopefully with fish freshly caught yourself, too
