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Actor Nelsan Ellis wasn't in the 2013 film "Lee Daniels: The Butler" long, but he was in the film long enough for us to recognize him playing the role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Elllis' role in the film was to briefly speak about service jobs and respond to Louis Gaines' (played by David Oyelowo) indignant comments about his father being a butler while he chose to be a Freedom Fighter.
Ellis joins a long list of other African-American actors who've played the role of Dr. King in films.
Dr. King was born on Jan. 15, 1929 and assassinated on Apr. 4, 1968. MLK Day was confirmed as the 10th official federal holiday after a House vote of 338 to 90, a Senate vote 78 to 22, and signed by former president Ronald Reagan on Nov. 1983.
Check out the gallery above for a few other actors who've represented the role of the civil rights leader.
Recommended Reading:
The Eight Current Members of Congress Who Voted Against Martin Luther King Jr. Day
From the Archives: President Reagan Designates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a Federal Holiday
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How do we feel about people Instagramming the most precious moments of your life? Sharing your wedding dress with the world before you've shared it yourself? Putting a fake faded filter over your centerpieces, giving their own spin on your special details?
I'm torn. The first few times I saw a cell phone photo of a blurry bride in my facebook feed, I was appalled. Sad for the new wife. She put every effort into her appearance that day and she will not be happy to be tagged from that angle.
But then I think it's also a way for everyone to be celebrating with the happy couple, raising our virtual glasses of champagne in a toast to your happiness when we "like" a photo or comment using exclamation points.
The Gorilla and I are headed to a wedding this weekend (my first time in New Orleans!) and I know it will be a special event. I know I'll want to share some of the cool party details but the actual vows or the kiss or the publicly private moment on the dance floor? Personally, I think I'll keep my phone down.
And then what about the professional photographers? Awhile ago I linked to an article from a professional wedding photographer who expressed irritation at everyone trying to get the good shot, when the only one with that right is the one being paid. My photographer friends have told me about other photographers who insist that couples ask guests NOT to post to social media and make the bride and groom sign contracts about it. (This is for publishing reasons, and for the record, I would never hire a photographer to instructed me to control my guests.)
When I think back to my own wedding (only six years ago, but a lifetime in terms of social media), would I have minded if people shared what a fun time they were having at an event I had meticulously planned? I don't think so. Lots of our friends gave us photos that they took from our wedding, and some of them are my favorites of the whole weekend. I think it might have delighted me if I'd seen them online.
But I totally see the other side of it, too. What say you?
Does sharing from a wedding feel like it's an invasion or is it celebratory?

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Atlanta Bead
I'm excited to announce that I've been chosen to teach two of my newest designs at Bead Fest Philly in August!
Just Screwin' Around
Wednesday, August 20, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
This bold design can be stitched a either a torq-style bracelet, or a bangle with a hidden closure. The torq version uses an interior wire that bends to fit your wrist and holds its shape during wearing. The bangle style is stitched without the spike and crystal ends, and uses a strong, hidden magnetic clasp to form a seamless join, enabling easy on and off.
Heart on a String
Thursday, August 21, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
A free-floating heart is stitched in Herringbone stitch and richly embellished with cup chain, two sizes of glass pearls and crystals. The heart is suspended by a crystal and pearl encrusted bail and hangs from a long Herringbone, pearl and crystal neckchain.
5/29/13 - Cup Chain is
back in stock.
August 4, 2012
Kits and Chinese Coin Crystal
available on the Shop page
Chain of Jewels Necklace
Another bead retreat, coming to
north Georgia in Spring 2012. It's been over a year since our last
collaborative effort and we are asked often when the next one will be
held. We've set aside time next spring, and are rolling up our
beading sleeves to come up with great new designs to offer at a great
new location, now that Red Top Mountain Lodge has closed. Stay
tuned as more details will be revealed soon.
And a big shout-out to the
Loose Bead Society of Greater Milwaukee, who invited me to teach at
their spring bead retreat, held in Racine, WI in March. A great
time, with great beaders at a wonderful location -- for two sessions of
Clinging Vine and an afternoon of Seeing Stars Earrings. Thank you,
thank you for your wonderful mid-western hospitality! I had a
great time and I think the beaders did too!
Inspiration for these fun little pendants came from the passion flower vine in my yard. I first saw a passion flower nearly 30 years ago, when I was dating the great guy I've been married to for more than 25 years (how can that be?!)
The fence along his
yard was covered in them and I was amazed at all the colors and textures
within a single bloom. Later I was gifted with a vine for my own
yard, and after I began beading I often considered how to recreate one
of its gorgeous flowers. When I came across some fringy purple
yarn I thought I could somehow incorporate that with the beadwork, but
it was a few years before I got around to playing with the idea.
Once I came up with the design I wanted to have more colors of the
fringe yarn, but it seemed to no longer be available. Internet to
the rescue - a yarn supplier in St. Louis had 12 colors! And now I
have all 12 colors too :-) See the Beaded Jewelry Classes page for
stores offering this design.
Looks like Fall has
finally made it to Georgia. It's been rainy and cool all day - a
nice change from the 90+ degrees we've had daily since last May.
The class page is updated with the fall classes scheduled so far. Among the offerings - the relatively new Ariel's Gem Necklace, Glissade Beaded Bead Bracelet, Non Pariel Bracelet, and Seeing Stars Earrings (which would make a great gift). Yes, it's time to start planning for the holidays. If you are interested in a class, please contact the appropriate store and they'll be happy to help you sign up.
I'm working on pretty,
sparkly new designs and will have pictures here in the next couple of
What's a Torc?
The Third Annual Bead Retreat is almost filled. If you are planning to attend but haven't yet been in touch with Margie, do it soon. If you've already registered - rest up for a fun filled beady weekend!
I think my email
problems are over, but if you have a problem reaching me or getting a
response, please keep trying. There's always the possibility of
more problems (with technology, you never know...).
Sylvie Lansdowne is
hosting a beading retreat around the New Year's holiday and it sounds
like a great time! More info to come.
Hope you all are enjoying the Fall season and I hope your jack-o-lantern is filled with treats!
Fall 2009
Welcome! It's been awhile since I've updated the site, so there's a lot of news to post. Here in the south school starts up in early August, so our "summer" is essentially over, even though the calendar thinks there are several more weeks before Fall. I hope your summer is/was fun and relaxing. Mine was busy, fun, and inspiring. I've lots of new ideas for beading projects and glass beads that I'm working on now. More to come.
The retreat last May
was a blast! So much fun, in fact, that we're doing The Third
Annual Bead Retreat next April 23 - 25, 2010 - so mark your calendar and
hold the date. Margie and I offered our most popular classes
at the last retreat, but for the Third Annual we're coming up with ALL
NEW projects. And there will be an opportunity to sign up early to
guarantee your kit color choices. For more details about
the retreat and Red Top Mountain Lodge, click here:
The Bead & Button Show, held in Milwaukee in early June, was fantastic. I'm in awe of all the incredible beadwork and talented designers and it was overwhelming to see so much creativity in one place. The exhibits were drool-worthy, as was much of the beadwork worn by the attendees. The huge marketplace was filled with everything to make ideas come to life. Inspiration in every direction!
The Gathering (Int'l.
Society of Glass Beadmakers convention) in Miami at the end of July was
a great time too. Four days filled with amazing glass works,
supplies, demonstrations, and wearable creations, all made me desperate
to fire up the torch and create!
Some of my projects are available in kit form at BuytheKit.com
New projects are in the works for fall and will be offered at all the usual places. Check the Beaded Jewelry Classes for pictures and dates. I'm just finishing the first of the new project offerings and pictures of that one will be up early next week.
Last week I took a beginning knitting class with two of my beading pals. Now, I've attempted knitting before and was a dismal failure. My ultra-patient Grandma attempted to teach me knitting on several occasions but to no avail. This time, I caught on. We all had a great time and the instructor, Debi, made it seem easy! The shop, The Whole Nine Yarns is beautiful, and the owner, Caryn, is really nice. Check it out if you're in the metro Atlanta area.
April 2:
Glassy News: I'm busy traveling to bead stores around the area with fun beading projects. In the next few weeks: Bead Biz, Helena, Alabama, The Beadcage, Columbus, Georgia, and On the Rocks, Dacula, GA, in addition to the metro Atlanta stores, Bead Bayou, Alpharetta, BEADiful in Cumming, and The Bead Hive, Marietta. See the Beaded Jewelry Classes page for the details.
OK, A few friends have
mentioned that it really isn't Spring anymore, so it might be time to
update the site. In fact, I've almost missed Fall as well.
Jeff Barber was in
town to teach a lampwork class for the Southern Flames glass beadmakers
group, using Satake glass from Japan. I really learned alot and
LOVE the color palette of the glass. Jeff is really knowledgeable
and sharing and it was a great class.
In my spare time I'm taking a reupholstery class through a local parks and rec program. It's been a lot of work, but really interesting to learn how it all goes together.
Whew! Time's
flying by... so, here's the news...
Lush Beads in Lowell, Massachusetts is carrying some of my patterns. Check out their website: Lush Beads Wednesday, April 23 they'll be teaching Pinch Bead Bracelet from 7-9:30pm.
Beginning this month I'll be teaching at The Bead Hive in Marietta, Georgia. We've scheduled Maltese, Star of India, and Cleopatra
Kit sales for the Maltese are going well and the feedback has been great. Supplies are running low on the Black/Silver combination. Swarovski prices have gone up twice this year already, but I'm hoping I won't have to raise the kit price when I reorder. I'll be adding more project kits as I can find the time. Be sure to drop me an e-mail to let me know if there's a particular project you'd like to see in kit form.
Two new projects are scheduled at my normal teaching haunts, Bead Bayou in Alpharetta and BEADiful in Cumming. The projects are shown below and details are listed on the beaded jewelry page.
Thanks for stopping by,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a happy and peaceful holiday season. I thought I'd have a lot of time to assemble the kits and design lots of wonderful new projects, but as it turned out I spent a lot of time cooking and hanging out with my husband and boys. It was a really nice vacation at home. But not at all productive.
The Maltese bracelet kits are (finally!) ready to go. These beautiful bracelets feature faceted cubic zirconia ovals and Swarovski crystal. They are SO comfort-able to wear. There are four great color combos to choose from and the kit includes everything you need to make one bracelet - even the needle and thread! Go to the Shop page for better pictures and more info.
Black & Olivene Green Purple &
Burnt Orange
Kit $75
I had another great day of
teaching classes at
The Beadcage
in Columbus, GA this past Saturday.
Lampwork coming up in the next few weeks will feature Easter. Watch for a new auction soon.
Thanks for stopping by,
The auction went well - it sold and the beads have arrived at their new home. More auctions in the near future. I'm trying to keep up with demand for Christmas-themed beads for local stores and personal gifts and I'm anxious to start designing Valentine's Day beads.
Teaching is busy too. Check out my newest 2 projects on the Beaded Jewelry page, Cleopatra - a bracelet with two variations and a lovely beaded toggle, and Pearl Pendant, which uses the new Swarovski wavy pearls and works up quickly to an impressive and fashionable flower. Classes have been scheduled at the Beadcage in Columbus, GA and at the Bead Biz in Helena, AL, as well as BEADiful in Cumming, GA and Bead Bayou in Alpharetta, GA.
Well, that's all for now. Thanks for stopping by and please come back next week to see the Maltese kits. Hope you're able to find the time to enjoy the holidays!
On the beading project/class front, a couple of new designs are in the works. An Autumn version of the "bouquet" bracelet, a beautiful new faceted CZ bracelet, and a netted holiday necklace are all in production.
The Bead Biz in
Helena, Alabama invited me back to teach my Lacy Lariat and the
Renaissance Cross in June, and in Georgia, the Bead Bayou (Alpharetta)
and BEADiful (Cumming) are keeping me busy. I'm also scheduled to
teach the Marguerite Bracelet at The Beadcage in Columbus, Georgia in
August. (Another great bead store - check them out if you are in the
4/27 Thanks for making
the March Madness marguerite sale a great success! The sale
officially ends today. Some colors are currently sold out and
others are in low supply.
Look for new lampwork
beads on eBay in the next couple weeks. My seller ID is
GlassyJewels. My newest project, Lacy Lariat is pictured below.
Also pictured, Spring Bouquet Bracelet. I'm currently teaching
both classes at Bead Bayou in Alpharetta, Georgia and BEADiful in
Cumming, Georgia.
Thanks for stopping by!
If you're in the Atlanta area, I'll be demonstrating a lampworked Easter Bunny head at the Southern Flames meeting on Wednesday, March 14 at Beads By Design, 7:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!
Hope you are enjoying the later hours of daylight as much as I am!
Happy beading,
Happy New Year!
OK, on to the business stuff. The dates for beginning glass bead classes are listed on the Lampworking page. Some of the upcoming beading classes are listed on Beaded Jewelry, with more to be added in the next couple of weeks. New pictures have been added too. Santa left a new macro lens for my digital camera and I've been busy learning to take better pictures. There's still a lot of room for improvement in that area, but they are better than they were.
The Star of India bracelet kits
are up on the Shop page. There are three color combos to choose
The charlottes are now pictured too, in case you were wondering what they looked like.
I was fortunate to take a glass
class with a wonderful artist last weekend, Bronwen Heilman, and I
absolutely loved the techniques she taught using enamels to paint glass
either directly onto beads or on sheet glass that is later wrapped
around beads. Bronwen's a great teacher too. Fun! I'm
hoping to have some glass beads available on the site and, possibly, on
eBay before the end of the year.
I have a really full teaching
schedule this fall, both for seed bead projects and for lampworking
classes. The class pages are updated with my schedule for
November, December, and January. The classes have been going
really well and I've had to add additional dates to accommodate the
signups. Can't complain about that!
Beadwork Cover Photo: Joe Coca
One of my
bracelet designs, The Marguerite Bracelet, is featured in the
April/May issue of Beadwork Magazine, page 32-24!
Can't Find Marguerites?


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Donna Simpson has a dream. Her goal is to eat enough to weigh 1,000 pounds to become become the worlds fattest woman. Her mission is costly and time consuming. She spends $750 weekly on groceries, attempts to eat 12,000 calories daily and even has a website set up so people can donate money to her cause. She already is the Guinness World Record holder as the world's biggest mom. Her dream is gonna give me nightmares!
This portly New Jersey resident, proclaims that "I love eating and people love watching me eat," and "It makes people happy, and I'm not harming anyone." Not only is this woman in denial about her physical well-being, but she is not thinking clearly as there must be traces of junk food clogging her brain.
Obesity can lead to a slew of diseases and health issues including heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, gallbladder disease, gallstones, osteoarthritis, gout and breathing problems such as asthma and sleep apnea. If she is currently in the process of soliciting money from strangers to feed her disgusting habit, just wait until her health does crumble. The taxpayers of New Jersey are going to have to bite the bullet on this one. Additionally, it is because of people like her that medical coverage and care is so expense as us regular folks are going to be stuck with paying her big fat bills!
Please note, I'm not saying everyone needs to be rail thin. Her chubby-chaser husband finds her totally intoxicating and more power to them for finding each other. However her choice won't just impact her and her husband, it will ultimately negatively affect the society that she waddles through day to day.


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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man Chapter 1 Summary
- The narrator remembers how naïve he was some twenty years earlier. In the present, he feels ashamed for having been ashamed of his grandparents, who were once enslaved but freed after the Civil War. So, just one more time to make sure it's clear: he is ashamed of having felt ashamed.
- Back to the part about the grandparents. The narrator's grandfather's last words were an admonishment to fight oppression. Known as a meek man throughout his life, the narrator's grandfather expresses anger at the system (that would be the white-controlled system) and advises using the system against the whites. And then he passes away.
- Okay. So while the rest of this plot summary will be told in the present tense, remember that it's all the recollection of a certain invisible man hibernating in a man hole.
- As a young boy in a nameless Southern town, the narrator is intelligent and obedient—a model student. He wonders if his grandfather would approve, and if the white people will ever realize that his behavior is actually treachery.
- Anyway, the narrator gives a graduation speech praising humility as the key to black men's progress. The speech becomes such a hit that the narrator is invited to deliver it to the white leaders of the town.
- When the narrator arrives in the hotel ballroom, all pumped up to give his speech, he finds the town leaders smoking and drinking heavily.
- He learns that nine of his schoolmates are there to participate in a "battle royal" as part of the evening's entertainment.
- He is asked to join them. The young black men change into boxing shirts and gloves, and were then brought up on stage.
- Someone is already there.
- A beautiful naked blonde woman is undulating onstage, and the narrator feels compelled to look at her—he feels both obsessed and disgusted. As she dances, one of the young men faints. Another begs to leave and unsuccessfully hides an erection.
- The narrator describes her face as blank and impersonal.
- As she dances, the drunken men in the audience reach out to grab her flesh. She tries to flee, but the men chase after her, fondling her and throwing her body up into the air.
- With the help of men who are clearly more levelheaded, she manages to escape.
- The boys try to leave.
- Unsuccessful.
- The ten of them are blindfolded and ordered into the boxing ring. Each is told to knock the lights out of the other black boys. Under his breath, the narrator continues to practice his speech.
- The narrator can hear the school superintendent's voice, among others, shouting at the blindfolded black men.
- A bell rings and the narrator feels like he's being punched at from all sides. He can't even see what's going on but he can hear the men shouting from the sidelines. He tastes blood in his mouth and can't distinguish blood from sweat on the rest of his body.
- The narrator is punched in the stomach and in the clamor to get up amidst the fighting, he realizes that he can see. Either his blindfold has gotten loose or there's a rip in the fabric.
- He can now see the nine other boys randomly beating up whatever they can get their gloves on. Now that he can see, the narrator fights on behalf of different groups.
- Eventually, the boys leave the boxing ring. Only he and the biggest of the boys, Tatlock, are left. He realizes that the other boys settled it beforehand without telling him. The last person standing would be awarded extra money.
- The narrator gives and takes a couple of punches, and then whispers to Tatlock that he can have the narrator's money if he fakes defeat. The narrator even offers to pay him five and then seven dollars. Tatlock says that his desire to fight the narrator is his own, that it has nothing to do with the white men.
- The yells from the audience let the narrator know that the white men have put bets on them. This is the evening's entertainment.
- The narrator takes a bad hit and is knocked out. The fight is over… or is it? The men bring out a square rug with coins and bills on it.
- The boys fight for the money, realizing too late that the rug is actually circuited and effectively electrocutes anyone who touches the money. Despite this knowledge, the boys still fight over the money. The white men jeer them from the sidelines, drunk and enjoying the spectacle.
- The narrator reaches for the leg of a chair, where a man named Mr. Colcord is sitting. Since the narrator's body is still slippery from sweat and blood, Mr. Colcord is unsuccessful in pushing the narrator away.
- Although unintentional at first, the narrator eventually tries to push Mr. Colcord onto the rug.
- Instead, the narrator is knocked over and rolls onto the electric rug himself. The rug is moved out of place, and the M.C. announces that the fight is over.
- The M.C. goes into the back room and pays every boy five dollars, giving Tatlock an extra five for being the winner.
- Completely beaten up and exhausted, the narrator moves to leave, disappointed that he didn't deliver his speech.
- But, wait.
- The narrator is called back into the room and introduced to the white crowd. The men clap and laugh at the boy.
- He delivers his speech, which quotes a speech given by Booker T. Washington involving an unfortunate ship in need of water and a more fortunate ship who tells the unfortunate ship to "cast down your bucket" so that they can provide the water. The narrator's speech backs the idea of different races working with one another and helping one another.
- As he delivers his carefully prepared speech, the crowd continues to laugh and drink. The men belittle the narrator's use of big words, making him repeat them several times. When he is told to repeat "social responsibility" over and over again, he accidentally says "social equality."
- That word is a very big no-no.
- The narrator covers up the mistake by saying he was swallowing blood in his mouth.
- When he finishes the speech, the men burst into applause. The school superintendent gives him a present: a fine briefcase with a scholarship to the "state college for Negroes." The narrator is stunned into tears and hastily leaves.
- At home, everyone congratulates him. That night, however, he has a nightmare. He is at the circus with his grandfather, and his grandfather refuses to laugh at the clowns.
- In the dream, the narrator opens the briefcase to find envelopes within envelopes, finally ending with a note that reads "Keep This Nigger-Boy Running."
- The narrator wakes up to his grandfather's laughter. Now suddenly narrating from the present, the narrator admits that this is a frequently recurring dream.
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Today's date: June 29, 2016
Top Stories
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Fulda 125th
Pickings from the Past
May 2, 2014
by Darcy Uttech
50 years ago
Thursday, April 30, 1964
Filings for positions on the Fulda Board of Education will close on Thursday, May 7th. Three candidates will be elected for a term of three years each.
Thirty-three children received their First Holy Communion in St. Gabriel's Church on Sunday, April 26th.
A statewide Air Defense Warning Test will take place this week…sirens will blast.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gravett are the parents of a daughter born April 26th.
Funeral services were held for Hannes B. Heyen on April 27th. Mr. Heyen was found dead in his home last Wednesday.
Mrs. Stella L. Johnson, passed away after being in failing health for the past two years. Mrs. Johnson passed away on April 22nd.
William H. Williams passed away on April 26th at the age of 88 years old.
Mrs. M. Ankrum passed away at her home in Tracy from a heart attack on April 20th.
Sealed bids on the John Uttech 1956 Olds will be received until May 9th. Contact Mrs. Lyle Beeck.
30 years ago
Thursday, May 3, 1984
A late snowstorm leaves area white again, dropping over 6 inches of chilly, wet snow.
Lou Nelson resigns as Administrator of New Dawn, Inc., Fulda.
Filing for two Fulda Schools Board of Education seats are Dale Burmeister, Shirley Buschena, John Maertens and Voris Spittle.
First place winners in the Monday night women's bowling league was the team of Downey Agency; Sharon Dirks, Elaine Probst, Ruth Jones, Izzy Kuehl and Darlene Hammerschmidt.
Randy C. Koopman passed away April 29, 1984. Randy was born with a heart condition and lived only one day.
Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Nantkes announce the arrival of their son, Jesse, born April 26th. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nantkes and Mr. and Mrs. Myron LeVan.
20 years ago
Wednesday, May 4, 1994
Five locals are among a large group which will test this week to become EMT's in the Fulda area; Jason Schulz, Curt Ramerth, Doug Ramerth, Jerry Czepa, Terri Kirchner, Larry Gielen, Tim Ferguson, Paulette Olsem, Brenda Engen, Chad Nagle, Eric Conklin, Kathy Adams, Wade Tutt and Jeanne Schultz.
The City of Fulda is offering free trees for boulevards and park areas in the city limits of Fulda.
Pirates Cove team received the first place prize in the Shetek Ladies Pool League. Members include Audrey Schuur, Donna Grothe, Lynn Engelkes, Kim Grothe, and Donna Meyer.
As of May 17th the number seven will be Fulda's lucky number…digital phone technology is being installed in Fulda. To accommodate this improved service, you will need to dial all seven digits, the prefix plus the telephone number, for all calls in your local calling area.
Margaret Becker passed away at the age of 93 on Monday, April 18th.
Joyce Evenson is honored as Resident of the Month at Maple Lawn Nursing Home.
Todd Kramer and Tanya Kramer are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Tessa Sue born April 24th.
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