Ava Gardner looking like Carmen in Seville, Spain, 1950
Have you ever had a song, or usually a song scrap, play over and over in your head all day long? You hum or sing the bit that you remember, trying to remember the rest while simultaneously wishing it would go away? The earworm – what a yucky word! – in my head the other day was the Toreador Song from the opera, Carmen, because it was the last song I heard as I was driving to my mother’s. – Maria
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This is my sewing machine and I love her. She’s a Singer Heavy Duty. (this is just my opinion, not a paid Singer advertisement) It is a basic sewing machine with nothing fancy about her at all, except the needle threader, which is a life saver. It was becoming so difficult to thread the needle with the previous machine, a vintage Singer 431g that I now have in storage. They called it the Slant-o-Matic. The machine is still highly regarded in the sewing community even now. I’m not ready to give her up yet because she still works. These old machines were made to last, but I found she wasn’t very reliable and threading the needle was becoming a task. Perhaps I’ll take her for a tune up and then maybe use her once in a while, just to keep her in good shape. Read this post to find out my sewing plans for 2024.
Was there a sewing machine in your home growing up? Did anyone in your home sew? Let me know in the comments. – Cris
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