Category Archives: Travel

Tokyo Quilt Festival

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Luana

Hello from Tokyo Japan! Today is my second day at the Quilt Festival in the Tokyo Dome – the Baseball Stadium. 250,000 people attend this weeklong festival – about 35,000 each day. I’ve been visiting Japan since the early 80s … Continue reading →

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Tokyo and France

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Luana

I hope you caught the Midweek Creative Nudge on Wednesday. If not you can review on our blog! I posted a link to some inspirational photos of art in China, and told about our visit to Sophie’s orphanage. As always, … Continue reading →

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Creative Nudge – Crazy for Asian

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Luana

This week I am editing my photos from China and slowly posting more on my photo pages. One of my image folders is “Chinese Art” because everywhere I go, I take photos of art, design and color that are inspiring … Continue reading →

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New Year – New Projects

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Luana

As I write to you today, we are finishing up another Charity Sewing Day with a fantastic group of ladies who not only show up to sew quilt tops, but they take them home to finish, and bring them back … Continue reading →

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We’ll Never Forget

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Luana

Today I want to share with you the highlight of our trip to China. Many of you have written to me asking about Sophie’s return to her orphanage. It was profoundly emotional, especially for Sophie, because she has never visited … Continue reading →

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Returning from China

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Luana

It’s our last night in China, and we celebrated by going to hear the Old Jazz Band at the Peace Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai. For our last 48 hours in China, we took a nighttime cruise along Pudong … Continue reading →

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New Year from China

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Luana

Happy New Year from China! Sophie and I are heading into the last part of this 2 week trip, after experiencing the iconic mountains of Guilin over the last couple days. Today we fly to Hefei in the Anhui province, … Continue reading →

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China Travels

Posted on December 30, 2018 by equilter

Hello from Xian in China, the home of the Terracotta Warriors. Sophie and I are halfway through her Heritage Tour in China, and she is loving (almost) every minute of this trip. Today we walked and biked the top of … Continue reading →

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Asian Travels

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Luana

As many of you know, our daughter Sophie and I have embarked on a momentous trip – a Heritage Tour to China. We are taking a tour all around China to many famous sites and cities, then we will go … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas to All

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Luana

I am sending this out to you as Sophie and I are finishing packing up our bags for a 2 week trip to China. She is finally going on her Heritage Tour and this means she will tour several cities … Continue reading →

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