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Mike Mostrom
Dec 92 min read
Christmas Over the Years
Our first Christmas with Rachel, 1979, but it's not clear who's house; perhaps Mark and Beck, Preston MN. A couple of notes: This is a...
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Mike Mostrom
Dec 91 min read
Travel, of course
Outlaw Ranch - 1984 - 2002 NeSoDak - Montana - Glacier and Bob Marshall Wilderness 1976 2008 We took a family vacation to Glacier in...
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Mike Mostrom
Dec 91 min read
Jan at work
1974 Substitute at various schools 1975 - 1979 Watertown 1980 - 2024 Rug Hooking (Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Up to the Lake),...
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Mike Mostrom
Dec 91 min read
Jan's Family (before 1952)
Emma Gunderson Gjesvold, Colfax WI
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Mike Mostrom
Dec 91 min read
Mike at work
In my "Mike 1952 - 1969" post I mentioned some of the jobs before college: Hoff's, Cave of the Mounds, and Camp Indian Sands. Before...
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Mike Mostrom
Dec 91 min read
Where we have lived
1974 - Plymouth 1975 - 1980 - Medina. 2492 Bobolink Drive 1980 - 1983 - Plymouth. 130 Queensland Lane 1983 - 1989 - Sioux Falls. Marsden...
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Mike Mostrom
Dec 91 min read
Our Lutheran faith communities
1974 House of Hope 1975 - 1983 Peace of Plymouth 1983 - 1989 Gloria Dei 1989 - 2024 Peace of Plymouth 2024+ Oak Knoll Peace Jan wove this...
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Jan Mostrom
Sep 32 min read
Garden Dye Jar ... a Small Mystery
Our daughter in law is a great gardener and she very kindly devotes space for dye plants and flowers for me! This post is about dyeing...
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Jan Mostrom
Aug 33 min read
A Celebration of Iceland Residency
At the end of our month at the Textile Center in Blonduos, we had an exhibition of the works we made during the month of May. We named...
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Jan Mostrom
Jul 52 min read
The Textile Museum of Iceland
Right next door to the Textile Center in Blonduos is the only textile museum in Iceland. There you will see many national costumes,...
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Jan Mostrom
Jun 271 min read
In the Dye Pots
There was an excellent dye studio at the Textile Center in Bloduos. One day I decided to try dyeing some mordanted linen fabric with two...
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Jan Mostrom
Jun 213 min read
Embroidering a Saga
In one of the rooms of the Textile Center in Blonduos where I lived and worked in May, the Vatnsdæla Saga tapestry is being embroidered. ...
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Mike Mostrom
Jun 135 min read
Mike 1952 - 1970
Vacation Car Trips to Montana Two weeks' vacation, almost always to see Mom's family in Kalispell MT. Mom was a bit nervous before we...
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Mike Mostrom
Jun 71 min read
Last Day in Iceland
The four-hour bus ride from Blonduos to Reykjavik showed quite a lot of change since the ride a month earlier. The grass was greener. The...
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Mike Mostrom
May 271 min read
Another Stitched Piece
This piece is inspired by a photograph of my dad from 1938, when he was twenty years old. He proudly stands with his workhorse colt. The...
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Mike Mostrom
May 261 min read
A Walk in Blonduos
Blonduos is a town in northern Iceland of less than 900 people. Yesterday was quite sunny and warm, though you can see the clouds did...
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Mike Mostrom
May 231 min read
Women's March Project Complete ... Maybe
I have finished stitching the Women's March piece, at least for now. There may be some tweaking to be done and the finishing for...
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Mike Mostrom
May 201 min read
Women's March Project
While in Iceland, the main project I have been working on depicts a memory from the Minnesota Women's March in January 2017. I went to...
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Mike Mostrom
May 181 min read
17th of May
Fellow artist Ragna, from Oslo, was feeling a bit homesick for Norway on Constitution Day. I decided we needed to make a Norwegian cake...
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Mike Mostrom
May 171 min read
Another Hike to See Seals
On a cloudless sunny day, I brought Mary and Sarah to see the seals. On our way, we were met at a fence by several curious Icelandic...
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