Carla recently posted an article on my Facebook page all about Beverly Cleary. It listed 100 surprising things about Beverly Clearly. The one that surprised me the most was that she had been named a National Living Treasure.
How nice, kind of like Japan. They have national living treasures. I watched a National Geographic piece on some of the then living treasures.
One of the most memorable one was that of a little old lady who wove kimono fabric dyed blue and rinsed in the creek running by her home. It was completely charming. She has limited production and her work is much sought after.
There was a pottery master who baked his clay pots in his home built kilns. It was quite a production.
Recently I watched a PBS show on "Touring Japan". A young man from Australia was visiting a small town located on the eastern coast of Japan just north of Tokyo in the snow country. They have a work shop there where a woman is teaching people how to weave flax into kimono material. When it is complete they take it out on the snow to bleach out. The UV rays bleach the material white leaving the print intact. Quite beautiful and the town is a Unesco Heritage site.
I went looking for a list of living treasures in America and the closest I could get to was National Endowment of the Arts and there are about 80 winners.
There are other sites that list living treasures but those consist mostly of celebrities. Yay..
Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary I think you should get some sort of medal that says National Living Treasure.
How nice, kind of like Japan. They have national living treasures. I watched a National Geographic piece on some of the then living treasures.
One of the most memorable one was that of a little old lady who wove kimono fabric dyed blue and rinsed in the creek running by her home. It was completely charming. She has limited production and her work is much sought after.
There was a pottery master who baked his clay pots in his home built kilns. It was quite a production.
Recently I watched a PBS show on "Touring Japan". A young man from Australia was visiting a small town located on the eastern coast of Japan just north of Tokyo in the snow country. They have a work shop there where a woman is teaching people how to weave flax into kimono material. When it is complete they take it out on the snow to bleach out. The UV rays bleach the material white leaving the print intact. Quite beautiful and the town is a Unesco Heritage site.
I went looking for a list of living treasures in America and the closest I could get to was National Endowment of the Arts and there are about 80 winners.
There are other sites that list living treasures but those consist mostly of celebrities. Yay..
Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary I think you should get some sort of medal that says National Living Treasure.
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