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"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic...the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." Charles de Lint

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Washing Day

Ten years ago my brother-in-law's brother and his wife collected 150+ white dinner plates from Goodwill stores for their daughter's Wisconsin farm wedding. They were all different and all just lovely.  Since then the plates have been borrowed over and over for different events and weddings including yesterday for my nephew Sam's wedding. Today I helped with washing day and now they're ready for the next event.

I think it was a clever idea 10 years ago....especially in this day and age with our throw-a-way mindset.  If the caterer provided plastic plates yesterday it would have cost $3 a piece....and real plates would have been $6 a piece. It was well worth it for just a couple hours of washing and drying. And yes, we also washed 150+ Goodwill forks and knives.



My sister LaVonn found this picture from 2009 where the same plates were used for our niece's wedding.



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