The workshops have begun!

Hello dear reader, TheDiggi Palace is a flurry of creativity and artistic tension right now. The days of leisure and aimless wanderings are over - the workshops have begun IN ERNEST. TGs Kate and Sue are designing their stitching and jewellery masterpieces and nervously shopping for those "just right" materials and planning their homework nights. You can't imagine how much serious conversation occurs around the long stitch vs the running stitch. Then of course there is the decision to have beads or other embellishment or not . Then there is the other MAJOR decision whether to make a simple piece to finish here or attempt something more ambitious that can't be finished here that will be taken home to finish. I tell you dear reader this is serious business with no creative question or comment too small to be given thorough international consideration on the Diggi lawn.

Fortunately, on the other hand TG Bernadette is in the cooking workshop. Now the cooking workshop is a very shanti shanti (chilled) affair. No homework in sight, no shopping required, lots of talking, looking and tasting with a few ginger tea breaks and apparently not much actual cooking. TG B may get to wave around a knife or two and today she did hand make pappadoms. In short it's the non-cook's cooking workshop.PERFECT. However, the cultural insight gained through the historical and current uses of dishes, spices etc is fascinating.

As mentioned in a previous dispatch internet connection is very slow at the wonderful Diggi and the keyboard is an adventure. So I will sign off dear reader to allow fellow Diggians to use the PC.

Namaste until the next blog.
The !ndestructible !ncredible Travelling Goddesses