DURING WORLD WAR I, A grandmother in Belgium knitted at her window, watching the passing trains. As one train chugged by, she made a bumpy stitch in the fabric with her two needles. Another passed, and she dropped a stitch from the fabric, making an intentional hole. Later, she would risk her life by handing …
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Jun 03
The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool – Atlas Obscura
DURING WORLD WAR I, A grandmother in Belgium knitted at her window, watching the passing trains. As one train chugged by, she made a bumpy stitch in the fabric with her two needles. Another passed, and she dropped a stitch from the fabric, making an intentional hole. Later, she would risk her life by handing …
Music
- đ Hymn History: Since Jesus Came into My HeartThe Pender UMC Traditional Service Final Hymn âSince Jesus Came into My Heartâ, Sunday March 17, 2024 was played by Hetty Jacobs on piano and sung by the Sanctuary Choir and congregation. This was the fifth Sunday in Lent.
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AA Open Meeting, WednesdaysDiscover a supportive space for new beginnings! Join us every Wednesday at 6:00 PM, in the serene ambiance of Pender UMC's Library. At 5:00 PM there will be a time of casual chat, known as the "meeting before the meeting". Engage in meaningful conversations and find camaraderie at our AA meetings, guided by the experienced […]
- đ STORYTIME at the Hirshhorn, WednesdaysGet ready for a whirlwind of fun and creativity with STORYTIME, where contemporary art comes alive through enchanting stories and lively movement for ages 3 and up! Every week is a new adventure, packed with a dazzling array of themes that are sure to spark the imaginations of young artists and their grown-ups.
- đȘš Junior Geologists Lab, April 26Rocks and fossils get the spotlight in this STEM program. Bring in an interesting rock to identify and share, and explore the science of geology!
- đ€© Seven Events happening on April 27See them all here.
- đ± Seedling Tray Planting & Plant Swap, April 27Earth Week is a great time to try planting your own herbs or small plants at home. We provide the supplies and instructions, you supply the care at home! Maybe you have a small plant you no longer love, so bring it in and swap with your neighbors to try a new one.
- đȘ 11th Annual Kite Festival, April 27Letâs go fly a kite, up to the highest height! Join us for this FREE event as we launch our kites to dance across Signal Hill Park skies.
- đ€ Live Concert: Oh, The Places You will Go!, April 28Itâs a small and beautiful world! If you had the opportunity to travel anywhere you wanted, where would you go? Come fly with us to some of our favorite places!
- âš Fairy Festival, April 27Enjoy a scavenger hunt along a magical wooded trail decorated with fairy houses, a face painting and tattoo station, moon bounces, whimsical crafts, and a gnome home contest!
- đš Festival Of Colors 2024 Holi DC, April 27Join us at the Festival of Colors 2024. Worldâs Happiest and Most Entertaining Family Event. Eat, Drink, Dance, Shop and throw colors!!!
Little Free Library
- Dying To Date: Love, betrayal, murderâa great first dateBy a good friend of mine! When dying to date Mr. Right leads to finding Mr. Wrongâitâs deadly. Relationship expert Kristina Truly has a proven track record of dating the wrong men. However, her highly publicized romantic failures donât stop her fans from attending her Finding Mr. Right, Not Mr. Perfect seminars and reading her […]
- The Poisoned PeerThe 99-year-old Earl of Middlemop has had his future cruelly snatched from him. Who could have poisoned the richest man in Wessex? The answer lies within the walls of Gripedown Hall where family secrets and bitter rivalries prevail. Senior sleuths Churchill and Pemberley investigate on the behest of their friend Tryphena Ridley-Balls. However, another friend […]
- Murder in the ManorMURDER IN THE MANOR (A LACEY DOYLE COZY MYSTERYâBOOK 1) is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace. Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, needs a drastic change. She needs to quit her job, leave her horrendous boss and New York City, and walk away from the […]
- Murder on a Midnight ClearA snowbound country mansion, a missing butler, and a Christmas case . . . Olive and Jasper have never been closerâexcept in one area. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no paying client on the books, Olive decides to shadow Jasper when heâs unexpectedly called […]
- Discerning GraceAs the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose feminine lens blows the ordered patriarchal decks of a 19th century tall ship to smithereens. Wilful Grace Baxter, will not marry old Lord Silverton with his salivary incontinence and dead-mouse stink. Discovering she is a […]
- The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Book 1)A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment âWitty, endearing and greatly entertaining.â âWall Street Journal âDonât trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osmanâs own laugh-out-loud whodunit.â âParade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her […]
- Body on Baker Street (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Book 2)The amateur sleuths at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop must call upon the powers of deduction in order to rid Baker Street of a ruthless killer Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are busy managing the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium on Baker Street and adjoining Mrs. Hudsonâs Tea Room in anticipation of the storeâs upcoming book […]
- The Devil and the Dark Water (A Locked-Room Historical Mystery)A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634, and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who […]
- Too Many WomenAh, sweet mystery, when Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin plunge into a case of murder brimming with luscious, lethal ladies. Who murdered Waldo Wilmot Moore? Well, there were five hundred female employees at the Wall Street firm where poor Waldo had worked. Any one of them might have done it. And there was also the […]
- Christmas Cupcake MurderAs December turns Lake Eden, Minnesota, into the North Pole, the heat is on in Hannah Swensenâs kitchen to honor two Christmas promises: baking irresistible holiday cupcakes and preventing an attempted murderer from succeeding the second time around! While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santaâs waistline on Christmas […]