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  Yellow Dot Shop March 2025 News Making Images for the Movie New Zipper Totes Spring Markets Making Images for the Movie I am working on the movie again! The work is absorbing so everything else tends to be back-burnered, including newsletters. I am trying to balance the work better this time around. The first time working on "A Scottish Migration" was before Covid, when film work took up all my time. So much that I became frustrated and couldn't see the end of the tunnel. Balancing out movie work, is making products for Yellow Dot Shop. After a tough...

- Scottish Walk - New Stocking Caps - Last Markets for 2024 Scottish Walk in Old Town On December 7th I met up with my group, the Scottish American Women's Society in Old Town Alexandria. I have been involved with this group since I wrote my book, A Scottish Migration to Alexandria. They always have a table at September's Scottish Games in La Plata, Virginia, which is quite a fun event. These folks are true Scotland lovers, and many have taken the trip to their ancestor's home country recently. A Scottish friend jokes that some Americans are more Scottish than the...

Yellow Dot ShopNovember News 2024  A Visitor Brings Letters Coffee Bag Jute Purses Hand Made Baker Boy Caps   Visit by Gregory DescendantOriginal Signed Oath of Allegiance Seen A descendant of my book's main character came to visit in late October. Pete is a direct descendant of William Gregory from "A Scottish Migration to Alexandria." This was Pete's second visit for me, but not his first to Alexandria. He has been coming to this city all his life. Pete's family would visit his Uncle and relatives with names like Leadbeater and Snowden. These old Alexandria names are on our Leadbeater Apothecary...

Yellow Dot ShopOctober 2024 News Film coming Soon! Baking Pies Printing bags for holidays New Green Cap Finishing the Film I almost finished a film telling the story of my book, A Scottish Migration to Alexandria. During covid, I came to a standstill on the film. There was too much work to do, I felt, and I gave up. I wrote and published the book instead. By now the book has almost sold out its second printing of its second edition. The other day, I watched the film again, and realized that it really is mostly done, needing a few more...

September 2024 News from Yellow Dot Shop Art Show at Del Ray Artisans Autumn Events Accepted into Del Ray Artisans My first piece of art was accepted into this iteration of Del Ray Artisans new Exhibition. I say "this iteration" of Del Ray Artisans because 33 years ago I was a founding member of this neighborhood arts group, when we were in Greener Cleaner's space on Mount Vernon Avenue. The recent DRA Newsletters contain links to its first newsletters from the 1990s, bringing back memories from long ago but right here in Del Ray. I was reminded of the people...