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Kalai McDonald left a comment for Yael Shaner
Hi Yael
Thanks for your message, sorry I've taken so long to reply. I hope you'll forgive a quick reply. We're just so busy leading up to Christmas.
Your family history sounds fascinating. Best of luck with your knitting Yael, again…
Yael Shaner left a comment for Kalai McDonald
Yes, I guess in 25 years, and considering that you're 29, I guess you HAVE adjusted! I thought your family just relocated.
I was born several states north of where I live now, Atlanta, Georgia. I grew up in a small town in Ohio, Fairborn. My…
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Yael Shaner
Oh that's so annoying! I'm sorry I won't get to read it but I'll look forward to hearing from you again soon. It's so frustrating when that happens!!
Yael Shaner left a comment for Kalai McDonald
Oh, dear, I had a rather long comment. . . and then it went away. . . i guess it's floating in cyberspace somewhere. Well, I'm about through for the day, so I'll have to recapture all those interesting and enlightening thoughts I had…
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Yael Shaner
Hi Yael. I suppose I should have mentioned that we immigrated to Australia 25 years ago so it's been a long time. It was very difficult to leave everything behind but I'm very grateful that we did. Robert Mugabe has ruined a very special…
Yael Shaner left a comment for Kalai McDonald
Knowing next to nothing about Zimbabwe, I just looked it up on the Internet. Life expectancy is 45.77 years, which is, I assume, for indigenous populations there. It also says that economic opportunities are dwindling and people are leaving for…
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Yael Shaner
Hi Yael
The whole family is originally from Zimbabwe. When we moved to Aus, most of the rest of us moved to SA, which is why Ronda is there.
We'll take as many blankets and squares as possible. We are going for a huge family reunion which has…
Yael Shaner left a comment for Kalai McDonald
Hi Kalai,
Oh, yes, I agree that South Africa is beautiful, particularly the Cape Town area. However, I found the poverty distressing and it diminished the beauty to me. You're going in March? How nice. How many squares or blankets will you…
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Yael Shaner
Hi Yael
Thank you very much for your message. South Africa is a most beautiful country don't you thinks so? It's hard to see so much poverty though which is why I think KAS has been so We're so happy that you stumbled across KAS too!…
Yael Shaner left a comment for Kalai McDonald
Hi Kalai,
Thanks so much for the welcome! I stumbled across this site in looking for easy knitting instructions. . .and am thrilled that I did! I was in South Africa (Johannesburg, Soweto & Cape Town) and Botswana (Okevanga Delta) in September…
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Yael Shaner
Hi Yael
Welcome to our warm KAS community. It's great to see you. We hope you will enjoy the forum and your region's group. You should join the USA group.
There are lots of great discussions going on in the forum, including the monthly…
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 11:40am on December 16, 2009,
Kalai McDonald said…
- Hi Yael
Thanks for your message, sorry I've taken so long to reply. I hope you'll forgive a quick reply. We're just so busy leading up to Christmas.
Your family history sounds fascinating. Best of luck with your knitting Yael, again I'm sorry for the short reply, but just so much to do!
If I don't speak to you beforehand, have a very happy Christmas and a safe new year.
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- At 3:49pm on December 7, 2009,
Kalai McDonald said…
- Oh that's so annoying! I'm sorry I won't get to read it but I'll look forward to hearing from you again soon. It's so frustrating when that happens!!
- At 1:03pm on December 7, 2009,
Kalai McDonald said…
- Hi Yael. I suppose I should have mentioned that we immigrated to Australia 25 years ago so it's been a long time. It was very difficult to leave everything behind but I'm very grateful that we did. Robert Mugabe has ruined a very special country. Not caring about anyone or anything apart from his own wealth and power (he's been in power nearly 30 years) evil old dictator.
Where are you from Yael?
We will be having the reunion in South Africa. Zimbabwe no longer has the infrastructure. It's true that people live behind gates and bars in South Africa, but once you're used to it, it doesn't detract from every day life. It's just what you're used to I suppose. I lived there for a couple of years in my early 20's and I loved it! It is hard to deal with the poverty though x x x
- At 11:49am on December 7, 2009,
Kalai McDonald said…
- Hi Yael
The whole family is originally from Zimbabwe. When we moved to Aus, most of the rest of us moved to SA, which is why Ronda is there.
We'll take as many blankets and squares as possible. We are going for a huge family reunion which has been in the planning for many years so it's very exciting indeed!
- At 1:24pm on December 3, 2009,
Kalai McDonald said…
- Hi Yael
Thank you very much for your message. South Africa is a most beautiful country don't you thinks so? It's hard to see so much poverty though which is why I think KAS has been so We're so happy that you stumbled across KAS too! We need lovely supporters like yourself to keep the program going.good for our family.
I am sure that if people were travelling to SA they'd be happy to take along some squares, the only problem is, if you advertise that you're heading over you may be inundated!
We're heading over in March next year which will be wonderful but there's only so much you can carry right?!?
Thank you for your support Yael, I hope to hear from you again soon x x x
- At 7:41pm on November 30, 2009,
Kalai McDonald said…
- Hi Yael
Welcome to our warm KAS community. It's great to see you. We hope you will enjoy the forum and your region's group. You should join the USA group.
There are lots of great discussions going on in the forum, including the monthly challenges.
We have a challenge every month, if you want to get involved please do. It's not compulsory at all but some of the work done is just lovely. Have a look at the November challenge - the SLIP-OVER (under challenges in the main forum) this will give you an idea of some of the fantastic work this community is doing for the children of South Africa. Here is a link to the November challenge photos:
http://forum.knit-a-square.com/photo/albums/slipover-variations
Did you receive the latest ezine? If not you can view it here:
http://www.knit-a-square.com/Square_Circle-backissues.html
Thanks so much for your contribution already, look forward to being in contact soon.
Happy Knitting!
Kalai & Sandy
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