Episodes

  • Spanish Peacock 2021 Year in Review and 2022 Look Ahead

    Spanish Peacock 2021 Year in Review and 2022 Look Ahead
    Jan 20 2022
    Summary: In episode 16 of The Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike and I review the roller coaster known as “2021”, which had a significant number of challenges and thankfully is now over. We also share our hopes and dreams for 2022, namely that it look nothing like 2021! You can find the video version of this podcast […]
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    51 mins
  • Tenmokus “Spindle Bowl” Review

    Tenmokus “Spindle Bowl” Review
    Apr 20 2021
    Summary: I’m always on the hunt for beautiful supported spinning tools to add to my repertoire. Bonus points if the new tools match any of my existing spindles and / or fiber! Recently a member of the Spanish Peacock Flock Facebook group shared a new potential source for spinning bowls and I just had to […]
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    31 mins
  • Spanish Peacock 2020 Year in Review and 2021 Look Ahead

    Spanish Peacock 2020 Year in Review and 2021 Look Ahead
    Jan 14 2021
    Summary: That’s right … we did it. In this episode of the Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike and I recounted some of the Spanish Peacock highlights from 2020, and dared to speculate on what 2021 might hold! We also provide a very important public service announcement about how Spanish Peacock handles notifications about shop updates. We also […]
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    44 mins
  • Why Spindles Wobble

    Why Spindles Wobble
    Jan 1 2021
    Summary: In this episode of the Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike and I discuss a subject we are very passionate about: what makes a hand spindle wobble, from design to manufacturing process to transport and storage. (We may have also played with the special effects on the audio mixer, namely the “elf voice” that appeared in our […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Gratitude in Challenging Times

    Gratitude in Challenging Times
    Aug 14 2020
    Summary: Honestly, I could have talked for several hours on the subjects of gratitude, its importance, and all the things I feel grateful for, despite how f’d up 2020 has turned out to be. The actual start date of COVID-19 “quarantine” for our family was March 13, 2020 (incorrectly stated as the 15th in the […]
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    38 mins
  • Spanish Peacock 2019 Year in Review and 2020 Look Ahead

    Spanish Peacock 2019 Year in Review and 2020 Look Ahead
    Jan 8 2020
    Summary: In this episode of the Peahen’s Ponderings, Mike joins me to review Spanish Peacock highlights from 2019 and discuss what’s in store for 2020. This is my least edited podcast to date, so expect the content to be, um, a bit more dynamic and fluid than in previous episodes! Music Credits: The music track […]
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    33 mins
  • Thanksgiving Gratitude

    Thanksgiving Gratitude
    Nov 29 2019
    Summary: In this episode of The Peahen’s Ponderings, I share some of my experiences and reflections on my first year as a self-employed craft vendor. I also provide some updates on my supported spinning adventures. Additionally this is my first podcast with actual music. How did I do? Leave a comment and let me know! […]
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    15 mins
  • Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival Takeaways

    Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival Takeaways
    Oct 21 2019
    Summary: Now that we’ve survived the last Spanish Peacock show for 2019, I share some thoughts and takeaways from Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. Yes, that is a very short summary, but it’s also a very short episode! Here is the spindle design which was the subject of the “Name the Spindle Design” contest we held […]
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    12 mins