{"id":18485,"date":"2025-11-28T22:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=18485"},"modified":"2025-11-28T22:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:20:20","slug":"ive-got-some-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2025\/11\/ive-got-some-news\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve got some news!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/robert-mahar.com\/\">Robert Mahar<\/a>, has invited me to teach at his <a href=\"https:\/\/robert-mahar.com\/sonoma\/\">creative retreat<\/a> in Sonoma, California, next October. I&#8217;ve known Robert since the early days of blogging and he was tremendously encouraging when I was at a stage of my dollmaking, wondering if anyone would really be interested in my creations. He has been doing cool things for the last 20 years and I have no doubt that I will have a blast at his retreat! Check out Well Crafted Sonoma 2026 and maybe add it to your Christmas list :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-28-kitty-wip-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-28-kitty-wip-1-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-28-kitty-wip-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/11-28-kitty-wip-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, Thanksgiving is over, dishes are washed, Christmas carols are playing and I am back in my studio. I am currently working on a pile of kitties and foxes. There is snow in the forecast so I will snuggle in and get some work done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend, Robert Mahar, has invited me to teach at his creative retreat in Sonoma, California, next October. I&#8217;ve known Robert since the early days of blogging and he was tremendously encouraging when I was at a stage of my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2025\/11\/ive-got-some-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14,17],"tags":[227,612,250],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18487,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18485\/revisions\/18487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}