Sioux City Farmers Market Tomorrow morning to get 40 lbs of organic local beef for our West Hall cookout! Yup, trying to go local! It may be a first for a Dordt sponsored activity! We also plan on going to a factory fabric store that sells lots of end of roll pieces since I have started to learn how to sow . . . that is sow just monk style bags. They are the simplist most comfortable bags around and I plan on getting good at making them and then selling them eventually. They are made out of whatever fabric you desire. Well off and blessings dan P
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I have already lost one comment, but we will try this again.
Not wanting to let my imagination run too wild (which is not a problem this morning) and being unfamiliar with what a monk bag is I did some research.
Bobby Roberts' ace reference department at the Central Arkansas Library System tracked it down (it was an infernally hard term to find!). A monk bag is defined as "a small purse worn by sailors' round the neck on a cord, containing their money and valuables." From R. Turner Wilcox, The Dictionary of Costume, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969).
And another definition found was that perhapes it was a reference to a Pass Bag: A heavy leather shoulder bag, with a flap to keep sparks away from the contents. These were use by "Powder Monkeys" to transport ammunition to the guns.
But what you most like mean by monk bag is a bag worn by monks under their robes to hold malas and other items.
I find canvas bags quite useful and have 3 sitting next to me. I imagine a monk bag would be useful for carrying papers back and forth to work. I hope to see one when we come out before the end of the year!
Hey Dad, nice research diddy, Yes, the monk bag under the cloak is the model I am following.
I find your father extremely ammusing, Danny. So you got on the blogspot. Nice work. They are a very selective crew. We will check often. I am not normally one to harp on spelling, but this one was just too good to pass up. I noticed that you are learning how to sow. Aren't you a farmer? Don't you already know how to sow? Oh, wait, you mean sew, like a needle pulling thread. Now I get it.
Sorry to give you such a hard time. Youcan mock my spelling as often as you like.
Untill we blog again.
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