A Worthy Tale

As this young lady (who is likely not so young any more, as this page is dated 1997) has the same name as myself, I was particularly attracted to her story.

I was charmed by the illustrations and I think that you will be as well. The Kite that Got Stuck brings back memories of my own childhood efforts and writing and illustrating stories (as well as my kite flying adventures).

On her webpage is an about the author section as well as a link to another story, The Lion and the Hippo, which is not illustrated but none-the-less charming.

Pretty awesome looking kites

While surfing the web I found these pretty awesome looking kites at www.letsflyakite.com


Their website calls them "cellular crystals in the sky." I call them "the next thing on my Christmas wish list."

It's technique rather than strength

The BBC News webpage has a feature called In Pictures that I like to frequent. While looking through "Your perspective on the world: 3-10 Nov" I saw the above picture of kite surfing.

Kite surfing is a sport Session 1 says is expensive to get into, but rewarding enough to make the sacrifice. I haven't as yet had a chance to try my hand at kite surfing, but I would like to one day.

I found a site from Australia called "Behind the News" in which they interview kite boarders which is another name for kite surfing. Ceridwen Jones said something that was very encouraging. "I didn't find it that hard. I had flown kites quite a bit when I was younger, but to learn, once you have lessons it's actually quite easy. It's technique rather than strength."

I've heard this same sentiment applied to golf. I wonder how many other sports can say that it is technique rather than strength that really makes the difference?

Carabiners for Closepins

A neat idea I found on www.gomberkites.com is to use carabiners to attach your line laundry. Line Laundry is a name for the spinners and things you attach to kite lines. Gombergkites.com has a lot of good information. I often use it as a reference.

The mental picture I had for line laundry was more like the picture above, rather than what they really are below, which I found on ForeverFlying.com.


Another example of line laundry I found on NiceKite.com which had a rather patriotic kite on display.