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| Don't let it get away! |
Saturday, February 23, 2019
It started four and a half years ago at a tiny blanket shop in the city of Madaba, Jordan. We were newly arrived in Jordan and had been warned that the "cold" weather was coming and that we'd better get a decent blanket. In the heat of August and September, it seemed hard to imagine the cold, but at some point we headed into Madaba in search of a warm blanket. We ended up buying this huge, red, furry thing which, I learned, was manufactured in Korea--or by a Korean company in Jordan.
That blanket kept us warm through surprisingly cold winters and when we moved home to Seattle, I decided to bring it home. Frank was truly surprised that I was going to bring this huge thing home, but I persisted.
Over time "the big red blanket" became a coveted thing in our house and A declared she wanted one, too. So the hunt began. We looked in stores and online all over the Seattle region. No luck. It seems that these blankets are rather old-fashioned and no longer so popular in Korea and among Korean-Americans.
And then, today, I stopped in at my favorite H-Mart in Bellevue, and THERE it was: the blanket of our dreams. It was a challenge to get it home on my bike, but this blanket was NOT going to get away!
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| Home at last |
And then, today, I stopped in at my favorite H-Mart in Bellevue, and THERE it was: the blanket of our dreams. It was a challenge to get it home on my bike, but this blanket was NOT going to get away!
