Quilter. Writer. Artist
A hot air balloon struck an electrical wire and went down earlier in the week. How unfortunate that the four passengers were having a fabulous time one second and the next second found themselves free-falling with no hope of survival. I simply don’t know what to think. However, no one needs to worry about me. […]
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I am far behind on my blogging. It’s already the 23rd, and I’m just getting to the CQG meeting from the 7th! But first, Father’s Day just happened. So meet my dad, Riley. This is a photo from, oh, 10-15 years before his death. It’s one of my favorites, because it’s true to his personality.
Diddly spots (random polka dots)polka knots (polka dance steps)shiny watts (lights)Mommy nots (No, again)puppy dots (dalmations)and summer hots. (sweating) Did you play rhyming games as a child? We sang lots of nursery rhymes, but I don’t remember word games so much, then I had my own children. And I made up for lost time! Poor darlings, they
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It’s been a while since I wrote anything about my booth at Griffin’s Market, so I thought I’d bring everyone up to speed on that little corner of my life. I added several items before Mother’s Day and a few since. These photos show some of both. I hope you enjoy. And finally, will you
I hope you have fond memories of grandparents. Mine was an idyllic childhood, dispite the fact that I cried All. The. Time. It would take half a lifetime to come to terms with all that crying.
It seems that I write apologies for not writing on a regular schedule. Well, this time, I’m not apologizing. This time, it’s all on WordPress. I tried, many times, to log onto the WordPress dashboard last week. Nothing happening. Occasionally I got some kind of “can’t access this site” page, but that’s about it. You
I have been off-grid for the last few days. Determined to complete at least ONE project, I locked myself in the studio with The Sugaridoo Quilt.
Graduation Jolie is our fourth grandchild; Will and Stacey’s baby. She is beautiful, funny, smart, and has the undeniable ability to drive everyone around her crazy. Stacey says she’s just like me, so I guess that means some good and some bad and some I-don’t-know-what-to-do-with-you. She turned 18 in February, graduated Friday, and is ready
Before I begin with SQI, I wanted to mention that I’ve posted an excerpt of my novel here and book discussion questions here. If you’ve read the book, please feel free to download or print the discussion questions. If you haven’t, check out the excerpt…you may want the book. You’ll get a signed copy when
