My daughter Lily is very tenacious. When she decides to do something, there is no stopping her. She learned how to ride a two-wheel bike when she was five because she wanted to. Wearing a helmet and kneepads, she taught herself how to rollerblade, because she wanted to. Ed and I don’t know where she… Continue Reading
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Nothing Like the Sun
Copernicus had it all wrong. Obviously, I am the center of the universe. What else would explain my eight year old daughter climbing into the middle of our huge, king sized bed, and squishing her body so completely next to mine that I am in danger of plummeting off the edge? Lily and Emmy are… Continue Reading
Scraps
As I was reading blogs the other day, I came across this saying on I Got Nothing by Janice that made me laugh. I already have a large box full of fabric, which is threatening to overflow. I will need another box soon. I know, however, that my small stash of fabric is nothing compared… Continue Reading
Dimensions
My quilt will not be completed in time for Christmas. I was so hoping it would be. I began sewing the blocks last February for a quilting class, and am really amazed that I have gotten this far. Some months I spent hours meticulously sewing my quilt blocks; other months passed by without sewing one… Continue Reading
For Want of a Match
The red tip fell apart as it struck the worn black edge of the box. It simply crumbled, so that nothing was left except a bare wooden stick without a flame. It was my last match. My fingers were not frozen, as the character’s fingers in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” were. The man… Continue Reading
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