Posted in Favorite Things, Ongoing Projects, Thoughts on June 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Good friends are like quilts.
They age with you yet never lose their warmth.
My friend, Ruth, is flying to Florida this weekend to celebrate her nephew’s wedding. She’d planned to make a king-sized wedding quilt for the couple ever since last fall. One challenge after another intruded on her plans and time grew short so she [...]
Posted in Favorite Things, Thoughts, Writing on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In every out-thrust headland,
in every curving beach,
in every grain of sand
there is the story of the earth.
[Rachel Carson]
The photo is Battery Buchanan at Fort Fisher. Only part of this North Carolina costal fort remains. The rest has washed into the Atlantic. One of the last battles in the Civil War was fought here. We toured [...]
Posted in Favorite Things, Thoughts on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection
to what we want to get out of life that we give to
the question of what to do with a two weeks’ vacation,
we would be startled at our false standards and
the aimless procession of our busy days.
[Dorothy Canfield Fisher]
Ah. A road trip. I have [...]
