Her name was Dorie. Her plan was to make a king-size cathedral window quilt. She collected many different blue fabrics and cut them into tiny squares. She used bleached muslin and made the foundation blocks. Each block was handsewn and then joined to the next one. Her quilt was about a fourth of the way […]
My art class was more than a class—it was a social club. We gathered together once a week to paint or draw. We each worked on our current project and our friends made suggestions or critiqued our art if we asked for help. We shared frustrations, successes, food, and family stories. Then Covid-19 reared its
Painting – April 19 Read More »
Faith or Fear. It’s whatever I talk myself into. I know the source of my faith and who I should have faith in. My Heavenly Father and Jesus know who I am. They know my thoughts and the desires of my heart. When I exercise my faith in them, I feel their power in my
There was a fire in the forest. All the animals were running, leaping, or flying to escape the flames. One small bird flew to the other side of the river and sat on a branch looking back at the flames. He asked the other animals, “Aren’t you going to do something. It’s our home.” No
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We were all shook up. It was January of 1980. I had felt the earth go round and round under my feet. My school age children had experienced “duck and cover”. Except it wasn’t a drill. It was for real. My husband had been on the 6th floor of his office building when it swayed
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“But I don’t want to weed the daisies.” That was the prompt in my creative writing class. I wrote about Mary Alice, a little girl who would rather make a dandelion crown and dance in the garden than weed the daisies. I was pleased with what I wrote. The next week Mary Alice appeared in
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Let me tell you about Bertha Louise. Her character is rock-solid. She is constant and unmoveable. She is always smiling. and I never hear her complain. She gives joy to all who see her. Whenever people pass by, they point and smile. I remember when she arrived at my house. My neighbor, who was getting
Ladybug – April 14 Read More »
Kaboom is a cleaning product. I discovered it while I was visiting my son in Florida. I was helping clean his apartment and the product worked. When it was time to take a break, I went for a walk. My son lived in a gated community with multiple apartment buildings. A canal ran through the
My daughter Sandra is currently moving into the world of Zoom presentations. One of her friends sent her a whole box of shiny presentation necklaces. These necklaces are apparently a current fad. I can relate to this. Now that I am storytelling on Zoom, much of my storytelling apparel is not being used because the
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