Driving in to work this morning down the wilderness highway from Fox Lake we pass the first clusters of school children standing in the clear morning light at the ends of long driveways waiting for the first glimpse of the yellow school bus to appear on the horizon. Tendrils and wisps of fog rise from… Continue reading Just Write {6} The Hallmark of Summer’s End
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Because You Matter: Boy Quilt #2
I’m really moving right along with these sibling quilts! Here is quilt number two: It measures 43″ x 30″ – a nice size for a preschooler. I was digging around in the bottom of my stash and I came up with six 6″ squares of bright cartoon jungle print that my friend Karyne had given… Continue reading Because You Matter: Boy Quilt #2
Ode to March
It seems this year I do not know if the snow will ever go. In March it sits here like a brick (not a brick like “you’re a brick, Dick”), I mean a brick like bricks and mortar, the kind used in the Latin Quarter. Winter hard and cold and cruel will last until the… Continue reading Ode to March
Because You Matter
Be the change you want to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi What change would I like to see in the world? I would like to see people treasure and take care of each other for no other reason than that we all matter. I also believe that change begins at home. There is so… Continue reading Because You Matter
Dancing Around the World
This is absolutely the most wonderfully fun goofy silliness I’ve seen in a long time. I watched it twice (the 2nd time on my big screen with Apple TV) and I smiled and laughed the entire way through both times. I think they should play this before every World Leaders and other assorted “upper management”… Continue reading Dancing Around the World