Photo by EJ McIntyre saved to Sweet Spot “A party without cake is just a meeting.” – Julia Childs It’s on the bucket list. Someday I am making a quilt cake. There are a number of reasons why this activity is intriguing, do-able and emotionally satisfying. Making Art –Changing Moods A quilt cake is […]
Why did you write Teaching Diamonds in the Tough? The book is the product of five years of journaling while teaching. I started journaling to relieve the frustrations of the day and eventually realized how much emotion met paper. What does TOUGH stand for? Troubled Oppressed Unloved Ghetto Hopeless What are problems and responsibilities about writing about real […]
WWII POW camp-Photo from Nebraska State Historical Society “The best thing that happened to me.” – German POW in USA My brother, Wil, enjoyed sharing one particular story from his youth. Born in 1932, Wil had 14 years on me before I was born in Colorado, so his childhood held different memories. The visits that […]
“The US military knew that letters from home were the single biggest morale booster, and a force with high morale fights better.” Sarah Sundin A postage stamp is the world’s smallest contract. When it is licked and affixed onto an envelope, there is an implied promise that nothing will deter it from delivery to the […]
Freedmen’s School on Roanoke Island, Virginia The Civil War ended and the Reconstruction of the nation began in 1865. Lincoln hoped to bind the people back together as one, but soon found how challenging a task lay before him. Frayed pieces of blue and gray scraps, some with red stains that refused to wash out, […]
With the perspective of youth, Dennis McCann observed, “Those must have been depressing times, those long ago days of bread and milk, of feedbag clothes, and canned tumbleweed dinners. Of little or nothing.” Jane Tamse countered in her feeble, quivering voice, “Those were frugal days, but they left us with a happy childhood.” Making of […]
With the perspective of youth, Dennis McCann observed, “Those must have been depressing times, those long ago days of bread and milk, of feedbag clothes, and canned tumbleweed dinners. Of little or nothing.” Jane Tamse countered in her feeble, quivering voice, “Those were frugal days, but they left us with a happy childhood.” Making of […]
“September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.” -Geraldine Brooks Quilting Precious Tyes-Blogger The idea of viewing quilts created for 9-11, one of the most life changing events in American history, filled my heart with curiosity and apprehension. […]
“I think a perfect-color scarf really brings out your whole skin tone, lip color and everything else.”- Jessica Jung It has been a long, cold winter. One day slogs into another with nothing but more snow, icy roads and a shivering of the body. Even in a library or mall, the feeling of warmth is […]
The moon glistened in the London night sky, breaking into moon beams through the smoke from the chimneys of the crowded tenements of the poorEast Endsection. Very little light reached the old donkey shed which housed a “ragged school”, named for the state of dress of the penniless boys who attended. Their teacher, Thomas Barnardo […]