martin luther king jrFifty years have passed quickly. Those of my generation remember what they were doing when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as they recall the day that President Kennedy also was shot. The 1960’s began a decade of dreams that the future could be different from the past. That mankind could […]
“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.” -William Wiberforce Every year, April 12 is a day of remembrance. This date is set aside as the International Day for Street Children. For the two million youngsters who live in the shadows, every […]
“Remember…those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” Hebrews 13:3 Fact is always stranger than fiction. Some things cannot be imagined. Lorry Lutz’s two historical novels, inspired by the biography of Katharine Bushnell (Kate), read as fast paced plots. But Lutz is not a typical writer. She has carefully researched the material in […]
“God calls us to gratitude. Not necessarily gratitude for our struggles, but gratitude in spite of them and in the very midst of them.” -Jena Morrow, Hope for the Hollow Quilt-First Star/See Tonight by Susan Schrott Quilting and healing have long been a combination that makes each stitch a way to bind up wounds and secure […]
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein The theories developed by the great minds of education paraded before our class in Educational History and Philosophy. The imagination of Mary McLeod Bethune as she made desks out of orange crates and saved butcher paper […]
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 […]
“I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel. – Florence Nightingale She is known as “the Lady With the Lamp” and the “Mother of Nurses”. In the late 1800’s, Florence Nightingale valued […]
“We who have seen war never stop seeing it.” -Clara Barton, Founder of American Red Cross 1861. They armed themselves with needles as the fabric of their nation was torn apart. Women of the North and the South knew that cultural norms and laws kept them from joining the armies, so support for their men […]
“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” -Douglas MacArthur The Forgotten War involved 5.7 million veterans who dubbed themselves, The Frozen Chosen. Even today, Korean War vets suffer from disabilities related to exposure to the cold, such […]
“When life gives you scraps, Make quilts” -anonymous My mother’s diary is filled with entries describing the latest finished quilt square that she hand-stitched in cabin camps, tents and a tiny wooden trailer while moving from job to job with my father during the 1930’s Dust Bowl. As a young child, I lived with my […]