A few of things that I've done or am working on. Continue reading

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Some thoughts for staying cool in a power outage. Before an outage hits stock up the freezer with bottles and containers of water & milk for cold cereal. Stock up the empty spaces in the fridge with water, that should help the fridge stay cooler, longer during a power outage. Buy powdered drink mixes and have them on hand. Powdered milk isn't going to go bad. Ollie always told me that if you don't open the fridge much during a power outage that the food will stay cool enough to be safe to eat for at least 24 hours. Take... Continue reading

I have to add a few more strips and embroider them too and then I'll be ready for sandwiching all the layers together and probably using buttons to tie them all together and hold the panels in place. Do you ever feel as though the only time you are working is when you are outside of the studio? Continue reading

Welcome to my world here in the small town of Millinocket. The first crazy quilt pictured in this blog is hanging up in the local library. Another crazy quilt top is done and has been done for awhile. I need to finish it for a client soon, I haven't been posting here because I had the wrong browser, this is a lot less frustrating. It took me awhile but I finaly came up with a lead for the second crazy quilt. A card from the Met gave me the color scheme that I wanted to use. And then I went... Continue reading

It seems like every time someone passes away in my life, that I make a quilt to heal from it with. I put a small knitted purse inside of the container that holds the quilt. It had a few candles in it so the scent that it carried was very strong and now whenever I put the quilt on my lap to work on it, I can smell the candles that are long gone. I can see the finish line with this quilt. Not too much longer and it will be done. It's been a meditation on patience and life.... Continue reading

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I have tried and tried and tried to send this tiny image to my friend via email and nothing would go through. I found this fragile little piece of antique advertising while panning for gold at my favorite usual spot in Burlington, VT. It's called Resources but the name at the time that I found this there was Recycle North. As for the care-giving , things have gotten so much better since the meds were changed to be given every 6 hours instead of every 3 hours. Now it isn't such a marathon. Hell-week has passed and Ollie is eating... Continue reading

When we first met and even before I met him, I knew from a mutual friend that he had been battling cancer. And it wasn't so much that I was looking for a relationship as another friend in my life and he turned out to be my best friend. I guess when you fall for someone's weaknesses and flaws too, you know that you are in way over your head. And because the man is a sweetheart,it's hard to mind just how engulfing it all is. I can't say that it isn't an honor to be there for my best... Continue reading

When I was growing up we always made two large batches of eggs for Easter. One was for the store bought egg dye and another pot full of white eggs with onion skins thrown into the water to turn them a wonderful almost chocolate brown. Continue reading