Category Archives: life around us

Censorship at AQS Show, continued. Now With Haiku.

Kathy Nida reports that AQS shipped both her quilts back to SAQA. I posted my response below and hope that you’ll write AQS and SAQA showing your support as well. Here are some handy email addresses for you to use. … Continue reading

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Found on the porch (a little sad)

It was a little sad to come home and find this little bird dead on my porch. It had apparently hit the storm door based on what I could see of its injuries. I had first wondered if a cat … Continue reading

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Reality Check

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Looking inward and outward

This, creatively borrowed from Sandy’s website.

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Unknown Celebrity Sighting

Also this week: At work there was a very tall, slender woman dressed to maximize her height and slimness and the whole effect was just a bare notch over the top. She smacked of ‘somebody’ but I certainly didn’t know … Continue reading

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