Category Archives: quilting

Gratitudes that slipped away, almost.

I almost forgot these two things: By chance I met a woman sculptor, an artist and teacher. I always enjoy meeting her. She was telling me about her current show and asked me what I was doing. For some reason, … Continue reading

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September 11, Fifteen Years Later

REMEMBER Photo by Pearl Yee Wong of the Michigan State University Museum Last year I wrote: I’ll be spending today quietly, thinking and doing “normal” things. That’s always the contrast isn’t it, what had been normal and this instant where … Continue reading

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September 10, 2001

In 2001, I’d been up visiting my parents at Brant Lake for a few days. I was considering a big life change and had gone to get away and think about it and to make a decision and plan. I’d … Continue reading

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Art and The Eye of the Beholder and Art and Quilts

Early in the summer, Mom and I toodled over to the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown to see a fabulous visiting collection of paintings from the Prado. Here’s how it’s billed on their website: Splendor, Myth, and Vision “[It] might … Continue reading

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Yes, It’s That Day Again

There’s nothing like folding a whole lot of fat quarters to start a new day and year off right. To my eyes this is not color accurate but to give you an idea of my ironing board when I got … Continue reading

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