When I first read those last two paragraphs (of McCain’s) I wanted to stand up and applaud. Why? Because it is inclusive of what people are doing in contemporary quilting rather than trying to draw all these lines about is and is-not. She says what appeals, both to the maker and the viewer, of a quilt – and allows that quilters of the past also worked within these interests and did it well using their knowledge of design and composition and the medium. Continue reading →
This really spoke to me. The armorer/restorer’s comments about the nature of his work and what it can reveal about these items is worth listening alone, but I wished everyone could look for and listen to what is behind some … Continue reading →
Hard to read LOTR with tears in your eyes at healing by the hands of the king. Before that I read aloud some of the sweeping battle scenes and thought what it must have been like to hear those for … Continue reading →
Let’s just get it over with. It’s hot. Very hot. OK that’s done. All you people who whined all winter about how cold it was – no whining about the heat ok? Be quiet. Yes, you over there. I worked … Continue reading →
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
