Sometimes, in the middle of doing what many would consider mindless and boring, you realize that you’re actually paying some important bits of attention. For example, if you’re cutting long strips into squares, it pays to use the previous cut … Continue reading →
It’s a funny thing. Today I created 50 stacks of different “dark” fabrics. A few of them I was half-hearted about. I don’t really have a way to handle or store that many stacks. There were a couple too many … Continue reading →
Imagine my surprise when I saw this little blurb in Quiltmaker mag. Who knew solid color fabric was trending? Or in my case that it had not been trending? What silliness.
Steve Jobs died today, too young and much admired. Here’s the 2005 commencement talk he gave I always remember that he and I shared an early interest: calligraphy. For him, it meant great fonts on our screens and beautiful usable … Continue reading →
Many thanks to Holly for a link to a Mental Floss article on 14 More Wonderful Words Without An English Equivalent which included: Fremdschämen (German); Myötähäpeä (Finnish) The kindler, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to … Continue reading →
My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine. But other lands have sunlight too and clover, and skies are everywhere as blue as mine. This is my song, oh God of all the nations; a song of peace for their land and for mine.
