A Wish for the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Mary Beth Frezon

Letter To A Friend
Fra Giovanni, 1513 AD

I salute you. I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. there is nothing I can give you which you have not got; but there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take.

No Heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take Heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instance. Take Peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is Joy. There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see — and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look. Continue reading →

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In honor of upcoming sonnets

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Mary Beth Frezon

A bit of fancy from Billy Collins, entitled Sonnet

But hang on here while we make the turn
into the final six where all will be resolved,
where longing and heartache will find an end,
from Sonnet, by Billy Collins

You can hear him read it here.

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Phase one done

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Mary Beth Frezon

Took apart 48 columns of squares and am ready to stack up and take down 43 columns.

back to stash

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Deconstructing

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Mary Beth Frezon

Cleaned and cleared off around the bathroom sink, cleared out the “medicine” cabinet. Took out recyclables.

Now I’m taking apart a long set aside to-be quilt in prep for taking down the one on the design wall. I hope to finish the latter and it’s getting some help from the one I’m taking apart.

Time to start something new.

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Christmas 2013

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Mary Beth Frezon

There are some more photos to add, but here’s a view of some of our Christmas 2013 – click the photo for a gallery of photos and videos. There were some hard spots to get through, missing Dad, but we had a most enjoyable day.

Christmas 2013

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