The week of Thanksgiving was spent with our daughter and her family in another state. My daughter has become a great cook and Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful and the company unsurpassed. It was a very enjoyable week.
Several years ago our daughter began a tradition of making a quilt for each of her children as they [...]

  
I have just returned from a glorious visit to a quilting friend in Maine. The leaves were beautiful (just a little past peak), the seafood unsurpassed, the walks by the ocean inspiring, and a full week for stitching with friends. Vacations do not get any better.
I arrived at my home airport late in the evening. [...]

 
Over a year ago I made a strategic error on my calendar which resulted in my being away working for two full weeks in September. It has been a marathon but it is now over and I can stop to catch my breath.
My first commitment was to be a judge for the Houston Quilt Festival [...]

The fires are out for now and we have enjoyed a few rain showers making the air fresh again and the atmosphere clear. This evening I spent a few minutes on the front porch after dark enjoying the cool breeze and the sounds of country life—the bleating of sheep a few fields over and the [...]