Home!

Home!   I got home to my house on Sunday late evening.  After being gone for over two weeks, I had so much laundry to do. Load after load of it.  But before I could do said laundry, I had to unpack all bags and put the store back into organization. (I had taken much of…

Bonnie Hunter’s 2018 Mystery Quilt, “Good Fortune”

I have considered doing a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt for many years now, but joining just before Christmas was a hindrance.  I have folders on my computer of a couple of the PDF’s from years gone by, hoping that I would make it during another part of the year, but without the deadlines and community,…

Why doesn’t it FEEL like the holidays are here?

It is almost Thanksgiving.  The turkeys are thawing in the refrigerator.  The shopping lists for Thanksgiving dinner are prepared.  The date and time of our family Christmas get-together is set.  The names are drawn for the gift exchange.  So…  Why doesn’t it feel like the holidays are upon us?  And what do I do to…

The Journey Does Indeed Begin!

He refreshes my soul.  He guides me along paths for his name’s sake.  Psalm 23:3 Retirement…  A time to step back, relax, take life easy.   That is what we like to think the definition is, but is it?   Or is it a clean slate to start doing that which you have been building within your…