Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Old letters I had put off opening and reading the boxes of letters in my attic that had been passed down by my parents. A move plus the pandemic combined with the need to free up some space finally nudged me to dive into the chore. By the end

A Work of Art A varied group gathered to paint cookies with icing. We represented four generations of people from little kids, to their mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers. Our skills ran from the scribble-with-crayons stage to those skilled with normal everyday use of writing with a pen or pencil, to those trained to paint

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Grass Edger The hum of the lawn edger was accompanied by the sweet odor of freshly cut grass. While the freshly mowed lawn appeared nice, it looked even spiffier after the edger gave the curb lines a clean-cut look. With no stray roots climbing over the cement sidewalks, the

Mary’s Monday Musing to Quilt Encouragement Yummy and blessed “Jack Sprat would eat no fat, and his wife would eat no lean. And so, betwixt them both, they licked the platter clean.” This is an ancient nursery rhyme that I thoroughly enjoyed as a child. It perfectly explained that people with different food taste could enjoy

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Looking for the Best Interpretation A young couple was walking their dog. In spite of his leash, the dog lunged toward a passing neighbor’s dog also leashed. No one was hurt but the neighbor felt seriously threatened enough to report the not-quite-an-incident to the apartment management. Thereafter, every time

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Tow truck The car’s battery was dead. Watching from my window, I was fascinated by the process of loading my neighbor’s auto onto a flatbed truck. The first step was securing a hook onto the back of the car which was parked at an angle in a circular parking

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Plexiglas Wouldn’t it have been grand if we had had the foresight to invest in Plexiglas early January of 2020? I’ll bet we would have been rewarded with a significant increase in our investment. Now, it seems every cash register anywhere has a Plexiglas barrier to help ward off

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Tie Dye Who would have thought in February 2020 that by less than a year later, every catalogue and store would offer a selection of masks to buy? Many women have made a cottage industry out of making masks, using a wide array of fabric, styles, and colors. Tie-dyed

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Drive-bys Hearts were heavy, but eager anticipation permeated the church parking lot as car after car lined up and received pin-wheels or butterflies dancing at the end of a stick. With at least 75 cars, we made an impressive line as we drove, one closely behind the other through

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Cheetahs How majestic the Cheetah looked standing on the tall rock in the zoo. We were glad, however, when he fastened his eyes on our four-year old that a moat and a fence was between him and our little party of great grandchildren. He tracked her small form as