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How does that saying go: "life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"? Well, sometimes SNOW happens too! The best laid plans, one for a retreat weekend with my quilting friends at a not-too-far-from-here state park, was preempted this past weekend for this forecasted snow event. Since the retreat was supposed to commence on Friday I jumped right in at home. Disappointed, but

How does that saying go: "life is what happens when you're busy making other plans"? Well, sometimes SNOW happens too! The best laid plans, one for a retreat weekend with my quilting friends at a not-too-far-from-here state park, was preempted this past weekend for this forecasted snow event. Since the retreat was supposed to commence on Friday I jumped right in at home. Disappointed, but

If you've read past posts you'll remember that I've  become a new (again) cross stitcher. I picked up this long-ago abandoned past time a few years ago. This one kept me occupied in the evenings for the month of January. A simple alphabet sampler, or abécédaire, in French (a word that I ❤️).  This was stitched over two on 32 count Belfast linen with the called-for floss colors. It presented its

If you've read past posts you'll remember that I've  become a new (again) cross stitcher. I picked up this long-ago abandoned past time a few years ago. This one kept me occupied in the evenings for the month of January. A simple alphabet sampler, or abécédaire, in French (a word that I ❤️).  This was stitched over two on 32 count Belfast linen with the called-for floss colors. It presented its

I hope to be a lifelong learner; I pray that I never get to that place where I think I've learned all that there is to learn. My grandmother used to tell me that every day spent without learning something new was a wasted day. Recalling that now, probably told to me when I was Jr. High age, was most likely in response to thinking that I already knew it all!  We kept the grandchildren late last

I hope to be a lifelong learner; I pray that I never get to that place where I think I've learned all that there is to learn. My grandmother used to tell me that every day spent without learning something new was a wasted day. Recalling that now, probably told to me when I was Jr. High age, was most likely in response to thinking that I already knew it all!  We kept the grandchildren late last