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I am marrying some good friends of mine this weekend in New York.
Don't burn down the interwebs while I'm gone (you know how well fire travels through tubes.)

Finished my Snape Quilt after suffering two Quilting Disasters™ and it's totally awesome but I can't show you yet.  Photos will be posted when the recipient gets the package ( Read more... )

So I'm officiating a wedding on Saturday and have this great green and brown ensemble to wear. I just needed shoes - here I am, tons of brown clothes and no brown shoes. Egads.
So Mom and I braved the sales and lo, if we didn't find the perfect pair of wedding shoes.

( the perfect shoes )

So Mom and I went for the super crack this morning - a trip to The Painted Pony in La Porte. I asked Mom if she wanted to come with me to the fabric store and she was kind of indifferent to the usual places, then I said, "Or I might trek out to La Porte," and she changed her mind. The rooms full of quilter's cottons call to us, my precious calls ( Read more... )

OK, I live near Friendswood, TX (often voted one of the best places to live in the US by those funky magazine lists) and this article just boggles my mind.

Here's the headline and subhead:

Principal has new job after 'Islam 101' controversy
Parents outraged over assembly allowed by Friendswood Junior High leader

Some of the comments are ( Read more... )

So the Quilt Show 2009 has been moved to Columbus Day weekend (in October ( Read more... )

So my undying WIP (codename Torcmar until I think of something better) is in a state of flux (again) as I try to wrestle the story into something meaningful ( Read more... )

We all lost a great man and a great fighter for social justice.

If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness ( Read more... )