Writing a review soon. Excellent.

I just started this

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Now, this is the mother I remember, tactful as a sledgehammer.
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A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst For what else is a marriage, really, if not being stuck on a small raft with someone and trying to survive! from A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst I sped through this book. It is a story of indi…

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My #quilt of classic children’s writers hand embroidered.

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A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson Pilot Carole Hopson was surprised and inspired when she discovered early African American aviatrix Bessie Coleman. Bessie went from cotton picking with her mother, a former slave, to a manicurist i…

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Orphans of the Living by Kathy Watson Dirt only belonged to a man for a finite time, for as long as he could, by sweat and blood and heartbeat, hold onto it, a caretaker for those who would come to wipe him away, for his weakness, his …

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Enjoy!

Thanks for letting me know! I used to only hand quilt but now I take my projects to a long arm quilter. I used to hand quilt a bed sized quilt in 2-3 months. I have been working on one for nearly a year now!

For what else is a marriage, really, if not being stuck on a small raft with someone and trying to survive! from #AMarriageatSea by #SophieElmhirst
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Matisse at War by Christopher C. Gorham They took decades to decipher, but with the passage of time came clarity: Matisse’s wartime canvasses were a mobilization of the intellect, a silent howl for a Europe passing through a terrib…

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Thank you❤️

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Books, Quilts, News New on my NetGalley shelf are Seacraper by Benjamin Wood The Copywriter by Daniel Popick Livonia Chow Mein by Abigail Savitch-Lew Book mail this week included The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wise…

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Entitlement by Rumaan Alam “I can’t stop myself wanting things.” She saw this as a fundamental part of being alive. from Entitlement by Rumaan Alam I had a disagreement with a cousin on Facebook. She told m…

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JFK: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli I was in elementary school when a friend asked if my family was voting for Kennedy for president. I was totally unaware of politics and went home and asked Mom. I learned she was a Democrat and wou…

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Tomorrow is publication

I read that long ago.

What a great insight

The moss-covered trees and fern carpet of another north woods—the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park

“There the trees wore thick moss stockings, and the ferns splayed their fronds neatly, like fingers.” NORTH WOODS, by Daniel Madon

#SundaySentence

Loved that book

I conceded that I complained too often about our fallen world. It had always been falling and we had to make a life.
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The Heart of It’s a Wonderful Life by Jimmy Hawkins I was eleven or twelve when I happened upon It’s a Wonderful Life on television. It became my favorite movie which I still watch every year. Jimmy Hawkins played George Bailey’s younges…

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The bunnies were from a book Bunnies and More.

My completed #WatershipDown #quilt

Wolf Bells by Leni Zumas You had to make noise, shake the bells, so the wolves would think twice. from Wolf Bells by Leni Zumas We sideline the aged and infirm and children with special needs into institutions. What if abl…

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