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Young Prayer Warriors Bring Comfort; Their Work to Bring Comfort to a Dying Man Involved Producing a QuiltByline: SANDY STRICKLAND As he lie dying, Grandpa Johnson gazed at the quilt and imagined...By StricklandSandy
Rae is just the opposite of me in her natural focus. She enjoys the process. She is careful and precise with her cutting. Her seams are a persnickety 1/4 inch. Her intersections and points are exact. When she has to sew across a diagonal she doesn’t just wing it, she takes time t...
Thefirst lineis usually written in a3-4-4-4grouping pattern and states thethemeof the poem, where a situation is generally introduced. Thesecond lineis usually written in a3-4-4-4pattern (similar to the first) and is anelaborationof the first line’s theme or situation (development). The...
How a neighbor took a disaffected young man under his wing and taught him how to be a man In a quiet Northern California neighborhood, Michael seemed like a typical 11-year-old boy. His family made use of the California sunshine to grow citrus trees and roses. All seemed well from the ...
Pattern for a dress, unmade Dress embroidered with every song I’ve ever loved Pinafore that comes with caveats Two sizes too small dress, bought for its primrose One last seen doing the hula down the precinct Shift once worn in a dream ...
It is a world unto itself: the frogs calling; dragonflies darting around; and red wing blackbirds calling from the cattails. All you need is a decent pair of waders or rubber boots and a walking stick to keep from falling in the water. American Toad –One of the dominant night sounds ...
and beauty at the same time, my heart a frightened bird beating against glass panes, I almost ran from the warm theater, threading through happy chatter to stand alone in the cold night air, thinking I could cry unnoticed in the dark. ...
Every morning a new Slow Stitching Movement technique was introduced and practiced. Talks on Starting a Creative Salon, Ideas for a Legacy Quilt, and a lecture for surviving creative burnout were also presented. Free sewing time is added into every day for participants to work on their own proj...
I saw a dog chase and catch a baby bird by its wing. The mother bird followed the dog, twittering anxiously. Without thinking, I chased the dog. The dog dropped the baby bird and dived into the undergrowth, and the baby bird flew away with its mother. Then the dog came out and hunt...