Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Last "Rose" of Summer
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No, this is not really a rose. But it is the Last of Summer. One day this past spring when I was in the Lowe's in Hendersonville, NC, I bought a clematis vine in a pot with the intention of planting it in my yard there. But before I could get it planted, we made the decision to move back to Charleston--so the pot came with me. Clematises don't do as well in climates with lots and lots of heat (i.e. Charleston THIS summer) but I planted it anyway and it got the same watering that the rest of the flowerbed did. And three days ago, this is what I saw--one beautiful, perfect bloom. Will it bloom again next year? I don't know but I sure do appreciate the gift it gave me right now.
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Coming Late To The Party
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This is the Opportunity Quilt for the Asheville Quilt Show 2013--September 27-29th.
Don't miss out on a chance to own this quilt yourself. If you aren't able to buy tickets ahead of time, make plans to come to the show to see it in person. Hope to see you there!
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I'll be teaching this class at John C. Campbell this summer on August 18-23. We'll work on different ways to appliqué and work on potential quilting stitches. I'm looking forward to it!
The Choice Is Yours
Books I've REALLY Enjoyed Lately
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
I like everything I've read by Wally Lamb. This book concerns the aftermath of the shooting at Columbine High School. The characters come alive as you read and you get a pretty good picture of what it must have be like to experience such a catastrophe.
City of Women by David Gillham
This story takes place in WWII Nazi Germany. The main character is a young woman whose husband serves in the German Army while she lives in a small apartment with her mother-in-law. Through a series of events, she becomes involved with helping Jews escape from being sent to concentration camps. It is a story of her journey from ignoring the heinous crimes of the Nazis towards the Jewish population to committing her life to something she knows is worth the cost of her own personal safety. The question for each of us is whether we would be as brave in the same circumstances.
The Racketeer by John Grisham
I haven't particularly card about John Grisham's book lately but this one stands out for me. It is about a lawyer who, through no fault of his own, gets charged with racketeering and is sent to Federal Prison for several years. You cheer for him as he devises a way to be released legally and the aftermath. It will keep up up at night waiting to see what will happen next.
Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
A VERY good read.
Home Front by Kristan Hannah
I think that Kristan Hannah is more or less a romance author and I suppose this book would come under that category. But it is much more. It explores what happens with our service men and women when they are sent to the mid-East and are daily exposed to horrors and danger beyond their ability to endure without mental damage and, thus, come home a far different person than when they went. The main character in this book in a wife and mother who is a helicopter pilot in the Reserves. It is indeed a tear jerker but a necessary read.
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
I like anything by Barbara Kingsolver (particularly her autobiographical book about her family's year of only eating food in season and within her region). This novel centers around a massive immigration of monarch butterflies to a mountain community and how it affects the people of the region. There is much talk about ecology, what we are doing to the environment and the effect of our actions BUT there is a great storyline to keep you engaged.
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Angel's Trumpet
Coming Late To The Party
This Angel's Trumpet plant had ONE bloom during the entire summer. I had really given up on it. But one day quite recently, I looked at it and realized that it had tons of buds. And now, look at it! It's covered with a bounteous beauty that has been well worth the wait.
The Perfect Rose
Give Birth Slowly
A new moon teaches gradualness
and deliberation and how one gives birth
to oneself slowly. Patience with small details
makes perfect a large work, like the universe.
What nine months of attention does for an embryo
forty early mornings will do
for your gradually growing wholeness.
by Rumi
The Illuminated Rumi
and deliberation and how one gives birth
to oneself slowly. Patience with small details
makes perfect a large work, like the universe.
What nine months of attention does for an embryo
forty early mornings will do
for your gradually growing wholeness.
by Rumi
The Illuminated Rumi
Beauty Berries
I Will Not Die An Unlived Life
I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me
To make me less afraid,
More accessible
To loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance,
To live
So that which came to me as seed
Goes to the next as blossom
And that which came
to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit. Dawna Markova
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me
To make me less afraid,
More accessible
To loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance,
To live
So that which came to me as seed
Goes to the next as blossom
And that which came
to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit. Dawna Markova
A Bearded Lady
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