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I don’t like this world any more. I don’t like a world where people think it’s okay to drive down a street and shoot at innocent people.

How do you teach people who don’t want to learn? I’m at a loss.  I lecture, I make them do in-class work to reinforce the lecture and still they just won’t learn.  And I don’t think it’s that they can’t … Continue reading →

Can we have a national STFU day? Apparently it was some national day to tell everyone who you want to sleep with.   I want to know who voted on this, because I did not get the notice.   I … Continue reading →

Is magic Taking the yarn in my hands, weaving it through my fingers, over the needle, under the needle, is a spell in itself Counting the stitches, making the picture, is casting a spell Love in every stitch Or not … Continue reading →

wrap around me and keep me safe keep me safe from the world shelter me within your wings

It isn’t a quilt So stop calling it a quilt when it’s a comforter.   Calling it a quilt is an insult, a denigration of the countless hours I’ve spent,  hunched over a table, making tiny stitches by hand, in a … Continue reading →

I am also a woman I am married I am 62 years old I am the youngest child of five girls I am no more ashamed of being white than I am ashamed of being a woman, married, 62 or … Continue reading →

I hate making decisions.   Snow forces me to make decisions.    Predictions for a week from now force me to make decisions a week in advance.   I don’t like changing my routine.   I go shopping for groceries … Continue reading →