November 2010

Focused

November 30, 2010

Have y’all ever watched an eighteen month old child get interested in an object? It might be something as uninteresting as a light switch, but they notice it and find it fascinating. They stare at it slack-jawed; their beautiful mile-long eyelashes never flutter. Their eyes are riveted and they are totally focused. You can wave [...]

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The Thanksgiving Edition of Share A Square

November 25, 2010

As I prepare to join my family for Thanksgiving, I can’t help but think about an “extended family” that has come to me through the Share A Square Program. Every day, they show me that people have a giving nature. I am grateful for them. Without their help, there would be no way to make [...]

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Not Rough As A Cob

November 23, 2010

As I look at my bottle of Corn Huskers Lotion, I’m beginning to feel like my grandmother. I can remember Mamaw describing her hands, after a day of hard work, as “rough as a cob.” She was referring to a dried corn cob, of course. After weeks of stitching on the afghans for the kids [...]

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Address Unknown

November 22, 2010

It all started because my iPhone was possessed by the devil. Two Apple “geniuses” had told me that nothing was wrong with the phone, but they could not explain why it had taken on a mind of its own — and that mind was evil. Perhaps I opened a gateway to Hell when I downloaded [...]

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Starving Texas Artist Could Win $50,000 Huntington Art Prize

November 16, 2010

Bleary-eyed, I walked into Jupiter House Coffee. I glanced at the wall and thought, “I’ve gotta check my hair!” For a brief moment I thought I was looking in a mirror … then realized I simply hadn’t sipped enough coffee. I was looking at a painting! My next thought was, “I need to tell the [...]

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Squared Away

November 15, 2010

I confess that I went to the coffee house on Sunday with a truckload of crocheted squares (for Share A Square). I intended to tag them … but figured I would be doing it alone. I was feeling blue, because I had gotten behind on tagging while I concentrated on actually stitching together some of [...]

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Tie One On With Me

November 9, 2010

That’s what I put on the sign last Sunday when I went down to my local coffee house to get help for Share A Square: “Tie one on with me.” Yes, I need help with this project to make 150 afghans for kids with cancer, but after my plea a few days ago, I think [...]

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An S.O.S. From S.A.S. Trouble for Share A Square 2010.

November 6, 2010

I’ve been stitching afghans together in quiet desperation. For several days I have been lower than a worm’s belly. The Share A Square 2010 campaign is in trouble … and I’m not sure what to do. My grand plan had been to make 150 afghans to give to children at three different Camp Quality cancer [...]

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Dona Nobis Pacem — The Art Of Compromise

November 4, 2010

Tales of peace have been swirling in my head for weeks. You see, this is the day that I join with brothers and sisters from around the world to blog for peace on earth. World peace would be a marvelous thing, but it begins with each individual choosing peace. The old folk tales have marvelous [...]

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Ghost Hunting At The Saint Anthony Hotel. Part Two.

November 3, 2010

“What’s the matter with this doggone elevator?” I thought, as I pushed the button for the ninth floor again. After our ghost tour at The Saint Anthony Hotel, my friend had plopped into bed, but I was too excited to sleep. I had gone from our room on the ninth floor to visit the tenth [...]

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Ghost Hunting At The Saint Anthony Hotel. Part One.

November 1, 2010

“Ninety per cent of our hotel staff is too frightened to work on this floor,” he said as the elevator doors opened on the tenth floor of the Saint Anthony Hotel. With a mischievous smirk, he led us out of the elevator and down the corridor to room 1080 which is (according to the staff) [...]

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