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Hilary Apologizes?

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Look at what Mr C found on the Daily Cos blog today!

 “Well I’ve heard from a number of my friends and I’ve certainly clarified with them any misunderstanding that anyone had, because I disagree with General Pace completely. I do not think homosexuality is immoral. But the point I was trying to make is that this policy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is not working. I have been against it for many years because I think it does a grave injustice to patriotic Americans who want to serve their country. And so I have called for its repeal and I’d like to follow the lead of our allies like, Great Britain and Israel and let people who wish to serve their country be able to join and do so. And then let the uniform code of military justice determine if conduct is inappropriate or unbecoming. That’s fine. That’s what we do with everybody. But let’s not be eliminating people because of who they are or who they love.”

The author of the blog goes on to say: (and I agree)

Sure would have been a lot better all the way around if that had been her initial reaction to the question. The kneejerk reaction to answer carefully and conservatively is becoming a hallmark of Clinton’s campaigning. I’m sure that this statement is the much more honest one, is much more reflective of who she is and what she believes. So why don’t we see more of that in her appearances?

I feel vindicated!!

My back is much better today. I think it is because I am not so worried about it and so I am not so tense.

I got some catch up done in the studio — working on Fragments and some new postcards and getting Square Dance ready to ship.

Mr C went to the cathedral to help cook and serve corned beef and cabbage to the residents of the low income housing project across the street. He just got home and he smells like cabbage!!

It is beautiful here in the Northwest! Have a great week-end

Thursday This and That

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Back update: I saw the Doc this afternoon, and he feels that it is just a muscle strain in my upper back. I am to continue icing 3 times a day and double up on the Advil. I am going to try some stretching exercises to loosen up my tight muscles. I am thinking of getting a massage appointment tomorrow if I can.

Some really good news — I sold my first quilt off the website last night. Square Dance is going to live in Astoria, NY. The buyer found me through Lisa’s blog.

This morning Terry, June and I had our crit group. I took my Fragments piece. Overall, I got very high marks, but they suggested some design changes that I agree with so I will be doing a little tweaking. Terry showed us a beautiful mandala quilt from 2004 that is quite large and uses her special fusing technique so that it looks pieced, but is not. June had a gorgeous whole cloth painted landscape from her artisit in residence at John Day Fossil Beds. It was quite wonderful.

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A few days ago, Brenda of Serendipity Patchwork posted about the book “Landscape in Contemporary Quilts” by Ineke Berlyn. The cover shouted Ton Schulten, the Dutch landscape painter, whose work I love. So, I went directly to Amazon to order it and of course the Amazon wizard who knows me too well, suggested that I might like the “Quilt Visions 2006.” On the cover is Patty Hawkins piece which I love. Her Aspen quilts have always inspired me.

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On the cover of Ineke’s book, you can see the Ton Schulten look alike quilt and inside, I found that she had indeed been inspired by his work. She pieces the landscapes from vintage and home decorator fabrics. The trees are fused on afterward. This is not the only style of landscape in the book. I found that so many of the landscapes in the book coud have come out of my head – I mean things I have thought about and haven’t done. Does this happen to any of you? For instance, look at this felted landscape – so lovely with the stitching. It is what I have wanted to do with the roving I bought in the fall.

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I find myself drawn to so many styles of work that sometimes I don’t know where to start. I really loved many of the quilts in the Quilt Visions show that use cool surface design techniques like discharge, shibori and digital images printed on fabric.

We are having some nice sun breaks and spring is in the air. I am getting used to the new time. If I can work through the back pain, I will be back in the studio tomorrow.

Thursday This and That

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

What have I been doing. Well, yesterday, I had the joy of getting my teeth cleaned and getting an AOK!! I laughingly call myself a dentist’s annuity because I have so much dental work. But, yippee, I have only a couple of fillings that might need to be replaced in the next couple of years.

Today, I cleaned my studio and put away a lot of stuff so that I can start a new project or pick up a wip to work on. I need to do some tidying in the office/playroom because M & M are coming to spend the night and will want to play down here. I like to have a neat work space, but I find it very difficult to keep it that way. I hate to do house cleaning.

I also added stuff to two more Round Robin collages, but they are so not my thing that I am just not going to show them. I sent them off to the next person today.

Terry has been blogging about her trip to Mexico. She generously brought gifts from her trip. She gifted everyone in STASH with the silver hand milagro. The cross is for my collection which can be seen here.

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The students at Reed are still putting out flags. I went by and chatted with them this afternoon. Here are the remaining flags and photos of what it looks like now. See my March 4th post to find out what these flags represent.

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I feel very somber when I walk through the flags. I feel so bereft for our country and what we have become. Today, I heard a Republican senator say that if we bring the troops home, the terrorists will follow them and fight us here. This does not make sense to me. If they want to come and fight us here, why don’t they do it now when all of our resources are over there? Anyway, they aren’t fighting us any more — it is a civil war and we created the atmosphere for the foment.

I decided that I wanted to do something to protest the whole situation, and I have a plan. Stay tuned and in a couple of weeks, you, too, might be able to participate.