Leaving Brian at home and going with a sister-in-law who shops . (She does not yet know that I snore).

  From Clark's Book of Needlework, 1916. Tat seven for a star, or six for a snowflake.  Left-click to enlarge.

copyright-free image from The Graphics Fairy  

 

  Off to Chicago for a culture-vulture week (Carmina Burana, Much Ado About Nothing, and the Elizabeth Catlett exhibit at the Art Institute)...

  With the holidays fast approaching, a timely little advert for Nonesuch Mincemeat (which is still around, btw).  From Woman's World , ...

 

"Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake."

  Isn't it wonderful that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank

 

  We are the soldiers who have no voice. ~ Graham Bentley

  From Woman's Day , April 1957, an advertisement for crochet thread that includes a free pattern.  The entire issue can be downloaded f...

 

 

  We had four little boys lined up to read with Baldur the Wonder Dog at school this morning.  The first three were Elijah, Noah and Judah.

  The worst wasted of all days is that during which one has not laughed. ~ Nicholas Chamfort

 

  From Crafts N Things , February 1992.  If you start now, you can probably have these completed for a Christmas gift.

  cartoon by Bill Mauldin