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The Country Register Publisher Contact ListThe Country Register began in Arizona, in the Fall of 1988, to provide effective, affordable advertising forshops, shows, and other experiences enjoyed by a kindred readership. Since then the paper has flourishedand spread. Look for the paper in your travels.
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To receive a sample paper from another area, mail $3.00 in U.S.A. or $4.00 in Canada to that area’s editor. USAAlabama: Dave & Amy Carter, 866-825-9217Arizona: Barb Stillman & Lolly Konecky, 602-942-8950Arkansas: Richard and Lenda Brown, 405-470-2597California: Barb Stillman & Lolly Konecky, 602-942-8950Colorado: Jan & John Keller, 719-749-9797Connecticut: Mike Dempsey, 919-661-1760Delaware: Merle & Gail Taylor, 888-616-8319Florida: Dave & Amy Carter, 866-825-9217Georgia: Linda Parish, 706-340-1049Idaho (N): Dee Sleep, 605-722-7028Idaho (S): Barb Stillman & Lolly Konecky, 602-942-8950Illinois: Richard and Lenda Brown, 405-470-2597Indiana: Gail & Merle Taylor, 888-616-8319Iowa : Linda Glendy, 641-751-2619Kansas: Cindy Baldwin, 866-966-9815Kentucky: Chris & Kelly Kennedy, 443-243-1118Maine: Gail Hageman, 207-437-2663Maryland: Dave & Amy Carter, 866-825-9217Massachusetts & RI: Mike Dempsey, 919-661-1760Michigan: Bill & Marlene Howell, 989-751-8860Minnesota: Kim & Mickey Keller, 763-754-1661Missouri: Richard and Lenda Brown, 405-470-2597Montana: Dee Sleep, 605-722-7028Nebraska: Barb Stillman & Lolly Konecky, 602-942-8950Nevada (N): Barb Stillman & Lolly Konecky, 602-942-8950Nevada (S): Glena Dunn, 4702-523-1803
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1 package Linguine (1 pound) 1 large bottle Zesty Italian Dressing1/4 cup Parmesan cheese 1 package seasoned croutonsblack olives green olivescauliflower broccoliCook linguini and cool. Mix 3/4 bottle Zesty Italian Dressing and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Add broccoli, cauliflower, olives and the rest of the Italian dressing. Toss. Refrigerate overnight. You can also add any other vegetables you might like such as mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, green pepper, etc.
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“If you had heard me sing, you would not be asking me that question!” I smiledand replied honestly when the principal and superintendent asked if I would beinterested in teaching music during my interview for the preschool director position.“All kidding aside, I would be happy to help wherever needed.” That’s what you doin a small school. That’s what you do in life.
It has been almost fifteen years since my first teaching interview, when I wasfully aware of how the young and inexperienced candidate nervously glanced ather skirt to make sure her slip was not showing. I was ready to teach and wanted ajob. The principal and superintendent threw questions my way, and I swung atevery one like I was up to bat with two outs and the game on the line.
“Would you be interested in teaching language arts?” “What about drama?”“Would you be willing to sponsor yearbook?” “How comfortable would you beteaching computer skills?” “How would you like to coach?” As most eager appli-cants, I gave ready and willing replies. Then they asked a question I could notanswer as easily. “Who has had the most impact on your life?”
I knew the answer. I could not speak. The loss was new. Mrs. Thisted.I thought about my high school English teacher and yearbook advisor. I was in
her room each morning and again when the bell dismissed school at three o’ clock.I enjoyed every word we read for four years. Mrs. Thisted taught me the properway to pronounce “forehead” and let me drive her Eclipse. We translated Beatlessongs into Elizabethan English and learned Shakespeare. Oh, the Shakespeare! Mrs.Thisted spent summers in England with ol’ William himself, or so she made it seem.She lived the magical life of a teacher.
Throughout high school, Mrs. Thisted was my mentor, guiding me in classes andclosely following my academic career. We usually discussed goals and progress overlunch at the local restaurant. After graduation, we became closer friends andcontinued our lunch dates. One day I drove to her home on Inspiration Drive, anappropriately named street, determined to buy lunch now that I was in college. Shewould not hear of it. “As long as you are a student, I will pay for your lunch! I donot care if you are getting your doctorate.” I did not argue with her. I knew thattone of voice in her New England accent all too well.
Mrs. Thisted had asked me to visit with the seniors about college. I had just trans-ferred campuses and had just changed my major from journalism to business. Ihardly felt qualified to talk to seniors, only three years younger. I felt inexperiencedand wondered why I was doing this. Out of obligation, I supposed. I told theupcoming graduates about my tutoring job at the Writing Center on campus andhow much I loved working with students. Then my mentor asked me to tell theclass why I was a business major. I drew a blank. I saw Mrs. Thisted smile. Isuddenly knew why I was there. I changed my major the very next day andreturned to my high school love—English.
I enjoyed pursuing my new degree, but was worrying about passing the seniorcomprehensive exam. I once again turned to my trusty advisor for counsel. Theresponse I got was life altering. The woman who had encouraged me to strive forhigh grades was now telling me that grades did not matter. She told me to spendmore time with my family. She told me to spend more time with my boyfriend, andhe might just turn into a husband.
“My husband has been my rock,” reads the last letter I received from her. She lost herbattle to cancer, but not before she shared these words of wisdom with me, her perpetualstudent. Life is not about straight A’s and perfect test scores. Life is about people.
“Mrs. Thisted, my high school English teacher,” I answered after what felt like aneternity. The words came more readily now. “She taught me more than just liter-ature. She taught me about life and became my friend.”
When I walked into my first classroom, I looked into the eyes of my students andfelt at home. I have been at home, literally, with my children for the last few years.It feels like I am starting over again as I return to the classroom this fall. I hope tobe half the teacher mine was, but I know that will be impossible. No one will fillher shoes, but I am happily following in her footsteps.
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One by one, each told a story about emigratingfrom Hungary during trying times of war and perse-cution. Our hostess told of being a pre-med studentat a university who was denied entry into medicalschool because she would not join the communistparty. She decided to forego medicine and wentinto teaching rather than succumb to the pressureto embrace an ideology she found offensive.
Now, thirty years later, everyone present had become a United States citizen andhad a special story about first seeing The Lady. I guess my husband and I werereminders of when they came to this new and strange land. They startedreminiscing about their arrivals and the various ports they entered—seeing “Her”from afar by sea and air. All had left friends and family behind and had visions of abrighter future. The Lady symbolized hope-filled new beginnings. The paths theywalked here were never easy ones, as we were so graphically told that day.
After stuffing ourselves, we settled back to enjoy a huge bowl of fruit and nuts.The focus turned to us, the newcomers from the West Coast. Emma said in a heavyHungarian accent, “What do you (both) think of The Lady?”
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The next time my husband and I had the opportunity to visit The Lady, wereminded ourselves of the stories of our new friends as we climbed the windingsteps to the top of the Statue of Liberty’s crown. As I looked out through the crown’swindows over New York harbor and thought about those coming from oppressedlands, I was again reminded of what The Lady symbolizes. I recalled how choked upthe people got when they talked about her. It brought me to my knees. “Lord, let menever forget my heritage of liberty in this land and the price that many still pay.Thank you for these grateful people who have reminded me of this great inheritance.”
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Summer months in New England take on a slower pace that is perfect for doingsome of my favorite things—going to some of my favorite shops to hunt fortreasures, gardening in the peace of early morning and creating handcraftedprojects from my long list of ideas.
As summer beckons, I become excited to have even more leisure time to visit someof the local antique shops that always offer a unique experience. I prefer these quaint,active shops where displays are artfully arranged and frequently changed so thateach time you visit it is distinctively different. The thrill of wondering what I will findentices me to make these trips as often as I can in these slower months of summer.
EARLY MORNING SOLITUDEOn days that I choose to stay at home I get up as early as I can and I greet the
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HERBAL DELIGHTSOften I like to use my herbs as decorative
accents for some of my handcrafts. Bundles ofdried sage smell wonderful and can be tuckedinto an early wooden wall box to add a perfecttouch of primitive. Lemon balm with its healthygreen spires and enticing scent dries well andlooks great in and among early baskets andstoneware. Sweet marjoram is an herb thatproduces a tight amethyst bloom and if I wait for just the right time to pick it, itdries beautifully and provides me with material for my projects all year long. Mylemon thyme thrives in between our stone steps and I create small wreaths that drywell and add a pleasant-scented primitive accent to our kitchen door.
This summer season embrace all that abounds in the slower days of summer. Taketime to benefit from the tranquil, warm mornings as you gaze upon the naturalblessings that surround you. Use this sense of peace to restore your creativity andto spark your new ideas. Take time to soulfully enjoy a pace that only belongs tosummer and indulge in the things you most enjoy.
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In a 9x9 glass pan put 4 cups rhubarb (cut up). Sprinkle over 1 cup sugar and 1teaspoon cinnamon.
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Bake at 350˚ about 45minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
1 tsp baking powder1/2 cupmargarine
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Art has always been a part of Rebecca's life. Her Father was a dairy farmer andher Mother was an artist since she was a baby, painting Christmas tree ornaments.Consequently, she grew up with paint and paper in-hand. She attended the Fine Artsprogram at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) and received her BFA degree.
On her family's dairy farm quilting and collecting old quilts was a pastime for theBarker women. Rebecca’s natural appreciation for quilts and the country landscapesbecame the subject she choose to paint. She developed a line of paintings she calls“QUILTSCAPES”. The old time quilt pattern is depicted in the painting with the quilt.For example, the LOG CABIN quilt has a painting of a log cabin in the background.Several paintings have the quilt images subtly mixed in to the landscapes while oth-ers have the quilt hanging on a clothesline in the foreground. Rebecca paints herquiltscapes in acrylic on masonite board. The quilt patterns come from quilt historybooks and quilt shows. “I do not make up the patterns. I love the designs of old timequilts”. She creates her own colors and materials in the fabrics. “I do not work fromreal quilts because the colors have to match the landscapes“. Her style is describedas realistic, with clean, clear colors and sensitivity to composition and texture.
She shows her work on her web page and has produced a line of note cards,limited edition prints, two books and gift items.
She lives on the west side of Cincinnati in an old Victorian style home which alsoserves as her studio.
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Piecing Life Togetherby Barbara Polston
True GenerosityIt is often said that quilters are generous givers. Ask a group of quilters to sew
for a charity and you are bound to have an eager group of volunteers. Recently,this was reinforced for me in dramatic fashion.
It’s a sad fact that children must sometimes be removed from their birth familiesand placed into foster care. This isn’t because they are bad kids; the fault generallylies with their parents. Children are removed due to problems like parentalsubstance abuse, domestic violence, maltreatment, neglect and more. Bless thefamilies, whether strangers or kin, who step up to take these traumatized childreninto their homes and offer them loving care.
When children are removed, it’s generally an emergency. There’s no planningand packing as if they were going on an extended holiday. A few items are throwninto a large, black plastic garbage bag. Loved things, favorite things, are often leftbehind. Many of the children have nothing that they can truly call their own.
Last Saturday, a group of 24 volunteer sewers gathered at a local quilt shop tomake quilt tops. The group completed 25 tops that will soon become finished quiltsthrough the efforts of yet additional volunteers. These quilts will then find their wayto foster children. The quilts will be theirs to keep and nothing wraps a child in ahug like a lovingly made quilt.
Sewers of all experience levels were welcome. What was most impressive wasthat we had two volunteers who, while interested in sewing, had never touched asewing machine. They were successful in completing their projects and you shouldhave seen the smiles on their faces! Holding up their completed tops for theadmiration of the group, they cried, “Please take my picture!” Smart phones cameout and photos were snapped.
How generous that these new sewers each left their first-ever quilt top to becomea gift for a child who needed it more than they did. How generous that they wereeach happy to leave with a photo and a story to share with their family and friends.
Suze Orman says, “True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of purelove. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuablepossessions you can share.”
Thank a generous quilter for sharing her time and love. I just did.Barbara Polston is the author of Quilting with Doilies: Inspiration, Techniques, and Projects
(Schiffer Books, 2015) and an award-winning quiltmaker. You can see Barbara’s quilts, join her onFacebook or book her class and lecture offerings at www.barbarapolston.com. She was inductedinto Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame in 2013. Barbara, who has lived in Phoenix, Arizona, for almove
30 years, is calmly quilting in Studio Narnia. ©Barbara Polston, Phoenix, AZ, March 2015
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Saute onion and garlic in small amount of olive oil. Combine the remaining ingre-dients in the crock-pot. Stir in onion mixture. Fill the empty marinara jar withwater and add to the crock-pot; stir well. Cover and cook on low 6 hours. Servewith homemade biscuits or toast.
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Your local quilt shop likely participates in a shop hop for your region at somepoint each year. But what if you had the opportunity to design yourown shop hop and have a chance at a great reward, too? If thatsounds appealing, Row by Row Experience may be just what youare looking for.
This new kind of shop hop began in 2011 as a pilot programwith 20 quilt shops across New York State thanks to the vision ofFounder Janet Lutz. She foresaw “a shop hop type event with no fees,no passports and all summer to play. Simply visit any of the participating shops andreceive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Combine your rows in any way to create aunique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling throughout the summer. Travelwith friends, discover new quilt shops and have fun collecting rows!”
According to the Row by Row website: “In 2012 the event grew to include 62participating shops. Pennsylvania came on board in 2013 for a total of 138 shopsthroughout the two states. In 2014, over 1250 quilt shops participated in 34 statesand Ontario. Plans are underway for the biggest and best Row by Row Experienceever in 2015! Currently, there are over 2500 participating shops including all 50states and 8 Canadian provinces. Although the quilt shops are organized by area,quilters have no borders. Travel, shop, collect patterns and add rows to your quiltfrom anywhere!” You can learn earn more at www.rowbyrowexperience.com/ or oneach state or province’s Facebook page.
Why would you want to participate? Here are just a few ideas to consider. Thisyear’s theme is ‘water.’ From June 21 to September 8, 2015, during a participatingshop’s regular summer hours, a free water themed row pattern will be available. Youmust pick up each pattern in person at any participating shop.
Many shops will also have fabric kits and a uniquely phrased license plate printedon fabric designed by Zebra Patterns for their shop and state also available for purchase.Several inspiring ideas are already available on how to combine these license platesinto fun projects. Just think—a quilt that shows your road trip with a road as the sashingbetween each license plate. Coordinating fabrics may also be available.
There is a mascot called Bobbin the Robin that you can see at:www.facebook.com/RowBobbinRobin. How about making one and taking photoswith it at all your shop visits. Collect at least 8 patterns, make the quilt top, quilt, bindand label it and bring it to any participating shop. If you are the first at that shop beforeOctober 31, 2015, and all rows can be verified, you will receive 25 fat quarters(~ 18” x 22”) of fabric (totals 6 ¼ yards). There may be a bonus prize if that shop’srow is in the quilt.Marlene Oddie is an engineer by education, project manager by profession and now a quilter by passionin Grand Coulee, WA. She enjoys long-arm quilting on her Gammill Optimum Plus, but especially enjoysdesigning quilts and assisting in the creation of a meaningful treasure for the recipient. FollowMarlene’s
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Quilts That Redeemby Sherry Osland
“Little Things”I sit down to seek quiet and solitude in order to put
into words whatever “story” God would have me write forthis issue. I’ve written several already. They’re pretty muchall the same, with just a few variances. Because it is sosoon after my Mother has gone home to be with Jesus, Ican’t seem to think quiet thoughts of anything other than her. One of the definitionsof the word redeem is “to restore.” Maybe this is part of the journey I’m to be onright now—one of restoration—to give me God’s “peace that passes all under-standing.” Maybe someone out there is on just such a journey and needs acompanion to walk with for a moment or two.
There are “Swiss cheese” days when I feel her absence as holes all around mefor she was my BFF. And yet, there’s the undergirding peace and assurance thatshe’s okay. Her presence is also still all around me. As in lots of things about grief,that’s not contradictory. In quiet thoughts and times, I see and sense God pullinglots of little things together for me and, in these, I find comfort.
While going through some things brought home from her apartment, I cameacross a small white cardboard jewelry box—one of the little things. I thought Iknew what was in it. For as long as I can remember, Mom had a cedar chest full oftreasures. Very rarely would she open it; adding to the air of mystery, excitementand anticipation surrounding this box that smelled so good when opened. Some ofthe treasures were from overseas. Dad spent time in Italy during WWII, and hebrought some things home. There were also cherished baby items and, as a child, Iremembered seeing just such a small jewelry box and marveling at the two, teeny-tiny baby locket necklaces and rings inside.
However, back to the present box. When I opened it, I found blonde curlsnestled in it! Oh my goodness!!! I was holding tangible oral history—a classic familystory from 60 years ago!
Once upon a time, there was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, little girl of three whogave herself a haircut! (I know many can relate to this.) I had evidently been quietlyout of sight and mind for a bit too long on a busy day. Mom thought somethinglooked different about me and finally decided to investigate. She found me under-neath my bunk bed arranging blonde curls into three perfect rows. Today, I can stillhear her chuckling whenever telling the story. She always looked at me saying,“Actually, you didn’t too bad of a job.” (Fortunately, no significant chunk cut out ofthe middle of anywhere.) This has been the story for all these many, many years.Since it’s my story and my curls, I’ve taken the liberty of adding an epilogue to it.
Deciding what to do with the curls came a few days later as I was driving to myappointment to get my hair cut. I remembered that, in my Grandmother’s day, hairwas often saved because of the natural oils it contained and then used in pincushions. So! I asked to save my hair and brought it home to nestle with the curls.(My, my, how things have changed!) I took some rich, deep blue velvet fabric frommy stash and made two finger pincushions with ties of shiny blue cording. When Isee them, they make me smile. So many warm memories! I imagine Mom as ayoung mother finding her daughter’s curls under the bed. I vividly remember thetime “my” daughter cut her hair at the age of three and my thinking, “Well, likemother, like daughter” and that factored into my reaction. I remember the timesMom told me the story—as if I’d never heard it before. Then, I remember the lovein her eyes, the look on her face and the way she laughed in the telling of it.
For just a minute, it feels a bit odd to hide the “little girl” curls out of sight—forwho knows how long this time—but maybe someday someone else will know thestory—complete with the pin cushion epilogue—and find them yet again. Maybe, justmaybe, it will be one of the little things God uses to bring comfort to them as well.
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Combine broccoli, corn, eggs and 1/2 of the butter or margarine in a baking dish. Combine the other 1/2 of the butter or margarine with the cracker crumbsand sprinkle over the top. Bake at 325° - 350° until set, or about 45 minutes.
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Quilting With Barbaraby Barbara Conquest
Serendipity: making happy and unexpected discoveries byaccident [Oxford English Reference Dictionary]
What part does serendipity—some would say luck—play in everyday life? Well,let me tell you…
Two or three days before we were to leave on our four-day drive to attend theMachine Quilters Showcase annual event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, my sister-in-lawphoned to tell me the spring issue of Quilt Sampler (Better Homes and Gardens)was on newsstands. There weren’t any featured shops on our direct route, but—forthe first time ever—there was an insert titled “Quilt Sampler Passport; Twenty Yearsof Quilt Sampler Shops” which listed, with addresses, shops still in business that hadbeen featured in the publication over the last twenty years. These featured shopsare the crème de la crème of each year’s complement of shops in the U.S. andCanada. The list was even sorted by region, a big help for Canadians like me whoaren’t sure where every state is located—there seem to be so many!
A number of the shops listed on this “passport” were on our route after all. Serendipity!Upon walking into the first of these establishments, the Quilt Connection Etc. in
Rapid City, South Dakota, the first objects to catch my eye were panels based ontwo of Vincent van Gogh’s flower paintings which we have seen, admired andcoveted in Europe, one in the Musée d’Orsai in Paris. Now, as soon as I make it, wecan have our very own version in fabric rather than oils. Serendipity!
While we were in Rapid City we found that seldom-seen relatives lived within afew miles, and that their schedule and ours would mesh long enough to allow avisit and lunch. Serendipity!
At one point on our way home through Montana we needed to stop for gas. Aswe slowed down entering the town of Glasgow, out of the corner of my eye I spieda sign reading Plaid Quilt Shop. Serendipity! It was only fifteen minutes until closingtime, and we had strict time limitations, but who can resist fate? On one of thecounters lay three bolts of a beautiful mostly-blue batik which had arrived at the storeonly that morning—not an uncommon occurrence at a quilt store. However, I was sooninformed that this fabric had been designed by the owner of the store, it featured alocal theme, and it would be available for purchase only at that store for theforeseeable future. And I was right there. And now I have some. Double serendipity!
Have a serendipitous summer. Barbara Conquest writes her column from Blue Sky Quilting in Tofield, AB. © Barbara Conquest.
The Dropped Stitchby Sharon Greve
A PATRIOTIC SYMBOLThe American tradition of knitting for a cause
can be traced back to wartime knitting. MarthaWashington (wife of General and President GeorgeWashington) spearheaded knitting efforts for the soldiers of the Revolutionary Warfor utilitarian and political purposes. Colonists didn’t want to buy British cloth, sothey spun, wove, and knitted their own clothing. During the Civil War, knittingbecame an important symbol of patriotism.
In 1898, during the Spanish American War, Mrs. E. A. Gardner “conceived theidea of supplying our warships with “just what they needed.” Friends, The New YorkHerald, and the Associated Press joined in. Thus, the seeds of the current “Christmas-at-Sea Program were planted, establishing the Seamen’s Benefit Society, a ladies’auxiliary of the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey. One of thefunctions was to provide knitted pieces to seafarers who visited the Institute. By1941 about 2,000 volunteers, including many from churches of all denominationsthroughout the United States provided about 5,000 gift boxes containing hand knitsweaters, socks, hats, mittens, and scarves. These warm gifts were distributed to thecrew of freighters and tankers who spent Christmas Day at sea. In 1996, 17,000garments, including 6,000 scarves, were knit by some 3,000 volunteer knitters andgiven to merchant mariners at sea on Christmas Day. Knitters can be a part of thisprogram today. Free easy patterns are provided for knitting scarves, watch caps,sweaters, and socks on the Seamen’s Church Institute website.
In World Wars I and II, the American Red Cross received millions of caps, scarves,socks, and mitts as knitters across the country answered the poster plea: “Our boysneed SOX—Knit Your Bit.” The organization even printed free directions for militarysocks. Minerva Yarn Co. printed (Vol. 62) Hand Knits for Men in the Service whichsold for 35 cents. With women in the war-working force in factories, the Red Crosspublished Knitting Instructions for Wear Work and Knitted Comforts for Women. Thewell-known “watch cap” of 1940 is found on knitting needles around the world today.An untold number of convalescing servicemen were taught knitting as physical andmental therapy. Upon discharge, my own family’s Navy friend continued knittingbeautiful sweaters for his wife.
Now it is our turn to express our appreciation and patriotism to today’s servicemenand servicewomen. Today knitting continues for warm fiber articles for active andwounded military personnel regardless of political considerations. Knitted caps, neckgaiters, socks, and mitts are welcome donations by so many military programs.Check them out on the internet and join in. Want to knit for a military family? Babyblankets and layettes are needed for many young military families who are strugglingto make ends meet while they await their loved one.
The common goal of knitting for world peace has become a tradition in support ofour country’s valiant military men and women. Let’s keep knitting a patriotic symbol.
It’s our turn now!© 2015 Sharon Greve Contact: [email protected] No reprint without permission.
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Road Trip, Anyone?by Marsha Boes
Have you ever gathered a few quilting friendstogether and taken a quilting road trip? Several ofus did this recently and had such a wonderful timevisiting quilt shops and having lunch that I thoughtit would be fun to share some ideas that seemed to work for us:
• Find out where the quilt shops are located within a day’s drive from your town.The Country Register is a great guide for shops.
• Come up with a date and how much time everyone can commit to the trip.Once the time commitment is determined, the route can be established. We had 5½ hours and were able to visit four shops plus enjoy lunch. As the leader/driver, Itried to find a balance between being a “taskmaster” and allowing all the time weneeded to see everything. I did have a fifth shop in mind to visit just in case timeallowed, but it wasn’t a matter of reaching a goal of visiting a certain number ofshops, but rather enjoying the ones we could get to on our trip.
• Once you have a date and a route, you can find out which of those shops willbe open on that date. Many of our area shops are closed on Sunday, for instance.
• It’s important to know when the shops are open each day, so you candetermine the route and not arrive too early or too late.
• If you will be eating at a restaurant, it’s important to have an idea which city youwill visit near a mealtime. The Internet can be an asset or you can call the shopand ask if they have a recommendation. If there are any dietary restrictions amongthose in your group, be sure to choose a place that accommodates those needs.
• A few days before the road trip, it's a good idea to contact everyone with areminder of the time and location where you will meet before taking off for the day.
• Bottled water and light snacks are nice to have available but not necessary.• If the quilt shops you plan to visit have a website, check to see if they have any
special sales or coupons on the date you will be there. If there are specials thatrequire a coupon, make a photocopy for each friend to have available.
This road trip with friends who share a love of quilting was enjoyable for all of usin part because we visited shops and a restaurant that were new to us. We wereable to help each other make choices in our fabric selection, and the time inbetween each stop let us to get to know each other in a whole new way. It was adelightful day! We found all four quilt shops we visited in The Country Register.
A quilter since the early 1970s, Marsha Boes is from Salem, OR. Her first quilts were gifts for her mom andmother-in-law and she had her children use fabric crayons to draw some pictures that she transferred to fabric
squares and made quilts for Christmas presents. The majority of the quilts she makes today are quilt-as-you-gomethod and she and her friends donate 5 to 7 quilts each month to charities in the Salem area. Since retiring a
year ago, Marsha has more time for other things she also enjoys, including sewing, crocheting/knitting, readingand spending as much time as possible with her 8 grandchildren. When her husband of 47 years retires in June,
the couple hopes to travel and do volunteer work. Marsha says, “Thanks to The Country Register, I have begun alist of all the quilt stores we will visit and during our travels, I plan to look them up.”
Over The Teacupby Janet Young
Playing Is Not Just For KidsBy the time you are reading this, your child’s summer vacation is most likely at
the midway point. So, if you are like most parents, you are desperately trying tofind ways to keep them entertained. Well, why not join them in play? Did you knowthat there are benefits to playing for both the adult and the child? Through play yourelease stress, thereby refreshing your mind and body. Play increases energy andtriggers creativity, while helping you to feel your best.
If you are a working parent, set aside a time that suits your schedule, even if it isonly 20 minutes a day, say before dinner to engage your child in play. Throughplay, you are creating a bond that fosters trust and a more intimate relationship withyour child. Laughter is medicine for the soul, as sometimes a tense situation candeescalate quickly through laughter, especially when dealing with a child.
Board games and card games are a good way to communicate. If your child islike most children, you are trying to limit the amount of time they spend playingvideo games, so I would not suggest playing those kinds of games.
Make sure you give your child your undivided attention. Turn off any distractionssuch as cell phones etc., to insure that you will enjoy uninterrupted play with yourchild. Make sure the play is age appropriate. Even a one year old will enjoy yourtime spent with him rolling on the floor in laughter.
Put on some music, and dance. Set up a movie theatre atmosphere and show afunny video. Play dress up, and perhaps have a tea party. How much fun would atea party be, especially if Dad were to put on a bow tie or even wear a tiara andjoin in the fun?
Go for a walk, ride your bikes, read, have a picnic in the backyard for lunch oneday, there are numerous ways you can celebrate summer with your family. Inpretend play let your child dictate what he wants to do. Never force play or prolongit. Your child will signal when he is ready to move on to another activity.
Granted none of these ideas for entertaining your child is new or even trendy asin video games and other electronic gadgetry, but the key is YOU. Do you involveyourself in their play? Do you seek out fun ways for them to spend their time?(Even doing chores will go much quicker, if you can find a way to make the taskfun). I’m not suggesting that you have to spend all day playing with your child.Remember in the beginning of this article I said even if it is only 20 minutes a day,you are saying to your child: you are important, I care about you, we are family.
Time is fleeting. It won’t be long before they will be on their own. Enjoy thetime you have now. Make it fun, and when they are grown, they will want to dofun things with you.
Never stop playing. As George Bernard Shaw so aptly put it, “We don’t stopplaying because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.”Now go outand play, and have a fun day!
Janet Young, Certified Tea and Etiquette Consultant, is a founding member of Mid-Atlantic Tea BusinessAssociation and freelance writer/national tea presenter. Visit their website: www.overtheteacup.com
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Grandma’s Letter
Dear Gabe and Garrett,With your driver’s license in hand, and as a new world of choices begins to
open to you, there are things I want you to consider.You are surrounded by a family that loves you, loves our country, and loves
God; and because you share these same loyalties, you have inherited dualcitizenship—you are a citizen of God’s kingdom, and a citizen of the United Statesof America. Under God, it is our responsibility to live free and to do right—which means we are to work and pray and struggle to finish the yet unfinishedand continuing American Revolution.
Americans enjoy greater freedom than ever before afforded in the history ofthe world. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed for the very first timethat ALL men are created equal and possess natural inalienable rights bestowedby our Creator. This document was a declaration of independence from tyrannyand a declaration of dependence upon God.
Our fledgling nation grew, prospered and ultimately became exceptional—and I charge you to be proud of our exceptionalism and continue to live a lifethat supports our system of capitalism and free-enterprise. Rather than beinglackadaisical, you’ve worked on our ranch, blistered your hands digging post holesfor menial pay—and know the pride that comes from personal accomplishment.
Because my times of greatest joy are when I extend a hand up to others, as youbegin to determine a direction for the rest of your life, I encourage you to maintaina demeanor of service and benevolence. When you pay taxes, the money fundsvarious government programs and services and is out of your oversight; so when youchoose to give of your time, talents or resources, involve yourself to be certainan organization is worthy; and develop a relationship with the people you help.
My challenge and call to action for you is to know the joy of generosity, liveuprightly, serve compassionately, and avoid any personal behavior which mightstain or blemish your character and soul—or that of our great nation.
Always know that I love you and am proud of you!Grandma
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Pieces From My Heartby Jan Keller
Grandma’s Letter
Dear Gabe and Garrett,With your driver’s license in hand, and as a new world of choices begins to
open to you, there are things I want you to consider.You are surrounded by a family that loves you, loves our country, and loves
God; and because you share these same loyalties, you have inherited dualcitizenship—you are a citizen of God’s kingdom, and a citizen of the United Statesof America. Under God, it is our responsibility to live free and to do right—which means we are to work and pray and struggle to finish the yet unfinishedand continuing American Revolution.
Americans enjoy greater freedom than ever before afforded in the history ofthe world. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed for the very first timethat ALL men are created equal and possess natural inalienable rights bestowedby our Creator. This document was a declaration of independence from tyrannyand a declaration of dependence upon God.
Our fledgling nation grew, prospered and ultimately became exceptional—and I charge you to be proud of our exceptionalism and continue to live a lifethat supports our system of capitalism and free-enterprise. Rather than beinglackadaisical, you’ve worked on our ranch, blistered your hands digging post holesfor menial pay—and know the pride that comes from personal accomplishment.
Because my times of greatest joy are when I extend a hand up to others, as youbegin to determine a direction for the rest of your life, I encourage you to maintaina demeanor of service and benevolence. When you pay taxes, the money fundsvarious government programs and services and is out of your oversight; so when youchoose to give of your time, talents or resources, involve yourself to be certainan organization is worthy; and develop a relationship with the people you help.
My challenge and call to action for you is to know the joy of generosity, liveuprightly, serve compassionately, and avoid any personal behavior which mightstain or blemish your character and soul—or that of our great nation.
Always know that I love you and am proud of you!Grandma
© 2015 Jan Keller. No reprint without permission. Jan shares other pieces of her life in her books,Pieces From My Crazy Quilt, and The Tie That Binds. These books can be ordered by calling
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Have B�ket, W Trav�by Susan Salisbury Springer
Good things come out of baskets and I havealways had a fascination with them. Finding aquality basket that is sturdy enough for everydayuse is always a hit. When I find a good one at anantique store, I often think of the arm that itrested upon and ponder what might have beencarried in that basket. In my home, a basket isseldom empty for long.
Several years ago, I decided to put together ateatime basket and visit newcomers at my church.It soon progressed to visiting those who were nolonger able to come to services due to illness orfrailty. My basket was self-contained with everything I needed to serve tea with a littlesnack. I had a list of things to put in the traveling basket, which included a tiny electricteakettle in the event the person visited did not have a way to boil water. This wasespecially handy with a visit to the nursing home for a dear friend who had brokenher hip.
It was amazing what I could fit into my medium-sized basket. I packed it with afancy cloth, pretty china cups and saucers, a 4-cup tea pot with sugar and creamer,small demitasse spoons, cubed sugar and sugar substitute. Included were a smallcontainer of milk—I used a child’s pitcher with a secure lid that was later decantedinto the creamer—and an assortment of teas. I finally added a couple of small breadand butter plates for the snack and some fancy paper napkins. The snack was usuallya simple cookie. That little basket was a blessing to many.
On my pre-arranged visits, I would take another lady with me so the recipient ofthe visit would now have two new friends. We would stay for up to an hour and thenleave. The purpose of the tea was one of friendship and fellowship; however, aswomen of faith, we would often encourage the one visited with a meaningful prayerupon departing. One of our first visits was to a gal who was new to the area, depressedand sorely missing her old friends. Another visit was with a young mother who wasoverwhelmed by parenting three little kids, all in diapers at the time.
Our pastor’s wife was thrilled to have us come and show her what we did andshe was encouraged by having kindred spirits in her congregation. We took the conceptof our basket ministry to another denomination that was struggling for membership. Icalled that visit the “Blest be the Teas that Bind.”
The important part is not what is in the basket or what is served but the outreachedhand of friendship. One could literally serve hot water and cardboard cookies and, toa lonely soul, it would be pure ambrosia.
We seem to live in an alienated society where we have the illusion of friendshipsvia ghostly Internet connections and e-mails but not the face-to-face soul-satisfyingfriendships our mothers and grandmothers enjoyed. It may be that we have lost agreat treasure in our modern pursuits of thinking we are too busy. In the end, onemight have a mountain of stuff but an empty heart. Those we may visit with our travelingbaskets are the real jewels along life’s path.
Susan Salisbury Springer is a home economist with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Family & Consumer Sciences.Copyright 2015 by Susan S. Springer. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Contact Ms. Springer at
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Wit and Wisdomby Judyann Grant
Of Caterpillars andButterflies
What began as a simple summertime exper-iment, turned into a faith-stretching event thatcaptivated the entire family . . .
Our daughter Amy, who was ten-years-old at the time, had learned about cater-pillars and butterflies during an elementary science class. When school let out forthe summer, she decided to see for herself if creeping caterpillars really did turninto beautiful butterflies.
Carefully inspecting the milkweed plants that grew along the edge of thedriveway, Amy found a suitable candidate - a tiny green and yellow caterpillar—sheput it in a jar with a stick. Every day she fed the creature fresh milkweed leaves.
In just a few days the caterpillar had tripled in size. Then one day it attacheditself with white thread to the stick. Its body began to slowly change; a smoothgreen chrysalis formed before our eyes.
One morning, when we checked on the chrysalis, we found it had turned black.My heart sank. Had the caterpillar died? With great alarm, we hovered around the jar.
With our eyes focused on the blackened chrysalis, we willed it to live. Then,almost imperceptibly, we saw the chrysalis wriggle. We gasped as the sidessuddenly split wide open. A perfectly formed, exquisitely colored, orange and blackmonarch butterfly gently flapped its wings.
How could such a big, beautiful creature have come from such lowly begin-nings? God only knows—because He created it!
What if the caterpillar had refused to become a butterfly as God intended? Whatif it refused to eat so it wouldn't grow and therefore wouldn't have to go throughthe painful process of being born anew? What if it was content to go through lifecrawling on its belly, getting no higher than a milkweed plant?
God created each of us for a special purpose. But we don't always want tofollow His plan. We content ourselves with crawling through the muck and mire ofthis world, with no desire to reach for a higher realm of living.
Change is not only scary, but it often involves time, pain and sacrifice as wetransition. Are you content to remain in a caterpillar state or do you long to spreadyour wings and fly? Don’t let fear of the “what-ifs’ keep you grounded.
It takes courage to reach for the stars. Monarchs have a unique role to play inour world and so do you.
-Judyann Grant and her family live in northern New York State where they continueto enjoy the great outdoors through gardening, hiking and camping.
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Page 23July/August 2015Happy 4th of July
Back Porch Breakby Nancy Parker Brummett
Letting Go of LuggageI have difficulty emotionally letting go of
both cars and luggage. Once I’ve driven a carfor eight or nine years and it has taken mesafely wherever I wanted to go, trading it inseems like such a betrayal. Likewise, it’s hard tolet go of a suitcase that’s collected memorieslike the stickers they used to put on the oldsteamer trunks.
Yet trading up to a new set of luggage had become a necessity for my husbandand me. Even though we didn’t particularly want new luggage, we needed it. Noreally. We’d already had the zippers on the old set repaired once, and had resortedto using paper clips for zipper pulls. Each bag in the set is pretty well coated withtarmac engine oil, the faux leather trim is scraped off in many places, and thelinings are ripped and holey. It was time.
I look at the new bag we bought (shown on the right) and it’s exciting toimagine all the places it might go with us as we move into Act 3 of our lives; but Ilook at the old bag on the left and remember all the places it’s been.
I have so many memories of the old bag laying open on our bed as I struggledthrough packaphobia before any one of the trips I’ve been blessed to take—oftenwith a cat or two curled up inside hoping to go along unnoticed.
That bag has been on numerous trips to visit grandchildren over the last 10 yearsor so since I bought it on sale at Sears…one of a nesting set of three for about$100. (The day I bought it I never dreamed it would last this long.) It’s carriedChristmas gifts, birthday surprises, stuffed animals…you name it.
I can’t begin to remember all the vacations this bag has taken, but I know wepulled it for what felt like miles over cobblestone streets in Venice a few years agoas we were looking for our hotel. That may be why the wheels are a bit wobbly. Itwas also on our 25th anniversary trip to California in the Summer of 2013. Did itenjoy traveling the Pacific Coast Highway from the back of our rental car as muchas we did from the front seat?
Maybe my affection for luggage stems from the fact that, like a long lost friend,I’m always so happy to see it again after a separation. When my bag emerges fromthe belly of the airport onto the carousel at my destination, my heart skips a beatand I’m silently screaming, “There it is! My bag made it!”
I know suitcases don’t have feelings (well, I don’t think they do!) but just beforetaking this one out to the donation pile I wanted to stop and acknowledge howgrateful I am for all the times it traveled alongside me, showed up when I needed itmost, and fulfilled its purpose well. May the same be said of me some day.
Nancy Parker Brummett is an author and freelance writer in Colorado Springs, CO. “Like” her author page on Facebook, or to learn more about her life and work, visit www.nancyparkerbrummett.com.
The Perplexing Princess Paradigmby Tracy Kimball-Smith
Princesses abound in Disney movies, they are as ubiquitous as car crashes inaction movies. This never used to bother me until I became a mother and startedwatching these movies from a mom’s perspective. You see, I want my daughter Jordanto learn that through hard work and dedication, she can achieve nearly any goal.However, from Cinderella to Frozen, princess protagonists teach our daughters that onlyroyalty achieve success and happiness. Their “happily everafter” is not won through hard work or merit, it is gainedby birthright or being pretty enough to snag a prince.
Our country was founded on the belief that all menare created equal. In America, no one rules by birthright,we elect our leaders based on their accomplishments,intelligence, ideologies, and leadership qualities. Hardwork is rewarded here and nothing makes us angrier thanseeing an individual or company receiving preferentialtreatment. We abhor inequality. Then why do we lovemovies that glorify a system that is the opposite of theone outlined in our Declaration of Independence? Well, Iguess a movie about a democratically elected heroine,who gets to the top through hard work and perseverancejust isn’t quite as sexy as the princess version where thedamsel in distress is saved by the handsome prince.
Disney has tried to expand from the typical “princess/damsel in distress is savedby the prince” format. Merida of Brave was a Tom-boy, rebelling against an arrangedmarriage and preferring horseback riding and archery to the more princess-likeendeavors of etiquette lessons and ministering to the poor. However, she was still aprincess, born into privilege. Frozen tried to flip the princess paradigm by havingsister princesses who are saved not by the prince but by each other. Still royals. Stillruling their kingdom by birthright.
The closest that Disney has come to a girls’ movie about success through hardwork is The Princess and the Frog. In this movie, the protagonist, Tiana, is a smart,hardworking entrepreneur with a dream of opening a restaurant. Now that’s thekind of heroine I want my daughter to emulate. The prince, while still technicallyroyalty, is broke and powerless. Together they find their happily ever after throughowning and operating a successful restaurant. Their only “subjects” are theiremployees who are not subjects at all as they are there voluntarily and can leave atany time to seek other employment.
If my daughter was dropped into a Disney movie, her intelligence and work ethicwould most likely take her far, but no matter how hard she worked, she wouldnever have a chance at the throne, unless she married into it. This is the antithesisof America, where anyone can achieve no matter how poor or disadvantaged theyare at birth. In America, our only limits are self-imposed.
I want my daughter to know that she is so much more than a Disney princess.Her success in life will not hinge on her marrying a prince but will instead be hersto achieve through hard work and perseverance. This is why in addition to “princessmovies” I make sure that my daughter watches shows like Liberty’s Kids, whichteaches about the founding of America and how we fought for and won ourindependence from a country that embraced a caste system where you could neverrise above your prescribed position in life.
I hope my daughter realizes that those profound words in ourDeclaration of Independence, “all men are created equal”, are just asrelevant today as they were at our country’s founding.
Tracy Kimball-Smith is a graphic designer for the Independence Institute, a free market think tank in Denver, Colorado.
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“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”— George Washington
Page 24 July/August 2015Happy 4th of July
Strawberry Pieby Marvin Hass
How far have I traveled since the days of my childhoodSoda pop was a nickel and you sinned if you’d lie
Families would gather on a sweet summer SundayTo eat watermelon and strawberry pie.
I blew with the fair wind, like a young eagleI followed the rainbow to my pot of gold.Drank from the cup of fortune and folly
Knew I’d live forever and never grow old.
Had an eye for the dollar and an eye for the ladiesNever thought about giving, just what I could take.
Now I’m sitting alone in a cold dreary mansionWith lonesome for comfort and a lock on the gate.
I try to go back when my memory will let meTo the bend in Red River where the cottonwoods grew
The preacher would pray and we’d sing halleluiahFor the blessings we had and the love that we knew.
Write this all down and take it for gospelFrom someone whose drifted and forgot how to pray
I’ll swear it’s the truth on my dear Mama’s bible,“When you open your heart then you open the way.”
How far have I traveled, how far have I driftedFrom my family home and those words to live by.I long for those Sundays with love all around me
Eating cold watermelon and strawberry pie.Marvin Hass was a farm boy from Central North Dakota whose career spanned 37 years throughout the Midwestas a cooperative lender and CEO. Western poetry is his passion and Marv lives in Green Valley, AZ, with his wife
Candy. Marv has 4 children and 3 grandchildren. You can contact Marv at his website www.prairiepoet.org.
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