Dear Daughter Yeh! The second quilting square is complete for your “Dear Daughter” quilt and its time for my next letter to you. I’m glad you liked the last letter. (read more about the project here). I’ve chosen the thorny subject of homework this time. I know you find homework […]
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When you have limes….
One of the many joys of ordering a veg and fruit box each week is that you never know what may arrive. A couple of boxes ago, we found a lime. Just one. There were various suggestions including one of gin and tonic, but all suggestions meant only a few […]
Read moreDear Daughter. About makeup.
Weathervane quilting square Dear Daughter I’m going to cut straight to the chase. This is the first of a series of letters that I’m going to write you. They are inspired by the Farmer’s wife sampler quilt. This was a competition where the wives of US farmer wrote letters to […]
Read moreWhy children should enter competitions
There is nothing like the word competition on a correspondence from school, to put me in a dilemma. I am competitive. Its true. Feels like I’ve revealed an ugly side of myself, but it’s true. I’ve learnt to rein it in now that I am older, but given half a […]
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