Author Archives: Fran Gardner
Same as it every was
I’ve been reading History of the Great American Fortunes, a book published in 1909 by Gustavus Myers. Myers may well have been a Marxist, but his social commentary is right on the mark as he calls out the rich and powerful … Continue reading
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Bucket baloney
Despite my resolution for this month (February), to avoid thinking, saying or writing negative things, I can’t get a recent Editorial Notebook from the New York Times out of my head. The title is “Last Things First for Patients With … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Happiness, How to live, Observations
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Happy Birthday. I saw it on Facebook.
My birthday is in a couple of days, January 1 to be exact. If this year is like previous years, I will get several dozen Happy Birthday messages on Facebook, most of them from people I know more or less … Continue reading
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Don’t sweat the pumpkin seeds
Just a seasonal reminder: if you are roasting seeds from your Halloween pumpkin, you don’t need to clean off all the pulp from every last one. Separating the seeds from the pulp is messy but fun in a visceral sort of … Continue reading
A little quilted bag for the mother of Robert’s Russian professor.
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It's just a kitchen, cluttered –but the colors! I love color.
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Light through trees on my street filtered sunlight during the eclipse. Each of these light patches is an image of the sun with the moon partially covering it.
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Memories and fabric
On her While She Naps blog, quilter and designer Abby Glassenberg describes a new project, a quilt with 99 hexagons, each one representing a fabric in her stash. “I’ve had some of these fabrics for more than 10 years,” she … Continue reading
A little notice
Jessica Skultity at The Wonky Press (issue #39: Why I’m Writing a Book, Bright Yellow Quilts, and Some Great Links) has said some kind things about a little quilt I made earlier this year. Since it was for a baby, I used … Continue reading
January signs
On Jan. 2, 2017, which was the New Year’s holiday this year, I found a couple of interesting signs near where SE Powell meets 50th and Foster Road. The grammatically challenged sign below was, sadly, on the door of the … Continue reading
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