The last quote sets the record straight . . .!

"In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is."
-- Gertrude Stein

"The one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were."
-- David Brinkley

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
-- Oscar Wilde

"I've gone into hundreds of [fortune-teller's parlors], and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her."
-- New York City detective

What makes waking up so worthwhile . .

The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.

- Chauncey Depew

Why I don't buy a ticket . . .

Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.

Ambrose Bierce

Full Moon and no Vampires . . .

According to the news, the moon was the closest to the earth last night and would, supposedly, appear to be about fourteen percent larger than usual. We went outside at the designated time and it was a beautiful evening and the moon was clear and bright. We didn't hear any unearthly howling so assume the moon wasn't full enough to bring out any vampires or werewolves! :-)

From Fabric to Quilt . . .

I found some great fabric at the discount warehouse last visit there. I decided to take all the colors and incorporate them into a basic quilt using bars and squares of the fabric. I laid out the pieces, today, to see how it was coming along. I was happy to discover I had only five more to piece together today. Next time I get to sew, it is time to prepare the batting and backing for the quilt and then start the quilting process. That always takes the longest.

Reasonable assumptions . . .

"In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre that it may not actually come to pass while the article is still on the presses."
-- Calvin Trillin

"Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy."
-- Charles Peters

Where did the time go . . .

This time, last year, my son and I had suitcases in everyone's way and were making last-minute trips to the store for items needed on our long-planned trip to see the battlefields of World War II. Where did the time go? The trip is already 'last year' and when we review our pictures, it is hard to believe we had actually been there an done that!

In this picture, my son was enjoying his first ship cruise as we took this huge ferry boat across the English Channel to the France and, subsequently, to Normandy. I don't think my son ever realized how vast a body of water could be even if this was not of the proportions of an entire ocean. When you can't see the shore from any view, then that is considered a lot of water!