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• Book Review: Code Girls

  This is an amazing “behind the scenes” story, only recently declassified. The subject and situation are both very complex. I look forward to a film version (like the movies Hidden Figures and Green Book set in the 1960s). Personal Note: In 2008, I joined a reunion of Marines with my father-in-law who fought on IWO […]

• When inspiration hits dirt

  Back ground: Winter 2021. When will pandemic end? Seed catalogs: Shumway and Jung. Delightful dreams of spring planting. Adventure! For the first time I ordered strawberry, raspberry and asparagus roots. The good news (maybe) is that I reconsidered where to plant strawberries and asparagus to prevent them from becoming snacks for wildlife. These are my […]

• Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Gift

  Dressmaker is a term that is no longer in our contemporary vocabulary.  A century ago, it was a profession with formal training. The American College of Dressmaking in Kansas City published The American Dressmaker textbook in 1906.  I assume this instruction became part of Home Economics curriculum some decades later. I digress… the title The Dressmaker’s […]

• Book Review: Secret Empires

  I saw multiple interviews with Peter Schweizer over the last few years especially timed around new book releases. Reading a Schweizer book completes one New Year’s Resolution. The content is detailed with MANY footnotes. Excellent questions are posed. The content is absolutely relevant to matters that influence “these days and times” at home and abroad. […]

• Book Review: The Winding Ways Quilt

    I have had quilts all my life…gifts from both grandmothers and a bonus from Great grandmother Hall (photo on the “About” page). Until I browsed the aisles of the Used Book Store in White Pine, TN I did not know there was a series of books on quilts and quilting.  I bought four of […]