We had a fabulous breakfast of pecan pancakes & bacon on Sunday
(11/4)
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| all of the leftovers for Michael's breakfast later in the week |
before turning to our respective projects. Michael cleaned up the kitchen while I headed
to my studio to continue quilting. I got
my bobbins wound and the stitching started on Miss Scarlett:
and also started up another label:
While those were both stitching along, I got
strips cut for another rail fence Quilt of Valor to do on retreat:
Depending on how many veterans come to our
quilting luncheon on Thursday I may be totally wiped out of Quilts of Valor, and I always want to
have a few quilts lying around…you never know when you might want one to give away :~).
By late afternoon the quilting was done:
and the second label was done:
so I started to clean up the
quilt and get it trimmed. Michael left
in the afternoon for a pizza get together prior to a tournament starting
tomorrow, so he wasn’t interested in dinner by the time he got home. Cookie kept me company while he was gone:
I kept working and started to put on the
binding and by the time I went upstairs for movie night with my honey….this was
totally done:
I’m ahead of my self
imposed schedule by one day and I am PSYCHED!!!
We had popcorn (have I ever told you that my honey makes THE BEST POPCORN
EVER?!?!?!?!) and watched CHARADE
(nobody and I mean nobody is as debonair as Cary Grant) while I worked on my
beading.
Captain Sully (remember Miracle on the Hudson?) penned some
sobering words in an op ed piece last week:
Captain Sully — a lifelong Republican — just penned an op-ed
encouraging everyone to vote against the GOP in order to save our democracy and
restore civility:
“For the first 85 percent of my adult life, I was a registered
Republican. But I have always voted as an American. And this critical Election
Day, I will do so by voting for leaders committed to rebuilding our common
values and not pandering to our basest impulses.”
Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger in the Washington Post:
"I am often told how calm I sounded speaking to passengers,
crew and air traffic control during the emergency. In every situation, but
especially challenging ones, a leader sets the tone and must create an
environment in which all can do their best. You get what you project. Whether
it is calm and confidence — or fear, anger and hatred — people will respond in
kind. Courage can be contagious.
"Today, tragically, too many people in power are projecting
the worst. Many are cowardly, complicit enablers, acting against the interests
of the United States, our allies and democracy; encouraging extremists at home
and emboldening our adversaries abroad; and threatening the livability of our
planet. Many do not respect the offices they hold; they lack — or disregard — a
basic knowledge of history, science and leadership; and they act impulsively,
worsening a toxic political environment.
* * *
"We cannot wait for someone to save us. We must do it
ourselves. This Election Day is a crucial opportunity to again demonstrate the
best in each of us by doing our duty and voting for leaders who are committed
to the values that will unite and protect us. Years from now, when our
grandchildren learn about this critical time in our nation’s history, they may
ask if we got involved, if we made our voices heard. I know what my answer will
be. I hope yours will be 'yes.'"
And oh how I wish we could show the compassion and generosity of
these people…didn’t our country used to have these values?
Thanks for sharing the op-ed piece by Sully. Excellent the way he stares his thoughts. I am sharing this with my family! My niece, who lives in Charlotte, was 1 of the passengers on Sully’s famous Miracle on the Hudson.
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