The Dichotomy of it all

 I have been unproductive in the output lately and Have been feeling overwhelmed 

It's not like I have nOthing to do

The tumbling blocks quilt neeeeeedss finishing                                               There is really only a few things still needed to do on it                                  I just have to do them, and admittedly, I have been dragging my feet.

I also have a quilt for someone to finish, there are always UFO's of some derivation in my studio 

and a pile of Orphan blocks that keeps growing

it's not like I can't come up with some sidequest I just HAVE to do nOw

Some Blocks just beg to be made into odd things!

I'll add a crystal spider & web to the tip later

Ok so this sidequest was important

That is Dear Daughter #1 with her newborn

And he is just the cutest little thing!

Grannie is in love

The birth was early by 3 weeks and there were complications for my girl that needed my attention and then there is the pull of that face!

MMmmmm, maybe the other one will be more appreciative......

I am not beyond food bribery either.....

The garden needs looking after too

There are vegis to harvest and flowers to put to bed

I need to move a bush and tidy up some before the weather turns to snot.

And the news does not bear thinking of past keeping abreast of the latest atrocity and the governments lack of coherence

I mean honestly who do I have to fuck to take it seriously? No joy there.  pHah!  No wonder I feel like I want to hide.

This 9/11

I remember the actions of ordinary everyday people, while the towers were still burning and immediately after they fell, that is the America I wish to remember on this 9/11. 

The America that drops everything, sometimes running into danger, to help the stranger.

It is the America we saw briefly again during the World cup this summer. Welcoming, generous, a little silly, proud to show you around their little patch of country, welcoming the stranger with open arms and open heart.

That is my America, that is what America means to me. 

Whatever it is the entitled rich whyte boys of this government are doing is not it. We the regular everyday people of America need to stop them. Please vote. If voting didn't work, the powers that be wouldn't be trying so hard to take it away from you. 

If the people of this country weren't being separated by political hate and legislated scarcity, that welcoming generous and a little silly America, proud to show you their little patch, would come back to being an every day thing, instead of a special occasion thing, welcoming the stranger with open arms and open heart.