(LONG) I bought Dear Hannah last night ...

No joke, it's already being distributed on the market. :^) LQS in Tower (MN) had two Dear Hannah books available, and I just had to get one.

We'd attended a funeral yesterday, and I decided DD and I should attend the guild meeting last night ... to try and pick up our spirits a little. This particular guild always meets at our LQS, so I knew we'd be surrounded by much warmth, love, sharing and delightful things to behold.

We spotted the Dear Hannah book right away, thumbed thru quickly before making myself let go and give it to the owner to set aside and include with a purchase that DD might want to make as well. There was a Cherokee Proverb written, on one of the letters to Dear Hannah, that said ... When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

The next letter I reached had a little notation from Helen Keller ... but now I know that we could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Then came another, from Aunt Jane of Kentucky ... Patchwork? Ah no! It was the memory, imagination, history, biography, joy, sorrow, philosophy, religion, romance, realism, life, love and death; and over all, like a halo, the love of the artist for his work and the soul's longing for earthly immortality. {I'm giggling & thinking, Is it no wonder the topics here are so varied?}

We learned last night, one of our guild members is moving to Illinois (she's leaving us in two weeks), and plans on opening up a quilt shop with her sister there. The shop will be located in New Baden, Illinois (about 2 hours from Paducah). She's been keeping everything a secret for 3 months, until all her arrangements had been made and accomplished. Her excitement was exploding last night! You could almost see the Fourth of July fireworks being displayed!!! When Cindy opens that new shop, you'se are going to have a blast.

BTW, DD purchased a flower-shaped pincushion for her wrist and 2 FQ's. She also drew a butterfly, while trying to endure a sewing machine maintenance lesson we were having, and says we're going to turn her butterfly into a quilt. Ahhhhhh ... A quilter's challenge has begun!!! *grins*

And ... each won a little something from the drawing they held. Half a dozen

6-inch charms for me, and half a dozen quilter's tools for DD. Afterwards, there was cake and ice cream (lowfat too) and the most marvelous juice I've ever tasted. A blend of apricot mixed w/pineapple and apple. MMMmmmm Very light and extremely flavorful.

I couldn't help but share all this ... and now, ready to greet the day ... I have to dash off to work.

Play hard, enjoy all you do today, and many hugs ... DeB Shaw Queen of the *Northern*Lights*

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