Archive for June, 2008
Bagels
Growing up in the Detroit suburbs, I know bagels. After Mom moved in with us we would drive back to the old neighborhood to buy bagels: 120+ miles roundtrip. (We bought 3 dozen at a time and froze them. Sacrilege, but what could I do?)
Quite the versatile food group, bagels are. Fresh with lox, cream cheese, and lemon; toasted with butter; or peanut butter. Broiled with melted cheese…
I also like a toasted bagel with a fried egg on top, but this can be problematic. It is the very definition of the “square peg in the round hole.” More to the point, it’s a lot of egg yolk falling through the hole in the bagel.
The only way around the hole-in-the-bagel dilemma is to make a closed-hole bagel. (Heaven forbid!) Or, to cook the egg to match the bagel!
This is not as easy as it look. Therefore I would like someone to INVENT a cooking tool that would automatically make a hole in the egg to match the bagel. Perhaps a heavy, metal cone-shaped structure that sits in the frying pan. One would crack the egg on the tip. The egg would drip down around the cone and cook with a premeditated hole in the center. Or, the dumb metal cone would heat up and the egg would cook on the way down and you’d have to bit the egg off of it and throw away the bagel. OK, scrap that idea and get to work on something else, would ya?
6 comments June 30, 2008
Where In The World? (Hint #4 and #5)
This has been so much fun! Thank you all for playing. I actually have TWO winners…I’m feeling generous. Their useless gifts will be on the way next week. BUT, I’m not revealing the answer because I wrote more “hints.” Here’s the last two.
Here’s hint #4. If you’ve been in this room, you’ll know the city I visited.
OK, Hint #5 should give it away for sure…
One of the most famous skylines in the world. And if you ever get a chance to fly there, make sure you get a window seat on the LEFT side of the plane.Let’s see how many people know where this is. If you know, add a comment on the blog. (Emails don’t count.)
14 comments June 28, 2008
Where In The World? (Hint #3)
Lot’s of great guesses. If you haven’t figured it you, here’s another hint.
Have a guess? Send in that comment. Maybe get the prize.
14 comments June 28, 2008
Where In The World? (Hint #2)
All great guesses, but no. Here’s another hint. You didn’t think it would be EASY, did you?
Have a guess? Tell me in a comment. Don’t forget about the insignificant and probably useless prize for the first person to guess correctly.
13 comments June 27, 2008
Where In The World?
Did you miss me? I took a little vacation. Can you guess where? Here’s a hint:
Make your guess as a comment. The first person to guess correctly will get a small yet paltry gift. Have at it!
33 comments June 26, 2008
And At The End We Took A Picture
Helena, Ann, Julie, Patty, Liza, Susan, Wendy, Peggy, Ann, and Joan—thank you for spending the day with me making Twisted Sisters blocks. I hope you had as much fun as I did. (Click the picture to see a larger version.)
Add comment June 13, 2008
Quilting & Caring: The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative
Last night I had the privilege of sharing information about the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative at the opening festivities of the 2008 Quilting Consortium of New York State quilt show. Organizers made Purple Patches for participants to wear in honor of someone they know with Alzheimer’s disease. It was so wonderful to see the people wearing them last night and again this morning.
The Purple Patch project is one way quilters (and others) can contribute to the AAQI.
I also had the honor of meeting Paula Foerder of Williamsville, NY who had one of her quilts, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” in the June auction which just ended. Her little quilt which measures just 8″ x 10.5″ raised $120 for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative.
I also got a chance to see Peggy Mages again. She’s the AAQI volunteer who registers all the Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts and the Little Treasures quilts and assigns them their numbers. She also harvests the information from the registration emails and inserts it into forms that Niki Gottesman, another volunteer, uploads to the web page.
Got a few more minutes of my lunch break left. With any luck at the end of class today I’ll remember to take a photograph of the Twisted Sisters quilts we’re making in today’s workshop.
Add comment June 13, 2008
June Auction Earns $2,468
The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative’s June 2008 small quilt auction wrapped up last night with total winning bids reaching $2,468. Winning bids ranged from $30 all the way to $225 for a quilt made by AAQI board member Kathy Kennedy Dennis featuring signatures of more than 40 quilting liminaries. There were a total of 168 bids received. Quilt #2167 (“Texas Blues”) by Vicki Craig of Abilene, Texas had the most bids with 15.
Huge thanks to everyone who participated wether by threading their needle or openinig their wallet. Winning bidders can purchase their quilts here, and the rest of you can see what treasures you missed. The next auction will begin July 1st.
1 comment June 11, 2008
One Of Our Own
Mary Matton is one of more than 50 quilters who are participating in the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative’s “$1,000 Promise.” Each quilter has pledged to create and donate as many Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts as it takes to each raise $1,000. Mary has already fulfilled her promise having donated more than 20 quilts (some are featured above). Plus she says she has at least that many more ready to send in to continue her generous support of the AAQI. The AAQI uses all profits to fund Alzheimer’s research.
Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts are no larger than 9″ x 12″ and need not be Alzheimer’s-related. Any technique, style, color, or shape (as long as it can be fit into a USPS priority mailer without folding) are accepted. Each quilt is assigned a number and gets its own web page where makers can track how much money it raised. We welcome everyone’s participation. This is an ongoing project.
Yesterday Mary was featured in an article by Heather Roth, writing for The Capital newspaper. Click here to read it.
Several Annapolis Quilt Guild members, including Mary and fellow “$1,000 Promise” quilter Ann Kelsall, demonstrated quilting at the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. this past weekend in connection with their annual “Celebration of Textiles.” Mary brought along about 20 “Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts” which were prominently displayed and told anyone who would listen about the AAQI. “Hopefully,” she wrote, some of them will turn into buyers.” The June auction ends tonight at 10pm EST. (Hint, hint…)
The Annapolis Quilt Guild has their show this weekend and Mary’s new Priority: Alzheimer’s Quilts will be displayed there. They’ve also been displayed at the Federal Courthouse for two months, and at the local Barnes and Noble for a month.
High fives to Mary Matton for getting “ink” and mentioning the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative, and for spreading the word so effectively.
2 comments June 10, 2008
It’s Nice To Be Needed
I spent Friday and Saturday helping to move our daughter from one apartment to another. She actually moved on her own power, it was all her belongings that required my assistance. Jennie did all the packing and I basically showed up for the heavy lifting. It’s nice to be needed. On Friday we drove over a couple loads to her new place. It was approaching 90 degrees and the humidity was about as high. Thankfully there was a nice breeze right before the tornado warnings and the torrential downpour. And the hail. We made it inside just in time and had a radio so we knew when it was safe to resume the moving, but in case you ever visit Jennie during a tornado, the best place to hide is in her bedroom closet. Move the shoes.
On Saturday Steve came up to help with the U-Haul. Actually, it was a He-Haul becase neither Jennie nor I had any desire to drive it. Some of Jen’s friends from work came to help too and they let me boss them around which was way fun.
Max, Jennie, and Jason are relaxing in anticipation of the He-Haul truck.
Max, Kari, Jennie, and Jason (top row); Amy and Joel (bottom row) were really sweet to strike a pose after the truck was loaded. Not only did they help unpack the truck, but they helped put Jen’s stuff away too. Steve and I left for home to drain the dog (Madison had to stay home) while they were connecting electronic components I couldn’t even identify. It was most impressive.
This morning I discovered muscles I didn’t even know I had. Yesterday I pretended to be young. It was fun.
5 comments June 8, 2008
