Ahhhh. the Holiday Season is Upon Us
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You know, every Fall there is one day when it really hits you.
The holidays are coming.
Today was the day it REALLY hit me. It happened in the parking lot of our local Safeway grocery store. You can tell by the way people drive on the supermarket asphalt that they have also just realized… the holidays are coming.
One thing I love about this business is that we don't get swamped by hysterical shoppers the week before Christmas. We get swamped by excited fabriholics when they realize it is time to really get to work on those holiday projects!
Some quilters and crafters start in the summer. Some wait til the kids go back to school. But many (myself included) wait until that day when it suddenly occurs to them…. the holidays are coming.
Myself, I don't subscribe to the madness. I love to give, and I love to make people happy, (as I know you do too) but the spiritual aspect of the holidays is somehow separate and very personal. Whether one is celebrating Christmas, Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or holding on for New Years Day…we can only hope that our fellow Earthlings can focus on the true meaning of our respective holidays…and the basic universal truths that permeate every religious holiday.
Today in the Safeway parking lot, I encountered 3 types of people. Those with the "It's me against you" attitude (scary behind the wheel), the "Life is wonderful and I am happy" sort (bewildering the Me Against You types), and the innocent distracted bystanders who get caught up in the middle.
I decided to make a conscious decision to be the "Life is Wonderful" type – not to be so busy that I couldn't smile and say hello to my fellow shoppers. That can be hard when you have a shopping list, a To Do List, and a couple hours to get it all done. But hey, it's the holiday season! Peace, Love, Joy and Quilts!
For those of you in the San Jose California area, next weekend Sophie and I will be attending the opening at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles on Sunday afternoon Nov 21 from 2-4 pm.
eQuilter is a corporate sponsor of this show, and I've never been to this museum, so I thought we should check it out. They are featuring the Marbaum Collection, and the work of my friend Yvonne Porcella. Hope to see you there!…?
Our deepest condolences go out to Hoffman Fabrics and the family of Philip Hoffman, who died this week on November 10th. We will miss his feisty sense of humor and his amazing surfer stories.
http://hoffmanfabrics.com/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=161
One last thing for Harry Potter fans – if you just can't stand the wait til next week – I put together a category of magical themed fabrics for the HP fan in your life. Now we just need JK Rowling to start writing the next generation of HP books…!
http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?catid=244
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