Our country seems to be straining at the seams, as we approach this election. However I am hopeful and optimistic that when we come through the pandemic and we can start to build a ‘new normal’, quilters will be the first to come together and celebrate our common ground.
I can’t tell you how much I miss seeing all of you…in workshops and at quilt festivals…in our classroom and in charity sewing groups…having tea together and talking about all-things-quilting. We will come together again, I know it. We will sit next to each other at our sewing machines, we will stand next to each other at quilt exhibits and strike up a chat with a stranger as we admire a quilt, and we will come together and share our stories of how we got through this year of 2020 that will go down in history.
You may have heard that a big wildfire exploded just outside of Boulder on Saturday. The worst of it was occurring just as I was about to start my Zoom lecture for the Visions Art Museum. I sent them a photo of the billowing tower of smoke, and I was just a wreck at the time, worrying about our business, our home, and my mom in a nursing home in NW Boulder. The VAM folks immediately and graciously gave me permission to reschedule. I went home and we had a family evacuation meeting, which fortunately was not needed.
The good news is that this lecture has been rescheduled for Saturday November 14, at the same time. (4 pm Pacific Time) So if you have a ticket, you can attend at that time, or watch the recording at a link later. If you missed out on registration, you could probably get a ticket to join us! So stay tuned for more details.
The slurry bombers and firefighters contained the eastern side of the fire late Saturday night, so we are no longer at risk. The last time we had a fire like this with windy conditions, it came within a mile of our place, so once you go through something like that (or worse) you will never experience a fire the same. Thank you for your calls and emails of concern. There is snow coming Sunday so if the firefighters can control the fire a few more days, we hope this fire can be contained. The giant fire up North near Fort Collins still has a long way to go. So we’ll have bad air quality for awhile, but I feel like the worst is past here in Boulder.
The photos above are of our eQuilter Charity Sewing Group. I hope these remind you of better times with your own group of quilter friends, and the good times we will have again some day…in 2021.
with hope for the future…
Luana and Paul
