Category Archives: Slice of Life
Some Thoughts on the Satisfactions of Sewing
Suz, my feminist guardian angel with the messy hair and dented halo, has been singing with the heavenly chorus and will be back after New Years. All of the choirs of angels were working extra hard since election day to help to salve the souls of those of us that are despairing and…
A Beach Cover Up, A Polka Dot Vespa, and My First Friend
Back in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where I grew up lived my first friend ever, her name Theresa Pennetti Klco. We were blood sisters, and so were our daughters. So were our mothers.We never went to the same school. But we lived across the street from each other through fourth grade.Our family moved away to…
Where Has Susan Been in the Past Year?
Since just around this time in 2014, the planets aligned and my life changed, Drastically. Wonderfully. And Completely. Here is how it started. In the Spring I decided that enough was enough, I was bone-tired of selling houses. I decided to apply for Social Security and turn my company over to my one and only…
My Obama Pajams for the Pattern Review Recycle Challenge
Her’s to you Mr. President, My Obama Pajamas, are wonderfully soft, and I am sure that my wearing them on election night put him over the top! Many moons ago, we purchased these lovely Croscill sheets, they were luxuriously soft because of their high thread count. Dreamy and creamy, that’s how I would describe the…
