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Last month I celebrated another birthday, and my wonderful birthday dinner at Christopher’s courtesy of my gentleman friend, got me to thinking about past birthdays and birthday presents.
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Greetings to my fellow veterans and all others who may read my occasional columns. I am sure that you have noticed I have not written much lately. I have been asked why by a few people here lately, so I will be short in my answer. Congress has been too busy with other things and there really has been no news about helping vets. No news from Congress or the Veterans’ Affairs, no column from yours truly.
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The Maytag repairman was once billed as the loneliest job in the world. That was due to the high quality of their washing machines. Commercials at the time had the character actor, Jesse White, suggesting to the new repairman recruits that they should carry items in their survival kit to keep them occupied during the day: playing cards for solitaire, jigsaw puzzles and beadwork.
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When this pandemic started in March, I was determined it wouldn’t get the best of me but despite the pep talks and plans I’d make in my head at bedtime for “tomorrow,” mentally it did. Many people I know have enjoyed the isolation, or at least the opportunity to tackle projects they didn’t have time for before, but I on the other hand was married to my appointment book.
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I heard wonderful words this afternoon that gladdened my heart. I was told that school would be starting in August. O, happy day!
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At this writing, it happened two and a half weeks ago on a Wednesday afternoon. I was about to close up shop at my hot dog stand and was feeling a bit downhearted about the sales for the week when a random customer walked up. She was an attractive, welldressed African American woman and before I could even say “Hello”, she said that she didn’t want a hotdog, she just wanted to let me know I was blessed.
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It was a long time ago but not so long for me. If you believe in love at first sight, this may have been it. And not just looks either. We’re talking about the whole package. After that first meeting, I knew that we would be making music together for a long time.
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During the last 11 years of my work career, I looked forward to one thing - retiring and making quilts until I died! Essentially self-taught, I learned from watching the TV shows of those wonderful gurus of quilting, Alex Anderson, Eleanor Burns, Marianne Fons and Liz Porter, supplemented by an overflowing bookshelf of how-to-quilt books and quilt designs, and of course, by my quilting friends.
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