It is difficult for me to believe that August is almost here. I have been busy in the garden hoping for more rain, staying cool on the hottest days. Lots of fun visiting with family and grandkids (5!) and that helps me keep my equilibrium. So much just doesn’t make sense to me right now and lots of hand stitching gives my mind some space. So, a lovely photo of my back border in bloom. You can see our solar light string on the fence. I decided to move my tomatoes to a sunnier spot out in the alley by our garage and they are enormous!
I have several pieces out in the world right now. In New Legacies, at the Lincoln Center Galleries in Fort Collins, CO, Mind Map: Thinking Routines, is on exhibit through August 22. Wayfinder: Along a Twisted Path has been accepted for the SDA Exhibition in Print, coming soon. Mind Map: Compartments in Quilt National at the Dairy Barn in Athens OH, continues through September 1.
Summer Books: Here are a few titles I have enjoyed. First, on audio, Red Dog Farm, by Nathaniel Ian Miller; The Antidote, by Karen Russell; A Drop of Corruption, by Robert Jackson Bennett; Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy. And in paper, Gliff, by Ali Smith; The List of Suspicious Things, by Jennie Godfrey; The Book of Records, by Madaleine Thien; and The Rental House, by Weike Wang.