I had the opportunity to visit a local quilt showing yesterday. The gals have met weekly for some time to make about 200 quilts. Each quilt has been given a lot of thought, matching colors, squares and patterns. The batting in thick and comforting and the quilts are tied. We walked the aisles of quilts and marveled at the ingenuity of some of the participants. Some of the most interesting quilts were down the back of the hall and had a sign on them. Graduation. One of the gals explained that they made a quilt for each graduating student that year. So some 18 students will be recipients of their own special quilt.
Groups of folk sat round and ate huge slices of cake washed down with coffee and conversation.
A quick evening meal and then I set the computer up for an online chat with an online Quilt Group. The date had been set some months prior and if you have a computer you can fulfill the obligation no matter where you are in the world.
Well it took me a bit of time to find out the protocol and how I should reply... but one by one folk asked questions and we entered an hour of dialogue with gals from all round the world.
The room here was full of friends waiting for me to finish so we could watch a Chick Flick. The chocolates were waiting and the popcorn made. But there I was, earphones on with music loud in my ears and typing furiously.... I got up quite a sweat I must admit, but it was a great experience....
I had to answer the phone in the middle of typing like a fiend. My friends were exhausted just watching....
We watched the movie "Osama," the first movie shot entirely in Afghanistan since the Taliban regime was ousted.
The movie tells the story of a 12-year-old girl whose father and brother have died and who must disguise herself as a boy to leave her house and support her family. In the era of the Taliban, women could not leave home unless accompanied by male relatives.
"Osama" was filmed in Kabul, the nation's capital, and the actors were all amateurs.
Its star, Marina Golbahari, was a beggar discovered by writer-director Siddiq Barmak when he returned to Afghanistan after it was liberated from the hard-line Islamic regime.
Have you ever watched a movie where you just sit in silence at the end and take a deep breath. This is one of those movies.
"People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
Zig Ziglar
