Today is Poetry Friday and our host for the Roundup this week is author Irene Latham from the website Live Your Poem! I have been making a lot of fabric masks and donating them to members of my community. This has been a fun and worthwhile activity for me, even in the unpleasant circumstances of…
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An Unpublished Post on Life During the First Month of COVID-19
It’s Easter Sunday, April 12th 2020. We’ve been relegated to our homes for schooling since March 16th. The Governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, proclaimed a Safer at Home Order on March 23rd, to last at least until April 26th of 2020. Did I mention it’s April 12th? It’s been a month and we still have…
Curbside Fabric Retrieval Confusion on Both Ends
I am hoping that the curbside fad disappears after the pandemic is quelled. Yesterday, I had a short but unorganized experience picking up more fabric for masks. Last week, my sewing machine needle broke. In the middle of making PPE’s and a quilt, it was not good timing. I searched my drawers and came up…
Fabric Mask Making Makes Me Grateful
My boys keep watching me and gently teasing about my “mask factory.” Every morning, for the last week I have started the day by making more fabric masks. I’m well past 50 masks completed now with several local families served. Yesterday, I also shipped out a second order to my sister who works in Buffalo,…



