November and December, 2009
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE: PASSING ON A QUILT (Carol Pletcher) Click IT AIN'T FOR SISSIES (Gene Murdock) Click UPDATE FROM POLLY (Pauline Joubert) Click SHOW OF NEW ART QUILTS (Rosalind Revilock-Frost) Click NEW HOUSE! (Nancy Murdock) Click OUR 18th GREAT-GRANDCHILD (Nancy Murdock) Click FALL COLOR (Nancy Murdock) Click Part 2 COUNTING THE DAYS (Nancy Murdock) Click THE SUN IS UP (Nancy Murdock) Click ROSALIND'S QUILT SHOW (Derek Revilock-Frost) Click HEADING BACK! (Margery Aukstikalnis) Click HOME AGAIN! (Margery Aukstikalnis) Click DEWEY READMORE BOOKS (Charlie Frost) Click POETRY CONTEST HONORABLE MENTION (Missi Sargent) Click MACKEREL SKY (Gene Murdock) Click |
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Gene Murdock TOL October 1, 2009 I understand that messages have been flying across the country asking: Have you seen or heard from Gene? Where is he? How is he? Is he married yet? I am fine. My silence has just been due to being very busy and experiencing a lot of laziness, sloth, and sleepiness. But as you elders know, old age ain’t for sissies! I have spent a lot of time with doctors of all sorts. At my annual skin exam the doc found a suspicious growth on my right temple and immediately incised it for biopsy. He also declared my skin rash as eczema and prescribed a medication for it. A week later the report came in and the biopsy showed a basal cell carcinoma, so I scheduled a return visit. This time he dug deeply and sent the specimen down the hall for an immediate biopsy and it came back clean. But the wound was sure slow in healing. Then my trigger finger pain returned and this time the doc said surgery was called for. So he set up a date and I returned for outpatient surgery. That sounded easy, but they prepped me for the operating room, strapped me on to a gurney and inserted boards to hold my outstretched arms. I felt like I was in an Easter Passion play. They then had the audacity to drape a stiff sheet over my face so I wouldn’t contaminate myself or make faces at the nurses. Each hand was cut, palm up, at the base of the troublesome finger, in enough of a gash as to require four stitches in each hand. With large band-aids on for a week, it sure limited my patting and groping activities! On the fun side of life, I am now getting monthly pedicures in a mini Jacuzzi with follow up massage and oiling. I keep jigsaw puzzles out for the residents as well as one in my room, and I am still doing my Saturday morning music show. And I still strive to make at least three people laugh and five others smile every day. Other than that I spend my time watching the turkey vultures, planning and taking short trips, cataloguing my old records, writing articles for the Linnwood Newsletter, and working on some TOL topics. But I will try to do better on getting stuff out in publication, and thank you for your concern and nagging. Love, Gene |
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Pauline Joubert Hi Nan and Bob September 10: Just wanted to wish you a happy anniversary on the 16th, as I may not remember when the day comes. How many years does this make??? I don't remember the year you had the 50th. [Ed. Note: This was the 59th. We feel extremely fortunate! Bob still says we're hiring Madison Square Garden for the next one.--NAM] Nan, you must be getting excited about retirement and getting ready for a move. I really don't envy you the move and hope you have more help than we did. Stan and I finally got the rest of the stuff from storage in a rented van a couple of weeks ago. For the most part I went through the boxes and packed some of them for Goodwill and combined others such as Christmas decorations I don't have the heart to get rid of yet. I will see how I feel closer to Christmas. We are not sure if we will be here or in FL by then, as it depends on the weather. I think I told you this place was completely furnished, so we had to downsize a lot.... We just sold the queen size bed to a lady here in the park. As it turns out, I worked with her at Riverbend in Franklin when I was filling in in their office. We also sold the two nightstands I had at a consignment store in Concord. The ones here have a little more space to hide things. I still have several small items/knick knacks I think I'll try to sell on Craig's list. I should have taken one year to sell down before putting my house on the market, but I never thought it would sell so fast. Oh well, it gives me something to keep me busy. Last Saturday we had a nice visit with Barb and Dick at the Peterborough diner. They were up visiting relatives, and from Peterborough they headed for Fitzwilliam to see Margery. It was sooo nice seeing Barb again and meeting Dick. I think Barb looks young and full of energy. Dick is a real character with the women. He had to catch one backing up toward him carrying dishes. He stopped her from falling and only dropped one dish. October 1: - I'm looking forward to another winter in the south but we need to get that house sold as it costs every month for the land rent. If you know of anyone interested we are only asking 15,000.00 fully furnished. It's an older model but very nice with two bedrooms, two baths, a small kitchen and a little dining area. The living room is good sized and it has a Florida room off the living room. October 6: - Stan and I are doing well with no sicknesses. I had my seasonal flu shot last week and Stan gets his tomorrow. I'm not sure about the other shot but I guess I'll get it if available. The weather and the trees are beautiful now and I really want to get out to take some snaps of it. It seems like there is always more to do here so we will be ready to leave when the time comes. Maybe while we are out tomorrow for the flu shot I can convince Stan to take a ride. Take care, stay well, and enjoy each day of your retirment. |
Extreme Series |
Rosalind Revilock-Frost Dear Bob and Nancy, Just a quick note to let you know about a show of my new contemporary art quilts. I have worked all summer on them. The show includes quilts from the “Ogunquit series”, “the Extreme Series” and the “Japan Series” along with a few other quilts. Derek has created the linked announcement. If you are in the area, I hope you will take a look. By the way, Colby’s does a great breakfast or lunch! And also check out St Joe’s coffee shop in York for hot, fresh made bennies! Derek had a wonderful time with you in Concord. Sorry I couldn't be there. Rosalind |
Ironwood, Michigan Gallery Photo |
Nancy Murdock We have now done one trip up to our house in MI, and one trip back. The ride up was quite hectic around Chicago, with buckets of rain falling on us and signs that weren’t entirely clear. However, we were thrilled with our new house!! It is in excellent shape, with what appears to be newly painted rooms and newly installed carpeting. We took possession of the house and noted that it is now our primary home. In addition to our suitcases, etc., we managed to take four framed paintings, five quilts, a folding table, and two folding chairs. We were then able to buy another two chairs at K-Mart. While we were there, we bought a new electric stove and refrigerator at Sears. We were very impressed with the man who delivered them. It turned out that the fridge was too big to get through the kitchen door. (We had measured only the height of the fridge vs. the height of the space for it in the kitchen.) The driver was very calm about this fact. He said it was no problem, that he just had to take the fridge apart! Then he put it together again after it was lying on the kitchen floor in pieces. I didn’t see any scratch at all after it was done, and it worked perfectly!! Mary and Darrel lent us an inflatable mattress after our first night, when we slept on the floor. (We found that was easier said than done.) Bob thought his back hurt from contact with the floor that night, but he had actually banged it when he lost his balance and fell into the bush by the outside steps in MD, when we came home from my quilt group’s meeting. Bless him, though, he is still planning to go back with me to the meeting tomorrow. We discovered that we definitely needed a few little items, such as plastic dishes and cups. I had packed nearly all of our plastic forks, spoons, and knives, acquired from many months of Sew & Tell meetings, so they came in very handy. But we had nothing to eat off except plastic baggies. We are now richer by two lightweight plastic cereal bowls and two 6" plates made of thin metal. Now we can return Mary’s loan of two good dishes and two metal spoons. For serving hot and cold drinks, we had a few McDonald’s paper coffee cups, acquired en route, which we found could actually be washed, dried, and reused several times. I never would have guessed! It looks as if we can easily place all of our various dishes that we’ve acquired over the years. The whole house has ample closets, cupboards, and shelves, a welcome find! We also have FOUR bedrooms: two upstairs and two on the first floor. The second one on the first floor (the blue room) will be my art studio, used mainly for quilting. (The gold room is already marked as our bedroom.) There is a nice quilt shop in Ironwood, and also a group of quilters who get together one morning a month (I think) to work on charity quilts. The quilt shop offers several quilt classes, too. We had several meetings with the realtors and insurance agents, so we are now signed and sealed as owners of a very nice house. There is an attached garage with a door into the house and an automatic door opener, a really great-looking shed which neither of us has a key to get into, and a clean, dry basement, which contains the second bathroom (really only a toilet) and a workshop where Bob, Darrel, and Mary are all eager to hang their tools and start working on projects. Now we need to find a good long-distance mover. |
Oct. 29, 2009 Becky sent this photo of her first grandson. |
Nancy Murdock A positive event on our return trip is that, as we were trying to find our way through Wasau, WI, Mer called Bob on his cell phone to announce the arrival of our 18th great-grandchild. Zachary William Murdock was born to Tim (Ian’s youngest son) and Tim’s wife Kay. (We had attended their wedding in CA on October 11, 2008.) William is Kay’s father’s name. Zachary was born on his great-great-grandmother’s birthday. Eldora Christel (Charlton) Murdock was born on October 29, 1906. So both sides of Zachary’s family have special connections with his birth. Note from Becky: Here is a pic of the newest member of the Murdock family Zachary William Murdock born today 10-29-09, weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz. 21-1/2" (same as Natalie and Tim). Mom & Dad are doing well.....born at Winn Army Community Hospital Ft. Stewart Georgia. |
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Nancy Murdock Gray sky covers the landscape - Brown trees, darkened by rain, Line out the fields of tan, sad undergrowth. Wisconsin is not at its best today. 11/29/2009 - (written on the road). |
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