I found panels of this fabric at Quilting Connection last year and finally did something with them. Two of the panels became bright, bold accent pillows in the living room. It turns out they are kind of appropriate for the spell of hot weather we’ve had even before the first day of spring! I’m going with a lot of lavender these days, but bold pops of color in Georgia O’Keeffe type flowers shout “Hello 2012, I’m here with a flair!”
Also on the sofa above are some of the things I’ve been reading late this winter. My Stroke of Insight was written by a neuroanatomist who suffered and describes her own experience of having a stroke. Here is a YouTube video that describes her journey. It reinforced my deep belief that we can hardly understand what is going on in other people’s brains, especially when those adults or children have brain anomalies, and that the best thing we as “normal” people can do is be very patient and compassionate, all the while believing that anomalies can be overcome or compensated for.
I’ve also located a book that won my heart when I was a teenager, From Dream to Discovery: On Being a Scientist by Hans Seyle. I won’t tell you what my mother did to get me my own copy of this book when I was in high school, or how I “lost” the book during some rough times in Indiana, but even though it smells a little musty and is perhaps a little outdated, the copy I found at ISU’s Parks library still sings to me! For shorter reads, I also enjoyed articles on the historical clash between the ideas of capitalism, communism and fascism in the recent Foreign Affairs.
