North of Nowhere

Books

Author: Wilson, Marie

Over the years I’ve been quite interested in the outcomes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; it has led me to contribute financially to a few different causes. When the Nation brought Marie to town to speak about her work and book we signed up immediately. Marie was Pat’s neighbour in Yellowknife.

Although there was a lot about the Commission, much of the book focused on how the statements reflected the author’s own life (she is married to a Survivor) and how she handled the many traumatic stories that came out of the Commission.

I was pleased that Alex had some knowledge (through school) of the Commission and the Residential Schools and I’m happy that he was interested in reading the book.

Goodreads Rating: * * * * *

Happy Birthday Christy

Cards, Quilting

July 5, 2026

Triplet (from Quilter’s Block-a-Day Calendar)

I’m almost to the end of my calendar blocks but I found this one for Christy. I used some paw print fabric with some cute dog fabric for the backing. I know Christy is missing George terribly.

Happy Birthday Elizabeth

Cards, Quilting

July 2, 2026

When Gail and I decided to make another fabric bowl I knew that I was going to make mine for Elizabeth’s birthday. Elizabeth even has her own bin of daisy fabric in my stash.

This is my second attempt at this pattern and although it is better than the first it still needs some tweaking. I used a lighter fusible interfacing and that worked much better. I had a new glue and it worked better than the messy glue stick I had for the first. It was still very difficult though to sew through the interfacing and the glue; next time, if there is a next time, I’ll glue further away from the edges where I need to sew. It is all hand stitched so my fingers are going to need a rest before attempting again; sewing the top and bottom together involved pliers, a thimble and the edge of my desk to push the need through.

I did the worst job ever of wrapping this gift. I didn’t have any birthday paper so I put everything into a bag and tried to wrap just the bag. That didn’t work very well. I didn’t have a box large enough to hold the bag but I had an empty box that I’d been storing old photos in. I wrapped it all up in a a second layer. By the time I was finished I’m not sure if I had more paper or tape holding it all together.

The Secret, Book & Scone Society

Books

Author: Adams, Ellery

I’ve no idea why or when this book was added to my list but when I was looking for a library book to borrow it was the first one that came up. I don’t usually read “cozy” mysteries but I didn’t mind this one.

Four women live in a small village along the Appalachian Trail. Three of the women own their own businesses while the third works in the spa that brings most of the tourists to their town. The town is about to undergo a change with the development of a new housing project. When one of the partners in the project suddenly dies the four women, some of whom had some contact with him before his death, are convinced he was murdered and set out to solve the mystery.

Goodreads Rating: * * *