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86Grief ~ How Long Does It Last?
I am grieving. Every morning I wake up to the knowledge that my husband is not beside me. All through the day I work from home, alone, on the creations from the Memory Quilts business I have started, and...
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72The Film "The Proposal" - or Rockport, MA posing as Sitka, Alaska
For a couple of weeks in April of 2008, Rockport, MA became Sitka, Alaska. Disney's film crews crawled all over the town changing signs, repainting old buildings in the center of town, and blocking...
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83Danvers State Insane Asylum Cemetery
I lived in New England for twenty-three years and it was shortly after I moved there that I heard about Danvers. I had never been interested in the paranormal beyond watching scary movies on occasion so the...
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76Gravestone Carvings and Poetry - The Art of the Grief
Any town, no matter how small, has a cemetery. In some, the newer grave markers are scattered around the older stones. In others, the older cemeteries are closed to any new residents. Stone walls...
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77a bridal quilt, a dead husband, and a can of Raid
unfinished bridal quilt top out of the frame. it will be cleaned and pressed. while i work on the Memory Quilts for the widows and widowers who contact me, i've been working on my daughter's bridal quilt. ...
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78Why Rockport (and the rest of Cape Ann) is so Rocky
If you ever visit Rockport, not the tourist part, but put on your sturdiest hiking boots and really walk the coastline of Rockport, you'll find it mezmerizing with its enormous granite boulders that do not...
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69Sunrise And Snow Coming - Rockport, MA
My husband and I lived in Rockport, in the southern part of town. We were about halfway between the center of town and the Gloucester town line. There was a cove that we walked down to that became my...
4 comments61I Will Cry Inside Forever
The long days stretch out before me,Each world-weary hour is spent aloneWorry and fear, sorrow and longingHave pulled up chairs at my table,And linked hands in silent prayer.Each step I take, each task I...
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76Memory Quilts ~ the Stories Behind the Quilts
My days are filed with sewing what I've started calling Memory Quilts. It has become a job that I equate with being a bartender. People come to me to provide a service and they sit and tell me their...
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73No Sewing Machine? Hand Sew a Memory Quilt
I love to sew. It is relaxing for me and lately has been a source of comfort. I haven't had a sewing machine in years now. I do everything by hand. I'd like to tell you how easy it is to make a memory...
