Dear RCP…

More life lessons from a quilt, like cutaways, offsets, and rebuilds.

Dear WP^2 – Rhythm Returns

When you look at your quilt, here’s something I’d like you to remember… Rhythm Returns.

Mom Graduates at 50

It was standing room only in the chapel, I knelt beside my Dad. The faculty moved to one side so some guests could sit on the platform. Mom was graduating, moving a tassel. It had been a long time coming. If she were to be suitably cheered, it was up to me… “Jan Jarrell” ALRIGHT …

Meet my Parents

In the mid 1960’s, a handsome airman pursued a lovely young lady who caught his eye in the church they attended.  No sooner were they married when he received orders to go overseas for a time, and his bride moved across the country to join his family while he was away.  In due time, I was born there, where I …

Family Reunion

1988 – my grandfather heard this song twice, the year before he left us – it is now part of the annual traditional activities, being sung at least once every year since it was written