Summer is here!

 I can't believe it is already the end of June! Spring began with cold  then hot then cold  and more cold, but the heat returned this past weekend. My son installed with windows' AC units but I haven't needed to turn them on yet. Happy to have them in place when they are needed, though.

This morning I met a new group of friends, having joined a peer group of people with ms ... And I will meet a new neurologist in a few weeks. I've denied the diagnosis of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis for the past eleven years since retirement. When the medication I was taking for the first four years of the belated diagnosis ended with my early retirement with multiple sites of multiple skin cancers, I was so discouraged that I stopped the nightly injections and ignored the diagnosis. Friends have suggested that, given the changes I've made in my life this past year it may be time to ask for an update on my MRIs. So I'm jumping back into the circus ring, at least for a while.

Meanwhile, the fabric inventory in Quilters' Quarters is dwindling slowly, going out without cost to those doing charity quilts. I'm putting all the money that people wish to pay in return for the fabric into the Rick Palardy Scholarship Fund and optimistically believing we will again have enough for at least three $500 scholarships next year.

I've acquired seven Featherweight machines and am in the process of using and repairing, if needed, each of them with the intention of giving or selling five or six away, keeping only one or two here. The FEATHERWEIGHT FEVER WORKSHOPS I offered last month had only two takers, so I have discontinued that offer. If anyone wants to learn to maintain their sewing machine feel free to call me to schedule an appointment. And if anyone is looking for a local purchase of a Featherweight with all the trimmings, give me a call!