bummer

The power went out at my office this morning, and it stayed out for more than an hour -- long enough to be boring and annoying, but not quite long enough for them to send us all home.

So sweet

From an article in Smithsonian magazine about the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama:

In 1941, when [quilter Arlonzia] Pettway was in her late teens, her father died. "Mama said, 'I'm going to take his work clothes, shape them into a quilt to remember him, and cover up under it for love.' " There were hardly enough pants legs and shirttails to make up a quilt, but she managed.

Wisdom of Veronica Mars

Nobody likes a blonde in a hamster ball.