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Index for August-September 2020Services ........................................................................................3, 24

Oregon Coast ..................................................................................4-5

Special Events ......................................2, 5, 7-8, 11-12, 19, 22, 25, 27-28

La Pine, OR • Bend, OR • Roseburg, OR • Klamath Falls, OR • Merrill, OR .......5

Sutherlin, OR • Jefferson, OR .................................................................6

Eugene, OR .....................................................................................8-9

Springfield, OR ..................................................................................8

Salem, OR ...........................................................................................9

Dallas, OR • Lebanon, OR ................................................................. 10

Aurora, OR • Hillsboro, OR • Oregon City, OR • Molalla, OR ............... 11

Port Orchard, WA ........................................................................ 12-13

Aberdeen, WA • Port Townsend, WA ................................................. 13

Castle Rock, WA • Ocean Shores, WA • Onalaska, WA ....................... 14

Shelton, WA ...................................................................................... 15

Lynden, WA • Snohomish, WA • Issaquah, WA ................................... 16

Buckley, WA • Woodinville, WA ......................................................... 16

Yakima, WA • Prosser, WA ................................................................. 17

Lind, WA • Grand Coulee, WA • Omak, WA • Othello, WA .................. 18

Oroville, WA • Molson, WA ................................................................. 19

Spokane, WA • Deer Park, WA .......................................................... 20

Tri-Cities .......................................................................................... 21

Walla Walla, WA ............................................................................... 22

Pendleton, OR • LaGrande, OR • Athena, OR ..................................... 23

California .................................................................................... 24-27

August-Sept 2020 3Services

Book ReviewLocal Authors’ Quilting Lessons

Features Quilting, Warmth & WisdomLocal Washington State authors Ellen Curtis and Karen Gibson celebrate quilting and

share warmth and wisdom in their unique book, Quilting Lessons. The two write about life lessons inspired by classic quilt patterns and Scripture. A quilt block, Broken Dishes, is the theme for the book.

The full-color book features thirty uplifting meditations with many personal stories based in and around the Puget Sound and the state. Quilting Lessons includes 30 exquisite photographs by award-winning Northwest photographer Peggy Olafson Curtis. The traditional quilt blocks, like Lone Star, Mosaic, Providence, and Tumbling Blocks were handcrafted by local quilters.

Published by Redemption Press in Enumclaw, Quilting Lessons was sold along with other book titles at the 2018 Women of Joy “Rescued” Tour. Nearly 50,000 women participated in a series of conferences around the country featuring nationally known Christian speakers and artists such as Sheila Walsh, Lisa Harper and Mandisa. Redemption Press co-sponsored the event.

Quilting is a popular pastime. There are over 21 million quilting households in the U.S. and 30 million worldwide. Quilting Lessons taps into that passion. Each meditation offers a story related to a quilt block, a Bible verse, a spiritual application and a prayer to cultivate a character quality. This book will appeal to quilters, quilting clubs and guilds, Bible study groups and those who love the beautifully crafted heirlooms.

About the AuthorsEllen Curtis is a Spanish instructor and freelance writer with

degrees in Spanish and English who is passionate about teaching and cross-cultural missions. She lives in Tacoma and enjoys time with family and friends, traveling, entertaining, reading and, always, coffee.

Karen Gibson is a wife and mother with degrees in library technology and technical writing. She writes, creates Bible Studies and speaks to women. She lives in

Duvall and enjoys teaching, reading, gardening, spending time with family and friends and drinking tea.

To Order Copies of Quilting Lessons: Price: $21.99 softcover; $8.99 eBook; 131 pages; ISBN-10: 1683144600; ISBN-13: 978-1683144601. All formats are available through www.Amazon.com, www.BarnesandNoble.com, Walmart.com and www.Redemption-press.com. Softcover copies are available for purchase through the authors at [email protected].

Win a Copy of Quilting Lessons!Enter to win an autographed copy of Quilting Lessons by Ellen Curtis and Karen Gibson.

Send an email to [email protected] and put “Quilting Lessons” in the subject line. Be sure to include your name, address and phone number. You can also mail a note or postcard to: The Country Register, 515 E Carefree Hwy, #1128, Phoenix, AZ 85085.

The drawing will be held on September 1. The winner will be sent a copy of the book and it will be announced in the October - November issue.

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Collector’s CornerHandmade vs. Handcrafted

by Jim OlsonWhy is it important to know the difference between handmade and hand-assembled (or

handcrafted)? Value! The differences can sometimes be slight but it’s worth knowing if you want to be an informed collector.

As savvy collectors, we anticipate the items we collect will appreciate over time or, at the very least, retain their value. Sometimes that can be difficult to predict with market changes and what not but one of the things we can do to help sway chances in our favor is to collect better stuff.

An example is the so-called Fred Harvey era jewelry. We know this refers to turquoise and silver items (mostly jewelry) made in the first half of the 20th century. In recent years, Fred Harvey era items have been very popular with collectors. However, there are some (bracelets for example) from that time period that sell in the $100 to $200 range while others may sell for $1,000 and up. The difference? The higher valued ones are completely handmade—and discerning collectors know the difference. Which would you rather have had grandma buy back in the day—the ones now worth $100 or the ones now worth $1,000 or more?

So what constitutes “handmade?” Google dictionary says, “hand-made (adjective) made by hand, not by machine and typically therefore a superior quality.”

Hand-wrought and hand-forged are synonyms. Basically, it means the artist or maker made the item from scratch and did not buy precast parts and assemble them together.

Hand-assembled or handcrafted items generally consist of items put together from two or more pre-made or precast pieces (most of the time precasting is done by machine or in mass-produced methods).

As a matter of disclosure, very, very few things are completely handmade anymore but the closer you can get to being purely handmade, the better off you are.

For example, you can have a pair of spurs using precast spur blanks cast in a factory somewhere or you can make a pair of spurs by forging them from a single piece of steel. You can have belt buckles made using precast buckle blanks bought from a supplier or you can hand-forge them from silver (or other metals). You can have a turquoise bracelet made from a bracelet blank (bought at the jewelry supply store) or you can start with ingots of silver and create it yourself. All of the above can then be decorated with precast silver, gold or other non-precious embellishments or the artist can cut the embellishments out by hand or even hand engrave the items.

As a collector, it is important to know the difference between completely handmade and the various stages of hand-assembled for yourself. Do not take anyone’s word for it unless you know the person knows what he or she is talking about and you trust that person’s judgment. A lot of items will be presented to you as “handmade” when in fact they are mostly hand-assembled. To some, that is a small difference and they may think we are splitting hairs but, down the road, it will most definitely make a difference in value when you present those items to the collector marketplace for resale.

Just know this—if the item you are buying was assembled using parts the artist purchased at the store, it is NOT completely handmade. Sure, it may have a good look to it and may be hard to tell at a glance the difference from a completely handmade item but you will most assuredly realize the difference when you want to resell (if your buyer is a knowledgeable collector).

In the realm of so-called handmade items, there is a big difference between a true craftsman who can take raw materials and build a piece of art from scratch vs. the person who, although he or she may have an artistic eye, is merely assembling pieces together and saying it is handmade. And the advanced collectors know the difference.

One of the best ways to describe it that I can think of is a paint by numbers piece of art. If you have a piece of art whereby the “artist” sat down with a paint by numbers kit and it told where to paint and what colors went where and basically some blanks were just being filled in, you could argue (weakly in my opinion) that it is hand-painted. However a paint by numbers artwork will never be valued in the collectors’ world in the same way a piece of art is where the artist sat down with a blank canvas and painted a wonderful scene from imagination using a mental image or perhaps a photo.

What is worse than not even being hand-assembled, however, is if a piece is completely machine made. With technology the way it is today, items can be mass-produced, which to the untrained eye look like the real deal. My advice is to avoid those types of items completely as they are almost never “collectible” in the long run. Hand-assembled is much better than machine-made, but the purist prefers as close to completely handmade as possible. If you are not sure how to tell the difference, start talking to reputable dealers and collectors who can show you the little telltale signs.

So the next time you see a belt buckle that was made using a buckle blank and then had precast embellishments applied to it or perhaps a bracelet made in a similar manner, think of the difference between a paint by numbers piece of art vs. a truly hand drawn, hand-painted masterpiece. Both may have a good look to them but when you go to sell the items in the market of collectibles, there will be a big difference in price.

Of course, you will likely have to pay more for the completely handmade item in the beginning. But you are a lot more likely to see appreciation or at least have it hold its value when you buy handmade over hand-assembled.

Jim Olson is a published author, historian and co-owner of historic Western Trading Post in Casa Grande, AZ, which traces its roots back to 1877! Visit www.WesternTradingPost.com to see what it offers. Jim Olson © 2020

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Rinker on Collectibles

The Collector’s Less Traveled Roadsby Harry L. Rinker

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the differenceFrom: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

Linda and I stopped for the morning in Gillsville, Georgia, during a journey to take our newly acquired 2013 VW Beetle convertible down to our condo in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Linda finally retired on July 15, 2019. We now plan to spend late fall, winter and early spring in Florida and return to Michigan for late spring, summer and early fall. A two car-family, we decided we needed a “Florida” car. The 2013 VW Beetle convertible fit the bill.

We spent the night at a Holiday Inn Express in Commerce, Georgia, before heading to Gillsville. As we traveled along the backcountry roads, I was remined of one of my favorite poems – Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken. Thanks to the inspiration I received from this poem, I made it a point to take less traveled roads. Collecting made, and continues to make, this possible.

[Author’s Aside: I will reveal why Linda and I went to Gillsville at the end of this column. If you cannot stand the suspense, do an Internet search.]

When individuals ask me where I have traveled, my stock answer is “all 50 states, most of Europe, parts of Central and South American and Australia.” Come to think about it, a plane on which I was flying once landed in Reykjavik, Iceland. We disembarked briefly. I do not think I should really count that on my country list.

When I ask individuals where they have visited, they usually offer up a list of cities—Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Rome, Seattle and Sidney. Been there. Visited them all—most more than once. The tendency is to talk about places with which others can identify. There also is the issue of bragging rights. Make a list and check it twice. Hello, fellow world traveler; I am one, too.

If I answered Herrnhut or Seiffen, Germany; Knightstown, Indiana; Dyersville, Iowa; Berea, Kentucky; Smith Island, Maryland; Seagrove, North Carolina; Piqua, Ohio; or Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; most individuals would have a blank look on their face. I know what they are thinking: “What the heck is he talking about?” While these individuals have no idea of the adventures they missed, I accept their “why should we care” response. Indeed, why should they?

In the 21st century, a great deal of emphasis is placed by younger generations on the need to experience adventures. Most of these adventures actually are standard ho-hum vacation packages—trips to exotic places where hundreds, thousands and even millions of people travel. These are not the less traveled roads. Less traveled roads are not included in prepaid tours.

I prefer the Star Trek approach—go where no man has gone before. My adventures are individualistic. I admit that others have gone before me to most of the locations. I prefer to think each traveler personalized his/her visit to the location, making every visit an individual one to the person making it.

In the weeks spent deciding how to approach this column, I found myself making a mental list of the less taken roads that impacted who and what I became. Although most roads were collecting-related, some were not. The other less traveled roads provided adventures of historical discovery and satisfied my curiosity.

The first less traveled roads I took were local. During my junior and senior years at Hellertown-Lower Saucon (PA) Joint Junior-Senior High School, I worked with Robert Hoppes, a science teacher, to document the remaining one-room schoolhouses in Northampton County’s Lower Saucon Township. Hoppes approached the task as a grand adventure as we traveled the intricate maze of country roads. At the time, I did not realize that I would travel these same roads and their surrounds when searching for the Bucks and Northampton County cemeteries where my German ancestors were buried.

In high school and through my first three years of college, I worked as a guide at Lost River Caverns, owned by the Gilman family and located in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. As I gained experience, Pop and later Bob Gilman assigned me the task of delivering promotional flyers for the cave to other Pennsylvania caves, historic sites, hotels, motels, tourist sites and restaurants within a 50-mile radius. I was encouraged to visit the caves and historic sites and I did, picking up a souvenir or two at most of them.

In 1966, representatives of the New York Canal Society visited Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to do the advanced preparation for a tour of the Lehigh Canal. Representatives stopped at Historic Bethlehem, where I worked as the Director of Archival Research, to ask if someone on the staff could go with them to help them find the location of the locks and dams. I was assigned to accompany them. When the actual tour ended, I was the first president of the newly formed Pennsylvania Canal Society. No one questioned how little I knew about the American canal system. It was up to me to correct this.

I learned in a hurry. I took a threefold approach: 1) travel the length of each American canal; 2) build a reference library; and, 3) collect canal memorabilia. For the next 10 years, I discovered parts of America I never knew existed. With a few exceptions, most of the canal aqueducts, dams, locks and tunnels had fallen into disrepair or vanished. My travels took me for a walk on the towpath through the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal’s Paw Paw tunnel and through the dark, hazardous spillway tunnel of the No. 10 West inclined plane on the Morris Canal. I spent time exploring Canadian, English and German canals. My car still stops along the road when I spot a canal ditch.

Of course, the greatest number of less traveled roads is associated with my collecting. Collecting is one of the most rewarding adventures a person can experience. There are multiple levels. The first is the visit to the sources—not the New York City auction houses such as Bonham’s, Christie’s, and Sotheby’s but Alderfer’s in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, and Garth’s in Delaware, Oho. Antiques malls and shows took me to Adamstown and Kutztown, Pennsylvania; Brimfield, Massachusetts; Kane County, Illinois; Long Beach and Pasadena, California; and Portland Expo, Oregon. I antiqued my way across America multiple times.

The second set of less traveled collecting roads involved travel to the locations where things I collected, or in which I was interested, were made. I visited Williamstown, West Virginia, where I met the members of the Fenton family. I went to Dyersville, Iowa, to visit

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Ann’s Lovin’ EweOne Priceless Ann-tique

by Ann StewartDo you ever feel like an antique? I don’t mean like shopping for one. But that you’re

just a little “Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity.” I straddle Baby Boomer and Generation X, knowing that the language of 2020 is better understood by Millennials and Generation Z. I am antique.

I struggle with Drop Box and Google Docs and downloading and uploading. I appreciate ZOOM, Skype and Facetime but prefer time face-to-face. Though I’m ecstatic over writing with Word, I barely use most of the features of this word-processing program, relying instead on typing a fast 90 wpm.

Yet, on my phone, I’m all thumbs. I Google text acronyms so that I can LOL and don’t mistakenly sign off with “Lots of Love.” I tense whenever I need to locate a photo on my computer, not remembering which file is where. I once Snapchatted a photo of my head wrapped in a towel to a guy friend of my teenage daughter. Oops.

And yet, during the Pandemic, something has become clear—Antiques are valued. We are going back to prior generations when more people baked, farmed, knitted and sewed. We know we need a garden and the skills of hearth and home and recognize we need another generation to share it with us.

During the quarantine, I saw grandmas help with homeschooling by teaching skills in the kitchen. In our neighborhood, a new friend shared her sourdough starter and recipes and now I’ve been making bread and sourdough pancakes for my family.

So many friends are getting a little brood of chickens. They want life in their yard, the entertainment of watching something grow up and the convenience of fresh eggs in the morning.

Gardens are sprouting everywhere. Friends want to get their hands dirty, pull weeds, make a small patch of earth more beneficial and enjoy their own fresh greens and tomatoes. We donated sheep manure to help gardens get a rich start!

We even shared our bottlefeeder lambs with a family nearby who appreciated the quarantine distraction of “lambsitting” three of our baby lambs. Now they’re prepared to be shepherds when they start their own farm next year.

My mother is labeling and scanning old letters and photos. How valuable. An unlabeled picture would one day be an antique without a memory, significance or connection. Adding the name and date makes photos priceless.

Because I’m writing a memoir, I’m researching my grandparents’ 1929 escape from Russia, using a program ironically entitled “GRandMA.” What I have uncovered about my ancestors is significant and provides perspective for our current national and world situation. Learning from the past is crucial for the present and the future. It’s time sensitive; capture the wisdom now.

We think of antique as an ancient relic to own or purchase that might be of little use but great monetary value. I challenge the thought.

A better definition reads, “considered to have value because it is beautiful, rare, old, or of high quality.”

That was good, but I could do better:Of great use, though not of great monetary worth. One who can teach, counsel, offer a

wise perspective matured by trials, testing and experience. You cannot shop for this antique; it is gained through connection. And when shared with other generations, its incomparable value is priceless.

Noah Webster 1828CambridgeAnn Marie Stewart C 2020 Ann Marie Stewart. First rights reserved

the Ertl factory but ended the day by running the bases at “The Field of Dreams.”In the course of my professional career, I have been privileged to visit hundreds of

collectors in the United States and abroad. Estelle Zalkin invited me to her Treasure Island, Florida, home to see her collection of over 10,000 thimbles. I stayed overnight. A day’s viewing did not do justice to the collection.

The same holds true for authors and editors. Don Raycraft, an author of several books on country collectibles, and his wife entertained me in their Bloomington, Illinois, home. I visited Kyle Husefloen at his Grecian Revival home in Galena, Illinois. The afternoon I spent with George Michaels in his Merrimack, New Hampshire, home is one of my most cherished memories. Also, high on the list are the evenings spent with Jeff Hill, editor of the Antique Journal, in his California living room discussing the immediate and long-term future of the antiques and collectibles business.

I wish I had kept a detailed record of the locations where I was invited to do a personal appearance, lecture or teach. The list would include Dothan, Alabama; Butte, Montana; and Beaumont, Texas.

Collectors cherish the roads less traveled they have taken. Each has a personal story associated with it. If readers would like to share some of their favorite roads less traveled stories with me, email them to [email protected]. Who knows? If I receive enough, I will share them in a future “Rinker on Collectibles” column.

Oops, I almost forgot. I promised to tell you why Linda and I visited Gillsville, Georgia. The purpose was to spend time with Dal Batchaell, Billy Joe Cowan, Savannah Creighton, Dwayne Crocker, and Sandra Hewell. Who are they? All will be revealed in a future “Rinker on Collectibles’ column.

Harry L. Rinker welcomes questions from readers about collectibles, those mass-produced items from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Selected letters will be answered in this column. Harry cannot provide personal answers. Photos and other material submitted cannot be returned. Send your questions to: Rinker on Collectibles, 5955 Mill Point Court SE, Kentwood, MI 49512. You also can e-mail your questions to [email protected]. Only e-mails containing a full name and mailing address will be considered. Copyright © Harry L. Rinker, LLC 2019

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My Covid Birthday PartyHow can I celebrate my birthday

At the age of eighty threeWhen I can’t leave my apartment

And my friends I cannot see?I could have a pity party

That won’t bring me any joy.I could do some exercisesSince I’m such a tomboy.

But to have a birthday partyYou really need some friends

To let you know they love youWith the greetings that they send.

My best friends are my familyWho are always there for me

And this year in isolationThey sent many cards to me.

My sister brought a tasty lunchAnd a special birthday cake.Others brought some foodAnd flowers to decorate.I was given slips of paper

To encourage me each day.I made a special little bookThe Good Words to display.

Days later I received some flowersAnd some homemade berry pie,Which the staff delivered to me

My taste to satisfy.So when you’re isolatedYou still can celebrate,

If you have a loving familyWho God’s love will radiate.

With Thanks and Love to my Family

Ruth Roetcisoender 2020

August-Sept 2020 9Eugene, OR • Salem, OR

Tea Party in a Bag—A Sweet Surpriseby Lydia E. Harris

Challenging times require creativi-TEA. So why not turn a quarantine into a quaran-TEA?

While my sister Ruth was in lockdown because of the coronavirus, I wanted to celebrate her 83rd birthday. Since she was not allowed to have visitors or leave her retirement community, I could not do the usual—take her to tea or invite her to my home for lunch. But I could deliver a tea party in a bag!

I baked Ruth’s childhood favorite maraschino cherry birthday cake—a white cake with chopped cherries and walnuts mixed in (see recipes online). I made a small two-layer cake with fluffy frosting and topped it with three cherries, placing a candle in each one for the three in 83.

The next morning, her birthday, I became inspired to prepare more than cake and began planning a tea party in a bag. I looked in my refrigerator and pantry and used what I found, creating an impromptu menu—rolls filled with chicken salad, veggie sticks with ranch dip, fruit ambrosia with coconut and rice, chips and a packet of raspberry herbal tea bags.

Then I looked through my gift bags and found a pretty one with a teapot and pansies and packaged everything in it except the cake.

For a gift, I wanted to give her 83 of something so I made spiced pecans and counted out 83 (about one and one-half cups). In a separate pretty box, I placed 33 slips of paper with affirming memories of her love and kindness to

me over the years. They included memories such as:*Christmases at your home were always fun. We

didn’t have a lot of money so for our daughter Anita’s first Christmas (she was 6 months), you gave her a shoebox full of baby food. You are always practical.

* You excel at sewing and other creative skills. You are an example of the Proverbs 31 woman, whose hands are not idle.

*You have been a good role model for me during all the seasons of life. I am blessed to have you for an older sister.

I learned that Ruth was allowed to go into a meeting room with windows and see her visitors. I set up an appointment and we talked by cell phone as I stood outside. The staff made sure she got the cake and tea party in a bag.

Later Ruth emailed, “Thank you for all the food. The cake and sandwiches are delicious. That was more than I needed so I’ll enjoy the rest tomorrow. The nuts

are tasty but I especially like the notes on paper.”Other family members brightened her day with cards, gifts, email messages and telephone

calls to sing happy birthday.Another time, I dropped off a bouquet of flowers picked from my garden along with

homemade blackberry pie. She surprised me with a blue facemask she had sewed for me.The virus limited my usual party plans and necessitated creativi-TEA with a quaran-TEA.

Nonetheless, my tea party in a bag turned out to be a sweet surprise! Ruth even made a little booklet using the affirming slips of paper and wrote a poem about her covid birthday.

So even when times are challenging, we can make the best of things and celebrate.Lydia E. Harris holds a master’s degree in home economics and has been writing this tea

column for 20 years. No wonder her five grandkids call her “Grandma Tea.” She is the author of Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting and In the Kitchen with Grandma: Stirring Up Tasty Memories Together. Her books are available at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and Christianbook.com.

From Lydia’s Recipe File: Sugar ’n’ Spice PecansRecipe from Lydia’s cookbook In the Kitchen with Grandma, pages 92–93. Easy to

make; crunchy and sweet to eat or to share as a treat. Gluten-free.Prep time: 10 minutes Bake time: 70 minutesMakes: 5 cupsIngredients: 5 cups pecan halves 1 egg white1 teaspoon water 1/2 teaspoon vanilla1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon1/4 teaspoon saltDirections:1. Preheat the oven to 225 degrees. 2. Prepare baking pan with parchment paper or grease lightly. Use two 9x12 pans or one

jellyroll pan.3. In medium-sized mixing bowl, beat egg white and water until the mixture is foamy.

Stir in vanilla.4. Add egg white mixture to pecans. Stir until pecans are well coated.5. Combine sugar, cinnamon and salt. Sprinkle over pecans. Stir to coat thoroughly.6. Spread pecans in a single layer on prepared baking pan(s) with sides. 7. Bake the pecans for 70 minutes. Stir them every 20 minutes.8. Leave on baking sheet until completely cooled.9. Store in airtight container.

Maraschino cherry birthday cake.

Ruth by her apartment door with flowers and wearing facemask she sewed.

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Front Porch Sittin’by Tammy Page

Porch-veranda, a covered shelter projecting from the front of a building. Serves a purpose as an extension of the parlor or living room. Provides shade and a place to relax during summer. Became popular in the early 1900’s.

I love my front porch! The peacefulness I feel on my porch is second only to knowing my husband, children and grandchildren are safe and healthy. My porch gives me a place to go for unadulterated tranquility. It gives me quiet, relaxing solitude after a hectic day at work. It gives me a place to welcome family and friends. It gives comfort for sore muscles and old bones. It gives me a sense of joy as I listen to the birds in the nearby pear tree and the buzz of a neighbor’s lawn mower. It’s a place where my husband and I meet after a long day at work to discuss the events of the day and to catch up on news in our community. With feet propped up on my cozy chair, a fresh glass of lemonade in my hand and a favorite magazine in my lap, I’m all set to wish or dream some time away.

Nearing the warmer days of March, I put away the winter decorations and bring out my spring/summer décor to give my porch a much-needed fresh look. I arrange my settee and matching chairs on one end of the porch along with my storage table and on the other end is my new whicker swing along with my year- round 4 ft. pine tree I like to decorate. I’m ready to put away the Easter garland, eggs and pastel lights on the tree and decorate with reds, whites and blues for the summer months. I make sure a warm, cozy blanket is always handy on the swing for those days when the sun is shining brightly but a cold chill is still in the air. I add a few primitives to the table such as an old Frigidaire refrigerator crisper tray that is perfect for storing magazines. I make sure a new sweet-smelling candle is present to add ambiance and fragrance to the night. It adds a warm glow to my porch most evenings and says, “stop in, the porch is always open”.

My porch has greeted many friends and family members. It has harbored wet dogs on a cold winter’s night. It has welcomed us as we were tired and weary and it has comforted the sick coming home from the hospital. It has created a place to play games with my grandchildren and is the coziest place to take a nap as the sun beats down on my face warming me to my very core. The heat feels so gratifying as it sinks into these old bones.

My porch is now getting a facelift with a new paint job, new large red and tan rug, colorful pillows for the swing including one with Polled Herefords on it and curtains on one end to protect me on a chilly evening or to let the late afternoon sunshine in. And so, as the saying goes, “if you’re ever in my neck of the woods, come sit a spell”.

Front Porch Punch:2 Quarts of dry lemonade mix1 c sugar1-8 oz. can of pineapple chunks or you can use crushed if you’d like pulp in your punch1-6 oz pineapple juice1 lemon for garnishment (optional)Pour in large pitcherAdd enough water to almost fill the pitcher upStir until dissolved.Add 1/2 sliced lemon for added flavorPut slotted lid on pitcher and pour into pretty, clear glasses with ice and a wedge of lemon. Tammy Page can be reached at [email protected]

Rich Blueberry BarsCourtesy Cooksrecipes.com

Super easy blueberry-filled cookie bars thanks to the convenience of refrigerated sugar cookie dough.

12 ounces blueberries - divided use1/2 cup blueberry or seedless raspberry jam or preserves 3 tablespoons granulated sugar - divided use1 (18-ounce) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamonPreheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Rinse and drain berries. In a medium saucepan over

medium-high heat, cook preserves, half the blueberries and 2 tablespoons sugar until boiling. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until blueberries are well broken up and some of the liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining blueberries.

Line a 9-inch square baking pan with foil. Cut off 1/4 of the cookie dough and set aside. Break remaining dough into small pieces into pan and pat evenly over bottom and about 1/2-inch up sides. Spoon blueberry filling over dough leaving a 1/2-inch border. In a small bowl, work remaining sugar and cinnamon into remaining dough. Tear off small pieces and scatter over filling. (Filling will not be completely covered.) Bake on center shelf of oven until dough at edges is lightly browned, about 25 minutes. Cool on rack. Serve warm or cold, plain or with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

August-Sept 2020 11Aurora, OR • Hillsboro, OR • Oregon City, OR • Molalla, OR • Special Event

Make a Quarantine Quilt!by Judy Sharer

During these unprecedented days of stay home and stay safe, what better time to make a Quarantine Quilt to show your support for a loved one, a health care worker, or to present to a doctor or hospital to display in their waiting room. Smaller quilts could be made and given to first responders or local police departments to give to those who may need comfort. Perhaps if you’re a member of a quilt guild, suggest your group makes a Quarantine Quilt as a fund raiser and give the proceeds to a charity.

Either made by yourself or done as a group, these expressions of love and appreciated are sure to be welcomed. A quilt is the perfect gift or fund raiser to show your support.

Quilters and sewers care as evidenced by the thousands of masks currently being made as contributions to non-profits and individuals who need them during this time of social distancing. If you sew, making masks and quilts is a great way to support our county and those in need.

As always, stay safe, sanitize, practice social distancing, and enjoy making a Quarantine Quilt to brighten someone’s life or raise money to support a charity!

Judy Sharer is the author of A Plains Life series published by The Wild Rose Press. Book One, Settler’s Life and Book Two, Second Chance Life are now available wherever online books are sold. Book three will be released Winter of 2020. If you’re a quilter, you’ll enjoy Judy’s sweet historical romances which have a thread of quilting that runs throughout the family saga series. Visit Judy’s website for more details. judysharer.com

12 OR, WA & S. IDPort Orchard, WA • Special Events

Clutter HappensRecipe Rodeo- It’s Roundup Time!

by Julie PirtleCooking is such a personal thing. Many of us become

collectors of recipes because the recipe calls to us in one way or another. However, I seldom see a home that does not have a multitude of recipe books and loose cards. Wouldn’t it be nice to have them all in one space? I decided to do just that with my collection by making a cookbook binder. I love it!

Purchasing a cookbook binder is easiest online or in your locally owned kitchen store. Be sure to look for additional pages of sheet protectors as well as recipe cards. (Many of the companies offer cards that match the binder.) Also look for full-page protectors because some of your recipes may be long. I use mini sheet protectors that measure 5 ½” x 8 ½” that I find in office supply stores. This size is a bit smaller than the other sheet protectors but it still works well.

There are multiple options when it comes to choosing what size book to use. For the purpose of this article, I will be referring to my favorite that holds two 4” x 6” cards per page. I chose to use two different cookbooks—one for savory and one for sweet (basically cooking and baking). The theme of the book matches the recipes going in. This helps identify your collections with just a quick glance. I created new labels for the dividers making it possible to be more specific in my books. For example, instead of “desserts,” I now have “cakes” and “pies.” The beauty is that you can organize it the way YOU find most useful!

Now it is the day of reckoning for those piles of recipes that you gleefully pulled from assorted magazines and newspapers as well as the recipes that have been written on stray pieces of paper. This unmanageable pile of good intentions can usually be found in the dark depths of a cupboard or drawer. Rumor has it they have been known to multiply—of course, through no fault of your own!

This paper pit of misfit recipes is doing no service to you and is taking up space. It’s time to be RUTHLESS! If you have not made the dish yet, chances are you won’t. Our cooking changes over the years and this pile is most likely full of entrees and desserts that you no longer want. Toss them! Only keep the recipes that you are willing to devote some project time to and these are going in your book. Don’t create a pile that you want to try someday. Someday came and went, by the way!

The next sort will be your recipe card box that is going to be emptied out as well. The same thought process from above applies here. Some of your cards may have been written for you by family members or friends. If you are keeping them purely for sentimental reasons, choose the ones that are dear to you because they have some family value—such as the ones in your Great Grandmother’s handwriting—and discard the rest.

Give yourself a pat on the back because you have accomplished a lot by this point—but there is still more to do. That massive assortment of “it was a good idea to purchase at the time” cookbooks are taking up a lot of room and you probably only use two to three (if any) recipes from each one. In this day and age, a lot of our recipe ideas come from an Internet search anyway.

Take some time to go through these books and mark your favorite recipes with a sticky note. When you are done, copy each recipe onto white project cardstock; I use 40 lb. weight. Determine if the recipe fits on a 4” x 6” card or needs a full page. Adjust your copier a couple of degrees darker and use the sizing option to adjust it to the desired size (90% worked well for me). When copying from a book, you won’t be able to shut the lid. Pressing the book down to the screen as it scans helps get a clear copy. Some of the tried and true recipes are on pages that have been splashed with oil or smudged with tomato sauce. I found it hard to part with these pages because they were personal to me so I tore the pages out. Some may find that idea utterly preposterous. However, in the end, I will donate these books and if they are missing a page or two, so be it. I want to keep the pumpkin stained pie recipe page.

Preparing to assemble your book is the best part. Since all of the recipes will be going in your books (as per paragraph two), don’t spend time on the “maybe” recipes! Cut down the recipes that you have either copied or torn out of books and magazines. If the recipe is very simple, write it out on one of your new recipe cards. Mount the rest on 4” x 6” cards that you can pre-cut from whimsical kitchen themed scrapbook paper. Embellish with stickers and cut outs when there is room on the card. Do the same with any old 3” x 5” recipe cards from your box. If the recipe is continued on the back of the card, copy and mount it as well. These cards can then be placed in the 4” x 6” page protectors with the front on top and the back on the bottom.

Creating a book like this with family favorite recipes is a great gift for your children or grandchildren. Gather the tried and true favorites and duplicate them from your completed book. If the cookie recipe was from Great Grandma, create a 4” x 6” card explaining that this was her recipe. Include your memories of the recipe if the recipe is in her handwriting and add a small picture of her. Place the commemorative card on the top of the page protector and the recipe below it. It is a keepsake that can be passed down for years to come.

So what was my final outcome? I now have no recipe box; only two hardback cookbooks and two delightfully designed personal cookbooks. I cannot begin to express how convenient it is to pull my “designer” cookbooks off the shelf with all of my favorite recipes right there. No more worries about which book it is in or where the scrap I had written it on is at! I have an entire shelf in my pantry that is now empty and ready for better use. Now it’s time for me to head out to donate all of these cookbooks and for YOU to start sorting! You’ve got this—I know you do!

Julie Pirtle is a professional organizer and owner/operator of Clutter Happens in Mesa, AZ.

August-Sept 2020 13Port Orchard, WA • Aberdeen, WA • Port Townsend, WA

Life In Skunk HollowThe Heart of a Princess

by Julie A. DruckMy daughter-in-law Sarah has been loaning me movies to watch. Having spent the last 20+

years of life in an all-male household (my husband and I have three sons), I’m a little overdue on watching the standard chick flicks.

One evening, when I returned a few, she suggested that I might like the Disney Tangled movie. Though Sarah knows I’m not an animated movie fan, she assured me that I would enjoy it. And after my son chimed in that even he thought it was pretty good, I agreed to watch.

However, my 2-½ year-old granddaughter Maggie wasn’t so sure that she wanted their copy of Tangled to leave the house. Though she’s only watched it once, she didn’t want to part with it that evening. Her mommy suggested instead that maybe the two of us would like to watch it together one morning later in the week and we both readily agreed.

The morning for our movie date arrived and Maggie met me at the door with her big brown eyes extra wide and, in her excited voice, she said, “Hi, Da-ma! Today we’re going to watch the moo-vie! Are you excited?!”

I replied enthusiastically that I was and waited patiently while her mommy changed her into a thrift store find of the same princess dress that Rapunzel wears in the movie. Maggie then donned her purple sparkly tiara. (I made the mistake of calling it her crown. It is NOT her crown—she distinctly calls it her “tiara.” She can probably even spell it.) Up she climbed onto the sofa, arranged a pillow behind her back and patted the cushion beside her, inviting me to take a seat.

I confess . . . I liked the movie. A lot. It was funny, spattered with catchy songs, had lovely costumes and scenery and was about a hidden princess. What’s not to like? I laughed and sighed and enjoyed. But mostly, I watched. Yes, I watched the movie but I also watched Maggie. I sneaked many a peek at my granddaughter’s enthralled face. And every now and again she’d catch me and flash a smile in return.

At the most magical point of the film (for those who have seen it—the boat scene watching the lantern show), Maggie Girl turned her sweet face to me just as I turned my head to see her reaction to the scene. And I knew instinctively what her eyes were saying to me without a word from her lips—“This is the most magical part, Grandma. And I know it and I see that you know it, too.”

A kindred, confident smile lit her face, which in turn ignited mine. And for that moment, her little girl heart beat in unison with my own. We clapped at the ending and then danced hand-in-hand to the music playing over the credits.

Then I walked home and told my husband of the joy. The joy of having a little girl with whom I can enjoy tiaras and tea parties. The joy of pink and purple and sparkles. The joy of flower picking and cookie baking and craft making in girlie fashion.

After reflecting on the memory again later in the day, I recognized another joy I received from our movie morning of Tangled. That is, the joy in being reminded that in the heart of every girl—whether my size or Maggie-size—hides the heart of a princess. Dream that dream, girl.

Julie Druck is from York, Pennsylvania, and writes from her farm in Skunk Hollow. She’d welcome your comments at [email protected].

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Those Were The Days!Saving Private Neon –

Keeping the Glow Aliveby Jay Mark

“Liquid fire” was a brilliant description given to the light’s dazzling reddish-orange glow. Until it was introduced to the public in France in 1910, people had never before witnessed such hypnotic luminosity.

The dawn of the 20th century came with a new luminescence. Georges Claude, a French inventor, chemist and engineer is credited with being the first to introduce electricity into a sealed glass tube filled with a recently discovered gas called Neon.

Just four years before Georges created “light without heat,” two British chemists, Sir William Ramsey and Morris W. Travers, were seeking to identify an unknown Noble gas they believed existed. In 1898, the pair was able to isolate a new inert gas that Ramsey’s son suggested be called Neon after neos, the Greek word for “something new.”

After eight years of experimentation and refinement, Georges finally developed a reliable form of neon light that he used to stun visitors treated to 40 foot glowing tubes outlining the building of the 1910 Paris Motor Show. Two years later, the world’s first neon advertising sign was installed for a barbershop on Boulevard Montmartre in Paris.

Claude George’s invention would not reach the United States until 1923. Although under some dispute, it is believed the first neon signs were delivered to a Los Angeles auto dealership at a sky-high cost of $24,000 for two giant “Packard” signs affixed to a building.

It is ironic that, from the very beginning, neon was connected to the automobile. Just two years after the Packard signs lit up Los Angeles, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925 was adopted. It provided for a standardized system of highway numbering helping to lead, a couple of years later, to the first U.S. coast-to-coast highway.

Neon, the automobile, and highways were an ideal marriage. The car allowed for a new personal mobility not previously experienced in America. Because of its brilliance even in daylight and its reliability, neon became the medium of choice for roadside advertising.

Neon has become the generic name for the more than forty colors available for signage. Different gases produce different colors. And several tube powder coatings add to the broad palette.

By the Great Depression, neon was adding much needed color to an otherwise bleak era. Think Times Square or Las Vegas as examples.

Not long after, neon began lining city streetscapes and highway roadsides. Its bright glow soon showed up as advertising in building interiors. Auto dealers and gas stations, cafes, grocery stores and countless other businesses discovered that small-scale interior neon could attract as

much attention as the large outdoor signs. Beer companies and cigarette makers were prime employers of the medium.

But, by the mid-1960s, neon had contributed to a proliferation of a roadside cacophony of color and clutter. When Lady Bird Johnson inaugurated her clean-up campaign that resulted in the Beautification Act of 1965, it worked to rid highways of junkyards and billboards—including neon. Local jurisdictions enacted ordinances to ban neon—leading to decades of its decline.

Following the start of the 21st century, interest in mid-century and earlier neon has risen to unprecedented levels. Public displays of signs that would otherwise be lost have sprung up across the country.

In Arizona, the popularity of neon has increased dramatically. For nearly a decade, Tucson has exhibited restored orphaned signs. In 2018 in the Old Pueblo, Ignite, a privately owned sign art museum, opened with more than 200 examples. You can learn more at www.ignitemuseum.com.

In April of this year Casa Grande debuted a neon park with ten historic signs that would have otherwise been lost. And now the city of Mesa, with more than a half-dozen signs already saved, is preparing for a colorful “neon alley.”

Collecting outdoor neon is not practical for a neon lover. The scale is just too large. The iconic Diving Lady sign restored in Mesa in 2015, for example, features animated figures nearly 15 feet in length. Fortunately, small-scale neon signs are available to the collector. But restored signs do not come cheap. Depending on graphics, prices can vary from the

A Sapporo Beer sign was recently offered on eBay for $199

This vintage neon sign was recently offered on eBay for $4900.

A figural Alemite Service neon sign was recently offered on eBay for $3900

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This Coca Cola Drug Store sign was recently offered on eBay for $8500

A neon outlined Kellogg’s Cereal box promoted the product in grocery stores in the 1930s. Photo: Jay Mark

low $100s to several thousand dollars. But beware, the growing popularity of vintage neon, reproductions abound. Always get a written guarantee of authenticity.

Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the century or so following the introduction of neon signage. But one thing has remained unchanged—fabricating a neon sign still remains a highly skilled art.

When one considers how many disciplines are required, it is surprising that technology has not advanced in the manufacture of signage. An abbreviated list first includes a graphic artist designing the sign. For outdoor signage, a structural engineer is needed to work out the engineering details. After all, the signs are often gigantic. Think Las Vegas or New York.

An ironworker has to construct a frame for the sign. Then a sheet metal artisan must fabricate the skin for the sign. That is followed by an artist who can paint it. An electrical engineer is required to calculate the power needs of the sign. Then a skilled glass blower must bend and

shape the delicate tubing into often intricate patterns. Finally, someone with the knowledge of chemistry must determine the appropriate gas and tube powder coating to produce the desired color. After all that, installing signs often requires acrobatic skills.

There is no doubt about it. Traditional neon sign making remains a labor-intensive co-operative effort. That is why LED’s have been giving this beautiful art form a run for the money—particularly in exterior applications.

But for diehard fans, the efforts for “Saving Private Neon” and the struggle to keep its glow alive will continue.

Virtually an antique himself, Jay Mark, a 47-year antiques business veteran and historian owns Those Were The Days!, now an online specialty bookstore. He also teaches, lectures and writes regularly about antiques and history. Reach him at [email protected]. © 2019

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Cribbageby Barbara Polston

My dad’s family were great card players. At gatherings of that side of the family, you could bet that the men would all congregate around the largest table and play pinochle or penny-ante poker. Dad always said that his favorite card game was cribbage. He wanted a cribbage board so that he could teach me how to play.

My mother, on the other hand, did not think much of card playing. I think this must have been a remnant from her strict Baptist upbringing. My father passed away when I was 16-years-old. He died without a cribbage board and I never learned his favorite card game.

Fast forward to 2019. My youngest daughter and her husband work for a nonprofit organization in a program that assists those struggling with drug addiction and mental health issues. Many of their clients are coming out of prison or psychiatric hospitals and working to cement their stability before going back to live in the community.

Apparently, these clients have lots of free time on their hands. My daughter started a “clean and sober fun” program, introducing game play to the men. They have learned many board games that we traditionally enjoyed as a family. The men have started to ask for the games that they have enjoyed, card games like pinochle and cribbage. Part of my son-in-law’s responsibility is to serve client needs. He bought a cribbage board, consulted the Internet and learned to play. Yes, he is paid to play cribbage with the clients!

Both my daughter and I have learned to play this complex and interesting game along with him. We have a cribbage board, marker pegs and cards at the ready. We will pass a pleasant evening in cribbage play. If you have never played, be warned! There is LOTS of counting and strategy but it is fun once you get the hang of it.

My dad has been gone for 50 years. Each time we sit down to play my dad’s favorite card game, I feel close to him again as if he is whispering strategy in my ear and applauding a high scoring hand. You might recognize this as playing cribbage. I recognize it as life coming full circle.

Barbara Polston is the author of Quilting with Doilies: Inspiration, Techniques, and Projects (Schiffer Books, 2015) and an award-winning quiltmaker. When not quilting, Barbara is the Grants Manager for Child Crisis Arizona, a child welfare agency. She lives in Phoenix, AZ. ©Barbara Polston, Phoenix, AZ, January 2020

Happy Grandparents

Day!Sunday, September 13

16 OR, WA & S. IDLynden, WA • Snohomish, WA • Issaquah, WA • Buckley, WA • Woodinville, WA

Building Harmony

The Whole Dam Businessby Jeff Cappis

When I was a child, my father gave me some advice, “Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.”

My father was wise. One Christmas I got a toy I wanted more than anything that year and it turned out to be a dud. Bummer. I was stuck waiting and hoping for a better toy on my birthday. That was a long two months away—quite a long time for a four year old.

Sometimes the thing you thought you wanted becomes the thing you’re stuck with. Take the case of a place called Miracle Pond across the road from our property. Its very existence is somewhat of a miracle.

There was a debate a few years back about a small dam project in our area. It was meant to help flood mitigation in the wet years, water reservoir for irrigation in the dry years, and even a possible small hydroelectric generator for clean power. The proposal looked good on paper but not everyone agreed with it.

Our neighbor Renee loved beavers. Next to his property was Miracle Pond, a small wild patch of county swampland that held just enough water to sustain a couple of beavers. Renee would often be seen delivering small trailer loads of branches for them to munch on. From his house, with a pair of binoculars, he would often watch them swim and go about their beaver business. He even named them Bonny and Clyde.

Renee’s argument was that the dam would restrict the water that Bonny and Clyde would need to survive downstream. The debate went on between Renee and the government for months. But finally the decision was made to go ahead with the project for the good of the county. The dam would be built and in full operation within the year. The beavers could always be relocated if necessary.

Renee went to court to stop it. No. He tried to get the county to protect the beavers and water supply. Maybe. He got a bull horn and marched up and down in front of the pond yelling, “PROTECT THE BEAVER!” This noise drove the beavers crazy and they hid in their den for days. It also scared off the birds and annoyed his neighbors. But he absolutely meant well.

As the day approached, he applied for an injunction to stop the dam from beginning operations. No.

Renee was looking out over the frozen pond with his binoculars, wondering if this would be the last winter he would have his beloved beavers and the pond they live in. One way or another he was going to lose them. He remained hopeful for a miracle and may even have said a prayer or two.

It appeared that Renee was not getting his miracle and the dam began holding back water at 6 p.m. Well, Renee was crushed to be sure.

As he stood looking out his window at the snow-covered pond, his heart sank. He felt shaky for a moment—surely his nerves were reacting to his distress. But then it happened again. This time he not only felt shaky but he heard it, too. In fact, it happened a third time and the house began shaking a bit. He could hear dishes rattling.

Suddenly, and before his very eyes, a hole blew through the snow about 40 feet from his house and a geyser of water shot 20 feet into the air!

Apparently, when they closed the gates on the dam and began flooding the reservoir, the water table rose. The resulting pressure created a fountain of water on Renee’s property and the water began running down to the small pond.

“Holy crap!” he yelled and started dancing around the room, only stopping to admire the fountain out his window.

By spring, it was a small lake. Much of his front yard was under water but he didn’t mind. It was good for the beavers. He didn’t really mind when the county declared its land and part of Renee’s yard an environmental reserve, either. It was good for the beavers. He did mind, however, when the county declared his land ‘lake front property’ and doubled his taxes.

Now, in the winter months, all that frozen water surrounds his house and a 20-foot column of ice blocks his view of the pond and the beavers.

Within two years, Bonny and Clyde flourished in their new habitat and the pond became somewhat populated with beaver. They began chewing down the trees around Renee’s house. They also pooped on his only remaining five feet of lawn. Scared of the beavers outside, Renee’s dogs wouldn’t leave the house and his floors began to resemble his lawns.

One day, his second story balcony collapsed. Living in a log home next to beavers can be dangerous.

Thanks to Renee’s efforts, though, the beavers and their pond are protected by the county. This is good because they really do need the protection. From Renee.

Like my father said, be careful what you wish for—you might get it.© 2020 Jeff Cappis. You can email Jeff at [email protected].

August-Sept 2020 17Yakima, WA • Prosser, WA

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Pound Cakes, an Old Trunk and a $10 Bill

by Kerri HabbenBaking with Nanna

The child watches Nanna’s hand,farmhouse fingers curled around a wooden spoon

swirling through golden batter in the bowl.Those younger hands once sifted German soil,and upon her left hand lingers a band of gold

given to her at the turn of a centuryby a grandfather the child would never know.

It is Friday, a day for baking butter yeast cakesand also a day for making pound cake.

No breeze shimmers the curtains.Heat holds the room still and heavy.Moisture glistens upon Nanna’s neckand fabric holds to the child’s back

like a second skin.

The child waits with her little bowlwhile studying the little Bundt pan

that sits beside the larger one.Nanna smiles and carefully pours in some batter

for the child to stir, stir and stir some more.Together they pour their batters,

the child with the little bowl and pan, and Nanna with her larger bowl and pan.

The child licks off the spoonsand Nanna scrapes the bowls clean.

The cakes slide into the oven.

Nanna wipes her hands on her apronand holds one hand out to the child

who tucks her own within itas the calendar reads

July 1945.

Nanna is my great-grandmother and the child is my mother. When she herself was 75 years old, Mom shared this memory from when she was 7 years old. I wrote this poem for the Old Mountain Press anthology, Mother’s Little Helper.

Nanna was born Sophie Grabemeyer on July 16, 1875. On April 30, 1899, she married Karl Weisgerber. Grandpa Karl died on Nanna’s 44th birthday in 1919. They had six children, five of whom were still living when Grandpa Karl passed away. There was a shortage of doctors after the Great War and he could not find care for a hernia that settled in his intestine.

In his pocket was an envelope that read “Sophie” on the front. It contained a $10 bill, her birthday present. Although that detail reawakens a story from long before my time, I still feel her pain.

I never knew Nanna. She died in 1958, fifteen years before I was born. Yet, it is her rolling pin I reach for and her bread bowl that dough rises in. Garden bouquets sit in her demitasse cup, which reads “Zum Andenken” meaning “To think of you.” I believe she carried it in the trunk she packed when she left Germany in 1897.

Recently, with the cleaning out of my childhood home, it became clear that it was time to let go of the large steamer trunk because there just wasn’t any room for it in my new home. Now it will make new memories with someone else.

I had imagined it would sadden me to part with this vestige of Nanna’s life because I had seen it all of my own. Instead, I thought about a 22-year-old Sophie packing the trunk, deciding what would fit for a journey across an ocean. As she arranged everything, she knew she might never again be with the family she was leaving behind.

Through a different life experience, I felt newly connected to Nanna in a stronger way than any piece of luggage could hold. Granted, I had only moved 45 minutes away via a major highway to a specific life I had chosen with joy and gratitude. So much more was unknown to her as she boarded a ship to another continent to become a house servant.

Like her, though, I had gradually compacted everything tangible that I could keep. All of the family who raised and loved me live beyond me now in a place that is not mine to know. I do not know if I will ever see them again. I just trust that grace always leads us home.

Sometimes, though, I ponder if somewhere little girls and grandmas yet bake pound cakes together. Just for a moment.

Kerri Habben is a writer in Chapel Hill, NC.

18 OR, WA & S. IDLind, WA • Grand Coulee, WA • Omak, WA • Othello, WA

KISSed Quilts

Let’s Have a Garden Party!by Marlene Oddie

With our best opportunity for fresh air being in our own gardens this year, there is a quilting Garden Party Row Along for you in September and October. Check it out at www.seamstobesew.com/coming-in-september-its-a-garden-party-ral/.

I’ve been participating in this event, organized by Marian Pena of Seams To Be Sew, for the past five years. There are lots of free patterns available for a limited time, design inspiration and show and tell at the end of the event. You won’t want to miss it this year. Lots of cute designs—something that will appeal to all styles of quilters.

Here is a sneak peek of the fabrics I might use. Northcott is our fabric sponsor. We love all of their beautiful fabrics –cotton that feels like silk! I will

be using at least four of their fabrics and mixing in a couple of Moda fabrics for variety.My design will feature a flower that I was introduced

to when making the 365 Block Challenge from Kathryn Kerr. It works up so easily with a stunning result!

Do you remember the bricks I shared last year? I think it is time for them to appear as a collaborative element to this year’s Garden Party Theme!

This row-along is virtual—so you can participate from the luxury of your own home! Just get online, watch the patterns appear twice a week and make the ones you love! Put them together in a collaborative quilt in your own way and share with all of us.

Besides the free pattern for a limited time, I will also have some kits available for purchase of my row and fabric yardage to make bricks in whatever size configuration you’d like. I hope you’ll stop by www.kissedquilts.com and search ‘RAL.’

Marlene Oddie ([email protected]) is an engineer by education, project manager by profession and now a quilter by passion in Grand Coulee, WA, at her quilt shop, KISSed Quilts. She quilts for hire on a Gammill Optimum Plus, but especially enjoys designing quilts and assisting in the creation of a meaningful treasure for the recipient. Patterns, kits and fabric are available at http://www.kissedquilts.com. Follow Marlene’s adventures at http://www.facebook.com/kissedquilts and www.instagram.com/marlene.kissedquilts/

August-Sept 2020 19Oroville, WA • Molson, WA • Special Events

Those Were The Days

Who Was Henry George & Why Was a Cigar Named for Him?

by Jay MarkEver since Christopher Columbus stumbled upon a New World plant, which natives

dried and smoked, mankind has been addicted to tobacco—first with pipes, then cigars and finally cigarettes.

In 1860, the cigar industry was relatively small. Only about 1500 companies employed nearly 8000. About the time of the Civil War, cigar smoking started to dramatically increase in popularity in the U.S. But in just the two decades following, cigar-making had exploded across the United States with more than 53,000 people working in factories to satisfy the demand.

By the turn-of-the 20th century, cigar-making was one of the nation’s largest industries. While it was certainly dominated by very large manufacturers, cigar-making was also a major cottage industry tucked into every corner of the country. According to Jim Davidson, writing in the Art of the Cigar Label, “…by 1905, there were 70,000 Mom & Pop cigar factories registered with the Federal Government, and it is estimated that there were at least another 30,000 who never bothered to register.”

With so many companies making cigars, the industry provided a huge opportunity for creative and innovative marketing of the product. And that kept box makers and printing companies busy.

With the advent of the chromolithograph, cigar labels became the penultimate example of the printers’ art. As many as 20 lithographic stones were employed in printing the most superior labels. Embossing added another bit of quality detail.

One can draw a parallel between cigar names and sheet music titles. Nothing was off limit. Every possible subject was represented by a cigar name. Just as in sheet music, cigar names often reflected issues and personalities of the day.

Product names came from every imaginable category, including famous personages—from King Charles the Great to Admiral Farragut, from Shakespeare to Mark Twain. Some names were better known than others—Henry George (1839-1897), for example. Today, mostly forgotten, George at one time was one of the most notable figures in

America. According to Agnes George de Mille, the noted

choreographer and founder of the Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theater, who wrote a biography of her grandfather Henry George, “During his lifetime, he became the third most famous man in the United States, only surpassed in public acclaim by Thomas Edison and Mark Twain.”

His notoriety began in 1879 with the publishing of Progress and Poverty, a seminal book that led to a national movement. George has been described as the “most original American economic thinker of the 19th Century.” de Mille says her grandfather unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York City “…in 1886 (and later in 1897). George outpolled a young Theodore Roosevelt but lost to machine Democrat Abraham Hewitt.”

Henry George was an ideal candidate for immortalization on a cigar label. And that was the job of Hirschhorn, Mack & Company, New York City. Not much is known of the manufacturer, except it was one of dozens of major New York City cigar makers in the 19th century. It may have been preceded in 1863 by the S. Hirschhorn & Company, “Manufacturers of Domestic Segars

New York, New York.”James Buchanan Duke started the American Tobacco Company in 1879. By the

turn-of the-century, he had built a modest company into an empire through acquiring or merging with more than 200 competitors. One of the companies Duke tried to buy was Hirschhorn, Mack and Company. He was rebuffed.

In 1902, understanding consolidation was necessary for survival, Hirschhorn merged with Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer and Straiton & Storm Company to become United Cigar Manufacturers. By 1906, when it incorporated by adding “Company” to its name, United had became a major competitor to American Tobacco, with an annual production of more than 400 million cigars.

Because of the name changes, dating the Henry George pressed-tin sign, which is the feature of this article, is made easier. Most likely George was celebrated with a cigar name prior to his death in 1897. A Hirschhorn billhead with an 1890’s date features a George cigar label with the notation “by permission.”

After Hirschhorn’s consolidation into United Cigar Manufacturers in 1902, it is likely individual merged company’s names began to disappear.

The Henry George chromolithographic, embossed tin sign in its original wood frame is a scarce example of an advertising piece provided to shops to promote the brand.

Agnes George de Mille explains the symbolism on the sign, “The rooster was George’s campaign icon and his slogan was ‘The democracy of Thomas Jefferson.’ Although the cigars were advertised ‘for men,’ George was in fact an outspoken advocate for women’s suffrage.”

A Henry George chromolithograph em-bossed tin sign in its original gilded wood imprinted frame sold for $1500 at auction in 2012. Jay Mark

A Hirschhorn, Mack and Company billhead reveals much about the years the Henry George was sold – prior to his death in 1897, but not long after 1902. New York Public Library Digital Collections

Attesting to the popularity of the Henry George cigar is this “ghost sign” promoting the brand in Galesburg, Illinois. Flicker

In today’s market, at a high-end advertising auction, a sign of this scarcity and condition could easily top $600. In 2012, an identical sign sold for $1500.

HINT: With the many recent changes in the market, advertising still remains a strong collectible. But condition is everything. It is always best to invest in the most pristine originals as possible.

A Good Book: The Art of the Cigar Label by Joe Davidson (The Wellfleet Press, Secaucus,

NJ, 1989) is one of the best books published on the history of the marketing and promotion of cigars.

Virtually an antique himself, Jay Mark, a nearly half-century antiques business veteran and historian, transformed Those Were The Days! into an online specialty bookstore. He also teaches, lectures and writes regularly about antiques and history. Reach him at [email protected]. © 2020

20 OR, WA & S. IDSpokane, WA • Deer Park, WA

Annual National Road Yard SaleAlong Rte 40 Will Be August 19 - 23

The 17th Annual Historic National Road Yard Sale will be held from Wednesday, August 19, to Sunday, August 23. Traditionally held the first Wednesday through Sunday after Memorial Day, the dates were changed this year due to the COVID-19 virus.

This five-day dawn to dusk iconic event extends 824 miles from Baltimore, MD, to St. Louis, MO, along the National Road also known as US 40. Communities along the route take part as they create an unending Yard Sale Festival featuring miles of treasures and bargains, such as antiques, furniture, flea market finds, fresh garden produce and food items, glassware, collectibles and so much more. In some locations, expect to find Amish treats. You name it and it’s probably available in the Yard Sale!

Originally called the World’s Largest Yard Sale, this unique event was started in 2004 by Pat McDaniel, owner of The Old Storefront in Dublin, Indiana. Over the years, it has grown and now includes shops, individuals, groups and organizations that set up along the route for anywhere from one day to the full five days.

Even if you’re not particularly a yard sale fan, you might enjoy simply meandering along America’s first Interstate, sampling local food truck morsels, visiting local restaurants, mingling with local history buffs, perusing small town antique shops, purchasing a Christmas gift in a specialty store or spending a night or two in a Bed and Breakfast with delightful classic architecture and warm hospitality.

Open to all individuals and groups wishing to participate, a diversity of contributions help make the Historic National Road Yard Sale a resounding success. Each community handles the available space through local Chambers or Visitor Bureaus or you can contact Patricia McDaniel at 765-478-4809 or email [email protected]. Learn more at www.oldstorefrontantiques.com or on Facebook at Historic National Road Yard Sale – US 40 sales. If you happen to be in Dublin, IN, be sure to stop and visit with Pat and her assistant Mr. Boos, aka the CEO/Canine Executive Officer of the Historic National Road Yard.

It is expected that the 2021 National Road Yard Sale will resume its regular Wednesday through Sunday schedule from June 2 to 6 so mark your calendar!

Whole Wheat PancakesCourtesy Cooksrecipes.com

Hearty, whole wheat buttermilk pancakes sweetened with a hint of molasses.1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk 1 large egg 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons molasses Butter for accompanimentMaple syrup for accompanimentCooking Directions:In a large bowl, combine flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt; mix well. In

a smaller bowl, combine buttermilk, egg, oil, and molasses; mix well. Add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened (the batter will be slightly lumpy).

Pour about 1/4 cup of the batter onto a greased griddle and cook until the bubbles on top just begin to break. Turn and cook briefly on the other side. Serve with butter and maple syrup.

Makes 8 pancakes.

August-Sept 2020 21Tri-Cities

When It’s Time to Let Go;Parting with a Collection

by Ed KindlePeople collect all manner of items. From the small to large, from the inane to the sublime,

people’s passions for things run deep.I have run into people who collect playing cards, zippo lighters, Pez dispensers, fire

fighting gear, thimbles, Beanie Babies, snowmen, comic books, advertising, magazines, salt & pepper shakers, tractors, porcelain signs, cars & motorcycles, gas pumps and more! I knew a retired engineer who had a model railroad that filled several rooms of his basement, and another person who had over 300,000 records!

If you can name it, I guarantee someone collects it. One thing is certain, though, I have never seen a U-Haul behind a hearse!

People spend years amassing their collections. They do the research and they become experts in their chosen subject. They search in local antique stores and search while travelling. They scour internet auction sites, want ads, flea markets, auctions, garage sales, estate sales and thrift stores. In fact, there are almost as many ways to put together a collection as there are items to collect!

Putting together an amazing collection takes true dedication and effort and, depending on the subject of the collection, a great deal of money. Thus, some can be worth much while others have little value in comparison.

There comes a time in every collector’s life where they need to think about the disposition of their collection. Some want to enjoy the items they have spent a lifetime acquiring for as long as possible. There are others who just don’t want to think about it, assuming their heirs will automatically share the love they feel towards their collection and want to keep it forever. Let me give you a hint: they rarely do, they just don’t want to hurt your feelings.

One of the problems in selling a collection is markets and values that constantly change. Items go in and out of favor and things don’t retain the value they once had. Furniture, which was once worth thousands, is now worth hundreds. Collectible stock certificates, which were once purchased for hundreds of dollars for their historical signatures, are now worth one third or even less. Many glass items, which once sold for hundreds of dollars each, are now often purchased for under $50. The possibility of the windfall that people were once counting on to see them through their twilight years when they sold off their collection is dwindling fast.

If you have a large collection, talk to your family and think about what you want to have happen to your items. They may want you to sell them now and enjoy the income. It is possible your family members or friends may want some of them. Some people are letting their children and grandchildren take items now so they can watch them enjoy their treasures.

The selling of, or disposition of, a collection can be a time-consuming prospect. Some people may not be able to invest the time to maximize the return by selling items individually and some may be unable, due to distance, or unwilling due to resentment.

A valuable collection may be donated to a museum but make sure you work out the details first. Many museums have so many items that they may not be able to incorporate your entire collection into their collection and may end up selling many items. If this is not what you want, look elsewhere.

If you decide to sell your collection yourself, there are many ways to go about it.Online you have auction sites like eBay. You register for an account and take photos,

write a description and list the item as an auction or as a fixed price. You also need to have a Paypal account to receive payment and be familiar with things like buying shipping online. Once it sells, you are responsible for shipping it to the new owner. Remember, eBay and Paypal take a commission on your sale. There are also businesses that will sell on eBay for you.

Craigslist is an online classified ad section. You can post a description and photos and then you meet the person to trade your item for cash. You can even barter for other items if you like. It gives you the ability to list in many locations and it’s free. Also many social media sites have marketplaces to buy and sell. Just remember that there can be downsides to this and to always meet people in a public place if you can.

If you are smartphone savvy, you can use services such as “Let Go” or “Offer Up.” They are similar to the previous concept except they are apps on your smartphone. Again, always be safety conscious when meeting or letting people whom you don’t know into your home.

You can hire an estate sale planner to organize your sale. They will do all the work necessary and most likely have the sale in your home. It is a service you pay for so check their rates and policies. Also, in this vein, are auction houses and auctioneers. Again, they are fee or commission based so get the details up front.

One often overlooked option is to contact a collector club of like interested people who collect what you collect and who may want to buy some or all of your collection. You can usually find these online and there may even be more than one, here in the states as well as in other countries.

Antique and collectible stores can also be an option for you. Some may handle the sale of your items on consignment for a percentage or fee and others may buy some or all of your items outright. Remember, when you sell to an antique store or reseller, they need to purchase your items wholesale so they can earn a profit when they sell them. This may bring less but may be a faster option.

It can be difficult to part with a collection that you are attached to but it can be done. Formulate a plan and let everyone help or at least share the plan with them and enjoy your collection until the time is right to let someone else experience the same joy you felt when you found each item. You might even make some new friends.

Ed Kindle is the owner of Five Katz Antiques in Titusville, FL. He is also a freelance and art photographer. Learn more at www.fivekatzantiques.com and at Edmund M. Kindle — Photography at edkindle.com. *** © All rights reserved - no reuse without permission.

22 OR, WA & S. IDWalla Walla, WA

Monitoring Trends to Predict the Future

by Dave EmighShady Lawn Antiques re-opened in mid-February following our annual Winter Furniture

Restoration Break. It was a celebration of sorts; people were happy that we were open again. And we were excited to show off all of our ‘new’ inventory and the furniture that we had restored.

Once we had re-opened, we began working through plans for an actual Spring Celebration Event. During the planning there was some quiet background noise about a coronavirus outbreak that had started in China. How wrong we were to think that we were so isolated that the virus would have little or no effect on us.

In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic was our Spring Event. The three-month business closure was certainly an Event, but it was not exactly a Celebration.

I do actually have some positive things to write about—but, first, I would like to say that I describe my writing style as a reflection on ‘antiques, history and life in the Walla Walla Valley (from the perspective of Shady Lawn Antiques).’

This provides some context for my current dilemma. On one hand, I would like to write a piece entirely on antiques, history and life that does not mention COVID-19. You know, something that allows for a momentary escape from the constant cloud that this virus has created. But the fact is that it is impossible to address life in the Walla Walla Valley without acknowledging that elephant in the room.

That being said, at Shady Lawn Antiques we continuously observe and monitor a wide variety of trends. It is our way to predict how factors around us will affect our business. Those trends prompt us to clean, repair and display inventory in a timely manner relative to the trends.

Some trends occur seasonally each year. For example, garden items sell best in the spring, major pieces of furniture sell best in the fall and Christmas decorations sell best if they are on display by early November.

Local events also elicit interest in specific items. When there is a car show, people are looking for automotive items. These include car emblems, literature, license plates and gas and oil related items. Western and cowboy items are popular during our SE Washington Fair and Rodeo and the nearby Pendleton Round-Up.

Walla Walla has an annual fall Quilt Show (which is unfortunately cancelled this year). We clean and price the fabric and vintage sewing items that we have in storage. We also make sure to restore treadle sewing machines and wooden sewing machine drawers prior to the Show.

Another trend is people seeking out items that they have seen in recently released decorating magazines and/or on television shows. These media trends are among the most important for our prediction of contemporary new areas of interest.

Currently we find ourselves in a bit of a predicament. Those (recently published) media pieces were in production prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore they may not be entirely relevant in our current situation. It is difficult to predict if our typical model of following trends may be broken.

I am certain that we will achieve some clarity on this issue as we observe the items that we are currently selling. The good news is that, after a month into our (COVID-19) re-opening, there does not seem to be much change in the types of items that people are purchasing.

We are also constantly attentive to what is happening in society in general. ‘Working-from-home’ is a trend that we are currently following. It appears that this trend will last for some time into the future and may in fact become permanent in some cases.

We are responding by showcasing and marketing our antique home office type furniture. These pieces include desks, bookcases, storage units and file cabinets. One example is a unique stacking bookcase with a drop front desk unit built into it. This compact, yet extremely functional, piece would work well even in the smallest room.

Fortunately, through our twenty-six years of business, we have developed a flexible business plan. Therefore we can adapt. It has always been true that with every change in lifestyle trends, new opportunities are created. It is no different this time.

Dave Emigh and his wife Jill are the owners of Shady Lawn Antiques in Walla Walla, WA, perfectly located in the 1870’s wood frame creamery buildings that Dave’s great-grandfather purchased in 1897. Dave, a professionally trained woodworker, and his son Nick specialize in the restoration of oak furniture. Shady Lawn, in its 26th year, has become a regional destination for oak furniture but is also known for a well-curated display of country, rustic, and rare and unique “small” antiques. Glimpses of the ever-changing Shady Lawn inventory can be seen on Facebook and at www.shadylawnantiques.com.

August-Sept 2020 23Pendleton, OR • LaGrande, OR • Athena, OR

Unique Aviation & Military Museum Located in Pendleton in NE Oregon

The northeastern town of Pendleton, Oregon, is strongly tied to WWII and history resulting in the Pendleton Air Museum tucked away in the Pendleton Historic District. This fascinating museum opened in September 2017 to honor military of all branches and aviation of all types and it showcases a unique collection of civilian and military aviation memorabilia.

The Pendleton Air Museum (PAM) was established by people concerned with preserving the history of the Pendleton Airport from the early days of United Airlines through the heroic Doolittle Raiders of World War II and the “Triple Nickels” paratroopers to the present National Guard operations. Visitors will learn the history of Pendleton Field and its impact on Pendleton, then and now, as well as other conflicts the United States has been involved with.

The U.S. Army Air Corp training base called Pendleton Army Air Field was built in 88 days. It is from this base that pilots from the 17th Bombardier Group volunteered for a special assignment that would forever put them in our hearts and history. These pilots became known as the “Doolittle Raiders” and helped instill hope in the American people at a difficult time in our history.

As the war was winding down, Pendleton Field became home to a newly established unit that, rather than heading to Asia, went to work with the Forest Service, jumping out of planes and putting out fires in the Pacific Northwest. This was the African-American 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickels, on a secret mission “Operation Fire Fly.” Their service was critically important as Japan began to release balloon bombs on the jet stream trying to set fires and instill panic in the Pacific Northwest. Records document 28 fires that the “Triple Nickel” jumped into. Recently, a commemorative Oregon Highway history marker was established in Pendleton acknowledging their feats.

Legendary aircraft that have called the runways home include: the Douglas DC-3 passenger plane, Lockheed P-38 Lighting, North American B-25 Mitchell Medium bomber, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress all from the 1940’s, Vietnam era Bell Huey helicopters through the present day CH-47F Twin Rotor Chinook Helicopters currently being flown by the Oregon Army National Guard.

Since the Museum’s founding in 2001, the non-profit Pendleton Air Museum Board of Directors and Volunteers have successfully hosted ten fund-raising events, staged three successful air shows, multiple static aircraft displays and participated in other community activities. In 2003, it restored a B-25 medium bomber acquired from the USMC to 1942 configuration in honor of the Doolittle Raiders. It was dedicated at the National Guard facility on the morning before the May 2003 air show and thereafter stands on public view in an open-air heritage area adjacent to the OR National Guard Facility.

As time, money and volunteer help permit, the organization will sponsor fly-ins and help with air shows. The goal is to preserve their unique heritage as well as educate visitors, residents and future generations about the history of the Pendleton Airbase and its various military personnel. The museum has established a Youth Oral History Program with students from third grade through high school interviewing veterans of all ages.

Those involved with the Museum are currently working towards a larger building to house the Museum’s expanding collection and are seeking sponsors and volunteers of all ages to help share its unique history. The long-term goal is to house real, historic airplanes in a museum hanger.

Donations involving history, military, aviation and Pendleton are tax deductible. If you have something you would like to donate, please call or email for further information. Contribution in the form of support, contracts or endorsements will help a long way toward the realization of their goals.

You can learn more at www.pendletonairmuseum.org or Pendleton Air Museum on Facebook. Email [email protected] or call 541-278-0141. Located at 21 SW Emigrant Avenue, the Museum is now open by appointment due to Covid-19, and it is recommended that you call ahead to confirm a time. Precautions for the coronavirus are in place for everyone’s protection while you are visiting the Museum.

All-American Raisin Apple TartletsCourtesy Cooksrecipes.com

Raisins add an extra pop of sweetness to miniature apple tartlets - a party-perfect version of classic American apple pie.

2 tablespoons butter or margarine4 medium green apples, peeled and sliced1/4 cup brown sugar, packed1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 cup California raisins18 sheets phyllo doughButter flavor cooking spray9 tablespoons shredded sharp cheddarCooking Directions:Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) and spray 12 cupcake tins with nonstick cooking spray.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in apples and cook, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and cinnamon and cook for a minute more; add raisins and set aside.

Meanwhile, lay one sheet of phyllo on a cutting board; keep remaining covered with a damp towel to prevent drying. Spray sheet with cooking spray. Repeat with five more sheets, sprinkling 3 tablespoons cheese in under the last layer; press firmly to keep cheese in dough. Assemble 2 more stacks. Cut each stack in half crosswise to make 6 pieces; then, cut each piece lengthwise into 6 strips for a total of 36 strips.

Center and press 3 strips into each tin, letting the dough extend over the top by about 1/2-inch. Divide and spoon fruit mixture in centers.

Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned; then, tent loosely with foil and bake for 10 minutes more, until done.

Makes 12 tartlets.

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Comfort in My Closetby Barbara Kalkis

I love old linens. They each tell a story. A set of white bed sheets was a wedding gift. A delicate border of baby-blue embroidery edges the pillowcases and top sheet. Over the years, the cotton fabric has worn down to a silky softness, but every time I place them on the bed, I remember an old friend.

Back in the 1960s, my mother purchased two quilts. One was done in the brown, rust and gold color palette so popular then. It held all the cheeriness of a country home. The other quilt was white and crayon-blue, embroidered with the double wedding-ring pattern symbolizing eternal love.

As a teenager, I didn’t have a boyfriend but I chose the blue and white pattern knowing that, whether I married or not, I wanted the message of love to be my life’s theme. I’ve just finished repairing the rips in the fabric that occur with constant usage and cleaning. The quilt has kept my husband and me warm through our marriage.

Crewelwork MasterpieceAs soon as I flip the calendar to November 1st, I hang a winter scene on my living room

wall so I can see it as soon as I walk into my house and when guests gather.I found the piece when my sister and I wandered into a charity thrift shop. Nothing caught

my eye until I saw the scene as a backdrop to holiday place settings. Stitched in intricate crewelwork, the picture shows a village’s bustling activity on a

sunny, snowy Christmas Day. People walk by a gaily-trimmed tree as they flock into church. A horse-drawn wagon passes a cluster of shops. Children build a snowman and are caught throwing snowballs. Someone is sledding. A dog trots after its master with tail held high.

Despite the hours and care taken to place tiny stitches, the work is unsigned. Perhaps the crafter had so many pieces this was just one more. But the woman who made this masterpiece was a true artist.

Unique Works of ArtEmbroidered tablecloths and crocheted potholders and doilies in delicate threads come

out at a different time of year. Yellow, gold and copper doilies become part of autumn dinner place settings for wine glasses and water goblets. Red, white and green ones hold holiday poinsettias and pine planters. A welcome sign resides on a shell-colored square in a tulip pattern. Yellow, lavender and white doilies come out in the spring and blues and greens cover tables in summer. Heart-shaped pomanders hold scented soaps and lavender sachets. Square potholders become teapot coasters while flower shapes nestle the cups. Bedroom lamps sit on frivolous pansy-rimmed yellow pieces that feature more flounces than a bridal gown.

Whether made with love or made with purpose, each item is a work of art and tells the story of a person who took the time to make it.

In treasuring my old linens, I think fondly of the women who made them. Like Rembrandt or Picasso or Beethoven or Mozart, their work lives beyond their creators. Isn’t that what art is all about anyway? To create something that pleases our souls or serves a purpose? Maybe these women didn’t think that way when they crafted these pieces. But that’s exactly what happened. Their work became their legacy.

Barbara Kalkis is a teacher and high-tech consultant. She’s a writer and loves art in all its forms.

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Old-Fashioned Fresh Pear PieCourtesy Cooksrecipes.com

Old fashioned goodness and simplicity, fresh slices of pear, gently spiced with mace and cinnamon, baked tender in their own juices inside a flaky pastry crust.

1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground mace 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon11 pears, peeled, cored and sliced 1 tablespoon butter 1 large egg white, beaten 1 tablespoon granulated sugar Pastry for 1 (9-inch) double-crust pie*Cooking Directions:Stir together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, mace, and cinnamon. Toss with sliced pears until evenly

coated.Roll a pie shell dough on a floured board and place in 9-inch pie pan. Moisten the edge

with water. Turn the pears into the pie pan. Dot with butter and cover with a second pie shell dough. Crimp the edges. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar. Cut slits in the top to allow steam to escape.

Bake on the low shelf in a 450°F (230°C) oven for 25 minutes. Wrap the edge of the pie crust with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning. Reduce the oven temperature to 375°F (190°C) and bake an additional 20 minutes. Cool before cutting.

Makes 8 servings.

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A Squeal Heard By Allby Deb Heatherly

I have six precious fur children—feline girls Lily, Little and Lacey and boys Max and Monroe along with our sweet dog Maggie. The fact that they all have names that begin with an “L” or an “M” was not planned and my husband likes to joke that we will soon run out of names and have to pick a different letter.

We adopted Maggie when she was two and she has never shown any interest in toys. The cats try and encourage her by sharing theirs but, so far, no luck. I’ve seen them proudly carry a toy and place it at her feet or in her bed while looking expectantly at their friend. Maggie just gives them a little “ruff” and turns her back on them. Toy mice and tiny balls do not interest her.

Last week, I distinctly heard Max tell her in his tiny kitty voice, “Fine, just be that way,” as he picked up his toy and went off to play by himself. Poor Max does not understand why she won’t play with him. Now, if he ever learns to bring her doggie biscuits, that will be a different story.

The cats bring toys to me as well. Lily loves to carry tiny pom-pom type balls and will place them beside my sewing machine while I’m working. I always try to stop and praise her for the gift and have learned that Lily wants me to toss the balls for her to play. She actually uses both front paws to catch them. At age eleven, a few good tosses and she is content but, when she was younger, the game would continue until I got tired of tossing. Recently, I must have been really concentrating on the task at hand because, when I finally looked up, she had three balls lined up on the table beside me and sat quietly staring at me, waiting for our game.

Little and Lacey like to bring me presents, too, but these two are not into balls. Instead, they like to place tiny toy mice at my feet while I am getting dressed each morning. Both expect to be petted and praised for their ‘hard work’ and some mornings my bedroom floor is littered with them. If I ever sleep in, they have been known to place them in the bed so that I can wake up to their presents. Lacey has been doing this for years and apparently taught Little when we adopted her last year. I really do feel honored that they want to share their treasures and it never fails to make me smile. At least until last week.

It started out like any normal morning. As I dried my hair and got ready for the day, the tiny mice began to appear. There seemed to be more than usual that morning and I remarked to my husband that our gray girls must have been working all night to find this many. I told them what great mousers they were as I picked up a few and tossed them across the room, much to Little’s delight. My husband and I both watched as she grabbed one by the tail and tossed in the air before running back down the stairs to bring more. I was laughing as the mice continued to multiple. If I only had her energy, I thought to myself and turned back to the mirror.

Soon I heard them both coming back up the stairs and Little making her “I have a present noise.” It was not long before I felt her drop her newest treasure by my foot. Smiling, I reached down to pick it up but soon stopped dead in my tracks. My husband said he really could not describe the noise I made but he was sure that the neighbors heard it a mile away. There, among the toys—and right beside my foot—was an actual dead mouse. For me, time stood still. I’m not sure how long I stared at it trying to make sense of what I was seeing. Eventually I grabbed a paper towel, scooped it up and handed it to my husband. I needed no words; he recognized the look that said, “do something!”

Little seemed quite taken aback with my reaction. She had worked harder than ever to bring this present! Where was the joy? Where the praise? Once I recovered, I told her what a good girl she was, all the while cautiously looking at the other gifts to make sure they were just toys.

As the initial shock wore off, my husband and I had a good laugh and he brought up a very good point. “At least she did not leave that one in the bed for you to wake up to,” he said.

“Thank goodness!” I said. “Instead of a squeal, I might have had a heart attack.” Deb Heatherly is a designer for Creative Grids tools®. When not in her studio, Deb is

normally on the road doing Creative Grids® lectures and workshops for guilds and shops across the country. She is the designer of the Creative Grids Cat’s Cradle tool, Strippy Stars tool, Turbo 4 Patch, Ultimate Flying Geese tool, and Cat’s Cradle XL. She is also the author of the books Cat’itude, Strippy Stars, 4-Patch Panache, The Ultimate flying Geese Book, Catitude XL, and Creatively Yours.

Visit her website at www.Debscatsnquilts.com. Creative Grids® fans are invited to join her Facebook group, Grids Girls, for tips and inspiration. Grids Girls members have the opportunity to participate in exclusive Grids Girls mystery quilts two times each year. https://www.facebook.com/groups/770429649800457/.

Want to schedule a trunk show, lecture or workshop in your area? Deb is currently booking 2021 and 2022 dates. Contact her at [email protected] or call the studio, Deb’s Cats n Quilts Designs, 828-524-9578.

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California Quilting EventsSeptember 2020

Quilters’ Sew-Ciety of Redding presentsRhapsody in Blue 2020 Quilt Show

September 19-20, 2020Shasta District Fairground

Anderson, CASaturday & Sunday, 10am-4pm

Admission: $8 for the 2-day Eventwww.quilterssewciety.org

Giveaway Winner from June - July Issue

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favorite Country Register advertiser, Mennonite Quilt Center in Reedley. Robin said this is her favorite shop because, “They are the closest and friendliest quilt shop around me! Always helpful, beautiful fabric and lots of experience!”

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We love to hear from our readers about how they enjoy The Country Register and use it to hunt for great finds. In this issue, there is another $25 Gift Certificate and book giveaway. So, be sure to enter and tell us where you pick up the newspaper—and take a copy with you as you travel around!

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Enjoy Quilting & Crafting Design At Shabby Rose Cottage, Yucaipa

by Nancy WilliamsShabby Rose Quilting & Sewing Cottage in the Historic District of Uptown Yucaipa

prides itself on being a quaint shop with a welcoming atmosphere where all levels of quilting and sewing enthusiasts are welcome to gather and craft together. Yucaipa is in SE California, about 70 miles east of LA.

Owner Vickie Nelson opened Shabby Rose Quilting & Sewing Cottage in 2019 because of much interest from the community of quilters who wanted a place to meet and share their quilting knowledge and friendships. The bricks and mortar shop with vintage flair features a variety of services and has plenty of space for classes and group meetings. Sit n sews are just $5.

Vickie says, “We are unique in designing projects. Many of our classes are based on intuitive design by affiliates of the cottage. We provide several monthly and weekly classes and enjoy getting ideas from customers in order to increase our own knowledge and experiences. All of these are by reservation at this time. Our staff includes remarkable teachers and designers. We have Penny Goolsby, Mary Woody-Cox, Larraine Ririe, Nancy Waycott, Vickie Nelson, and our amazing Store Manager Lea Provence. We also have consignment items provided by various people who spend the time designing and redesigning items for our cottage.”

Shabby Rose Quilting & Sewing Cottage offers high-end fabric that includes reproduction civil war fabric, batiks and many designs to meet the needs of the community. There are also notions, fabulous kits, sewing and quilting necessities along with special sewing services. The many classes include: Accuquilt Fabric cutting, Long Arm practice, beginning sewing and quilting, all levels of design, machine maintenance, plus specific quilt design projects—and more. The cottage is always open during any fabric run and provide gifts like other stores so be sure to add it to the list of your fabric runs.

Although sewing since she was a young girl, Vickie learned quilting from her husband Keith. His family members were master hand-stitch quilters who served at the Pomona Fair every year until their passing. The quilting techniques were passed on to Keith, who shared

the talent with Vickie. When talking about some of the most

important things about the cottage, Vickie said, “The major milestone this year has been adjusting to the COVID-19 outbreak. We are taking all precautions to ensure a safe and healthy environment. Masks are available at the front door if you do not have your own. Customers have been extremely supportive and have helped us to adjust our way of doing business. We continue to grow and make more changes on a daily basis to better serve our community. We look forward to going back to

our nighttime schedule so our full-time workers can enjoy their quilting and sewing hobby in the evening.”

Vickie continued, “We love our customers and providing service to them. We hope all who interact with us will feel welcome and appreciated when we interact with them. We look forward to treasured friendships through the arts of quilting and crafting.”

Shabby Rose Quilting & Sewing Cottage is located at 35151 Yucaipa Blvd., Yucaipa. You can learn more at www.shabbyrosequiltingcottage.com, on Facebook at Shabby Rose Quilting Cottage, by email at [email protected] or call 909-790-9248. Online services are always available.

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PBS Great Wisconsin Quilt ShowIs Online Virtual Experience, 9/10-9/12

With hundreds of quilts on display, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show has always been the ultimate adventure for quilt enthusiasts of all skill levels. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The 16th Annual Great Wisconsin Quilt Show will be an online-exclusive, virtual experience from September 10th to 12th.

While the event’s presenters will miss seeing you in person, they look forward to bringing you the Quilt Contest exhibit, educational opportunities and more—virtually—at QuiltShow.com.

PBS Wisconsin and Nancy Zieman Productions, presenters of the three-day event, invite all quilt lovers to learn, laugh and draw inspiration from each other. Online educational sessions, led by expert quilters, will feature the latest in creations and techniques.

The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show’s main attraction is the ten-category quilt contest exhibit showcasing the incredible talents of quilters from across the country. Featured quilts will range from traditional sizes and shapes to work by young quilters and innovative pictorial quilts. Virtual attendees will be treated to an interactive 3-D quilt gallery with inspiration around every corner.

The virtual Quilt Show will also include shopping opportunities from trusted vendors featuring the latest fabrics and notions. There will also be an online community service project—Quilt to Give—with attendees donating their materials and skills to create bed-size quilts for those in need.

Admission to the 2020 online Great Wisconsin Quilt Show is free and donations are welcome! Proceeds help support PBS Wisconsin programming and community outreach. Thank you to premier sponsors: Quilting Daily, Pfaff, and Husqvarna Viking.

Visit QuiltShow.com for full details. The website will be updated as show details are finalized. The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. You can email [email protected] or call 866-297-6545.