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Kate’s in Anoka at an all day quilting retreat, sewing and talking. \u00a0She took along fat quarters with Halloween themes, so she’s feeling her way into the fall season, too. \u00a0Her sewing day friends come to these retreats as have a few people she knows from the now defunct Fat Quarter Quilting. \u00a0There’s skill building and a chance to get focused and make progress on a project.<\/p>\n
The revision is on the last lap. \u00a0I’ll finish either this afternoon or tomorrow. \u00a0Then all those putzy things I mentioned a while back and I’ll be ready to move on for the time being.<\/p>\n
Kona’s in serious decline now, most of what she eats feeds her tumor and she is listless. \u00a0This is when the vet advises euthanasia but I discovered with Buck, well over a decade ago, that euthanasia violates some primal norm in me. \u00a0So we keep our dogs comfortable, as comfortable as we can, hospice care or as near as we can replicate that, and wait with them as death comes.<\/p>\n
Kona’s illness and decline has come when third phase issues are very present to me and at some point after her death, I plan to reflect on what she has taught me. \u00a0And all the others, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Moon of the First Harvests Kate’s in Anoka at an all day quilting retreat, sewing and talking. \u00a0She took along fat quarters with Halloween themes, so … Continue reading Sew What<\/span>